French Exchange 2008

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Here’s what some of our girls thought of the French Exchange programme:

 

Marianne McLean, 10S
“During my visit to France I learnt that the schools are slightly more old-fashioned with many languages being learnt and many subjects being important. The main subjects include science, maths and languages. This is similar to England however in England we do not have certain language lessons. I also found that many subjects did not have as many facilities as others. For example, the Sports Hall was equipped with table tennis, ballet bars and gymnastics equipment but the Technology Department didn’t have enough computers for a class and the equipment was quite old.

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French society is very different. In Paris the girls were very excited to hear if someone had a boyfriend. It is not very often you hear of this in France among young people aged 13 to 15. In the French school there were also groups of friends, not cliques like in England, but there was a distinction between “cool” and not. Also in French society families sit down and eat together and this does not happen often with English families.

 

The food in France I personally thought was delicious. Some people didn’t like it. They eat baguette with every meal. I also learnt that even if something doesn’t look or sound tasty doesn’t mean it won’t be delicious. However, everything I had to eat looked, smelt and tasted delicious. The French have a three course meal every evening with soup to start, main course and dessert with bread on the side. On one or two evening I also had cheese before dessert.

 

I enjoyed all of the visits but I thought Sacre Coeur was very pretty inside and the view from the church was amazing. It was also very special for me as my granddad used to bring my gran to Paris when they were young.

 

An Enjoyable Experience