Revolutionary Concept!

I'M UPDATING MY BLOG!! ha.. I know. It is shocking.

Well, no one probably even reads this anymore, as I never update it. But I plan to be better now!

So it has been raining for a few days here. Its seriously no fun. And its not happy rain, or light rain, it is miserable-pouring-horizontally rain. On thursday, we were walking to the tram stop at about 10 at night, and it was just a straight hurricane. The wind was blwing soooo hard, and we were all stooped behind our umbrellas. I think at least one umbrella didn't survive. And we were soaked for the next hour or 2 after getting inside. Its lovely.

But what better thing to do on a rainy day than knit. Haha, I really have been though. I have made 2 scarves now. So if anyone wants a new scarf for Christmas, let me know :)

School is blah. The class I actually know what is going on in is my linguistics class. And for that reason alone, I'd say it is my favorite. I've got some other classes that I don't give much thought too, then there are the 2 I hate. The first: Grammaire Francaise. Horrible. Even the french kids don't understand what is going on as it is so super technical, so how in the world are we supposed to do well?!

Then there is Campus Soir. The only french class intended for the international kids. Well our teacher is crazy. First off, she cannot even dress herself. Last week, she wore a red turtlneck with a red tank top on top. Then she carried a red briefcase thing. They were all clashing bright reds. Ugh. I couldn't focus all of class because she looked so bad. Then this week. She wore the same red turtleneck, with 2 gold necklaces on it too, a jean sleeveless dress with a few large flowers on it and 2 giant buttons on the shoulders, with sheer navy tights, and beige shoes. She dresses like a four year old would. It's like usually the individual pieces of her outfits aren't too bad, but she just puts on whatever she feels like wearing that day.

Well second off, she has never learned a foreign language herself. So, when she is teaching french as a foreign language, she is horribly rude and confusing. She explains things in such a roundabout complicated way that no one ever knows what is going on. And she is really mean if people make mistakes. No one ever wants to say anything because she just pounces on their mistakes and makes everyone feel stupid.

And finally, she hates America. Awesome. Each week we do different listening comprehension activities. They tend to be on the most random possible subjects. A few weeks ago, it was pollution in the oceans, followed by the Airbus A380, and followed this week by Child's Rights Laws and the UN policies on them. Somehow though, she ties it into talking about the problems of America. Without fail. This week, we were discussing possible cases where children's rights are breached. The British girl mentioned countries where children are forced to be soldiers very young. Our teacher, lovely woman that she is, looked at her in all seriousness and said oh, you are thinking of the program in America. Then she moved on. So newsflash! We have a program that forces children into the army. Oh and then later she said our public schools aren't free because we must pay taxes to fund them. huh? Is that not what France does too, lady?!

Well enough about her. I've had midterm type tests in 3 of my classes, translation, grammar, and linguistics. I'll find out monday and tuesday if I am passing anything.