Things are getting back to normal here in Tarbes; most of my friends have come back from break and we're all excited to see each other again. Here are just a few (more) reasons why I love my life in France:
I've never loved going to the bank as much as I do here. It makes me feel so competent because I don't need any help with bank words in French. Who would have guessed how exciting it could be to ask for a cashier's check or diagnose problems with my debit card??
I had a library book that was 35 (!!) days overdue. I knew it was overdue before I left on my 2-week Christmas break but was too lazy to return it, and decided if I had to pay a fine I would just stop going to the library and come May, flee the country without outstanding fines on my library card. I went to return the book today and the fine was €2.40. For 35 days. In Grosse Pointe, I would have had to buy the book at that point (believe me, I'm an expert at overdue library books).
Lastly, for those of you interested in my "job", after the break one of my more discouraging classes was replaced with a small group. I now get to work with 3 (only!) really motivated girls in terminale (senior year)who are taking the oral English exam at the end of the year and somehow got placed in the class that's taking the written exam. So for an hour a week, I get to hang out with 3 girls (who actually want to learn!) and practice talking in my native language. Quite an improvement, in my opinion!
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