a typical day at school

today i went in to school to teach my 2 classes of the day. upon arrival, i stopped at the gate by 2 rows of high school students who told me i didnt have the right to enter. with that i responded...i dont care, and pushed passed them. i went up to my classeroom-doubting that anyone would be there.. but yes my 4 students came. one was late becuase she had a hard time getting past the great wall of french high school students.

we proceeded as normal until the last 15 minutes when we heard lots of yelling and horn honking. with that we ran to the hallway to look out the window and students were pouring out of the school and 3 girls holding signs had climbed on top of the bus stop to yell to the crowd. then a student came and told my students that their next teacher told them not to go to class but rather GO OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE STRIKE!! so when the bell rang, they ran out along with all the other students and it was a mad house. they told me not to leave or i wont get back in...they asked me to join them.. in response i said "no, im not french. americans dont do this kind of thing" hahaha

i watched the crazy students block the road. tap on cars. yell. jump around. etc. then i had 3 of my 10 students come to the next class. the funny thing is... when i went to leave at 11, there was noone outside. no signs of any strike.. weird...

so far this week i have had all of my classes. thats a first in i dont knwo how many weeks/months. theres still a chance that something will be cancelled tomorrow.



tuesday night we decided to see how many people we could cram into a tiny tiny apartment and eat together (aka bible study) and we had like 20 or so people all sitting in a studio apartment that was the size of my dorm room. fun times had by all.

we also finally changed our lightbulbs. we've had like 5 burnt out bilbs for a few weeks now, but when the bathroom one burned out-we decided to do something. so we changed them all. (just so you know, the lightbulbs are different here in france. so its been a complicated thing and we always forget to ask for assistance)

theresa my old roommate has the chickenpox for the second time in her life. the poor girl. shes had problems like every week shes been in france. i doubt she ever returns.

my birthday is in exactly 1 month from today. ill be 23!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah!

things are good here. been kinda busy trying to do everything before i leave. im so not ready. i wish i could stay for longer... oh well. ill be back sometime.

have a good day! dont go on strike.