After a long transatlantic and connection through Heathrow, our second group of French Exchange participants has finally joined us. They were greeted by their host families and perfect weather at Orly airport last night and joined their
correspondants for a day at the Lycée VictorDuRuy. Students now have their
cartes Navigo, which gives them unlimited access to the Parisian buses, trains and metro!
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| Poly students get ready to board the plane at LAX! |
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| At our midday check-in! |
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| Stopping by for her carte Navigo and some euros! |
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| Olive and Lisa, her correspondant, check in with M. B |
After a nice night of settling into our Parisian homes and catching up with our correspondants, we all got up bright and early to attend classes with our French students. The school day began at 8am. The Lycée Victor du Ruy is a large white building with a beautiful garden and the middle school buildings are located nearby. We visited various classes such as economics, English, history and Italian, which were each about an hour in length with about thirty students per class. In basically every class, the teacher mainly gave a lecture and the students all took notes. In the middle of the day, we had a two hour lunch break where we went out to various restaurants to eat delicious food and meet other French students. The school day was long and concluded at 5pm. After school, we went out in various groups to eat pastries at the local boulangerie and then back to our apartments. Although experiencing French school was interesting, it made us grateful for poly's classes which weren't as huge or noisy as DuRuy classes and ended earlier. Looking forward to continuing our adventures in France! --Jadie
What a day! After staying with our host families last night, we woke up early this morning to start classes with our French correspondents. Everyone was tired, especially those that had just flown in from LA, but we were all happy to meet the students at Victor Duruy. There are a multitude of bakeries and stores less than a block from the school, so during my correspondent's free period, we went with some other students to buy some delicious chocolate paninis. In terms of classes, I could actually understand quite a bit of the Physics class, but was completely lost during other classes like history and French. I was able to participate in the English class, and helped students practice their interrogative skills by answering and asking questions. I also participated in completing student-created quizzes determining whether I was a geek or a nerd. I got mixed results. Although the day was quite long, (8:15 am to 5:30 pm) there was a 1 and a half hour break, followed by a 1 hour lunch and another 20 minute break over the course of the day. Each class was one hour long, and I experienced all of the core classes I take at Poly, plus statistics and Latin classes. When school was finally out, I was exhausted along with the rest of the exchange students, and was happy to go home and eat dinner with my host family before going to bed early. It was a great day, and I'm sure there will be more to come like it!
-Jack W.
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