French School....

Ok, school is very interesting here in France. First, we ride tour buses to school and the buses don't arrive at the same time for everyone. There is no school on Wednesday afternoon, nor on Saturday (but that is unique to Fresnel). The regular hours for school are 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, far too long for me, but you don't have school for that entire time as there are holes in the schedule. I'm in Première Literature (senior literature track) which focuses on French (which is literature) and history. I met some great friends the first day, Justine, Ingreed, Charline, and Marie. They have been a great help to me, getting me to and from class, letting me sit with them at lunch. They seem to be fascinated with Prom, and two of the four have taken my booklet home (the one we got at the end of the year with everyone's picture in it) to show their moms. Other than that, I only have 2 hours of math, 1 hour of science, 6 hours of French, and 4 hours of History. Strange for me, but it works out nicely. Lunch is very interesting. At 12:00, we all line up outside the doors to the cafeteria, and wait for the assistants to call our class. You go through the line, picking up as many slices of bread (they have a baguette-shredder here!) as you want, and a main dish, an entrée (which has to be eaten first, I was told), a yogurt or cheese, and a dessert.

Well, that's all for now!