Comments on: On Campus (Part I)

By: School's Out | Correr Es Mi Destino

School's Out | Correr Es Mi Destino — Sat, 22 May 2010 14:26:23 +0000

[…] including the very useful French as a second language course I was forced to take (remember, being French is not a proof that I can speak French). It doesn’t seem much like that but I’m working full-time in a very demanding job, and […]

By: Priyank

Priyank — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:44:26 +0000

Oh the things we need to do due to bureaucracy! But the tour of your campus was very good! I enjoyed it.
.-= Priyank´s last blog ..Three years in Toronto =-.

By: aline

aline — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:09:56 +0000

wow. I’ve missed a lot when I was on hiatus. Read some of your previous blog entries to understand what is going on because I found it weird to read that you took the French as a second language exam. It is not easy to balance work and studies but I think that it’s great that you are studying again. Someone who is 26 years old is considered as a mature student? 26 and above? or even lower than that?
I love that photo of the library. I’ve always been fascinated by libraries.
All the best for your studies.

By: Seraphine

Seraphine — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:33:17 +0000

lol. i like to sleep on saturdays too.
well, i like the *option* to sleep.
sometimes i get up early and do something but
since its saturday, i should have first choice
in what i want to do.
.-= Seraphine´s last blog ..Shopping Days (Open to Negotiation) =-.

By: Zhu

Zhu — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:40:24 +0000

@Seb — You know what… they may just do that!

By: Seb

Seb — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:49:52 +0000

I have a feeling that they outsourced the test grading to India
.-= Seb´s last blog ..My Googles Arre Awesime. =-.

By: Zhu

Zhu — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:19:41 +0000

@Bluefish — I believe it’s about 35,000 students in total. The test is also an easy way for the university to make money, since it costs the same as one class (around 600$).

@the writer — I know, it’s so weird!

@Nigel Babu — Some buildings are falling apart, but some are very cool. Much nicer than my former university in France, for sure.

@Beth — Took a while!

@shionge — It’s a stupid regulation… I just didn’t feel like arguing any longer. Now this is done at least.

@Agnes — I hope I’ll pass!

@Tulsa Gentleman — This is the weird part: the sign is right in front of the library’s main entrance! Definitely not a place where I would BBQ…!

@London Caller — 对，是必要的。有些人虽然在外国出生的但不会说那个国家的语言。

例如，我知道有很多意大利人在意大利出生的但是他们听不懂意大利语因为他们不到三年了离开意大利了。

但是我在法国生活了十八年了！

@Linguist-in-Waiting — The whole process was a pain but I’m glad that finally, the uni. will understand that I can speak French.

@Sidney — Maybe!

@Seraphine — He was lonely because it was early on a Saturday morning. Students sleep on Saturday!

@Soleil — The sign puzzled me for a long time… still does, actually. There are three or four signs like that close the the library’s main entrance — not a place where I’d think to have a BBQ anyway. But some idiot must have!

@Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny — Don’t ask why! Long story, involving bureaucracy and some stubborn people

I haven’t received your submission… mmm… let me go check my email again, otherwise I’m sending you an email. I want to read it!

By: Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny

Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:22:19 +0000

haha! I've just landed on your page from blog carnival. How funny that you took an exam for French as a second language when you are French! I'm not even going to ask WHY! I love life and how confusing we make it for ourselves. Glad I found you. Hope you like my post submission for your next carnival. There really is a difference between British English and American English. And no, Canadian English is not a hybrid, but probably you can, at least, understand me. Translations are provided for the uninitiated. lol! .-= Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny´s last blog ..Faith, a Two-Legged Dog, Walks Upright Like a Human =-.

By: Soleil

Soleil — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:59:01 +0000

I love the story about your French exam. Sounds like something that would happen to an anglophone in France! I'm glad you got out of your oral, at least someone was being logical! What on earth is up with the no barbecue sign??!! .-= Soleil´s last blog ..Back to the Big House =-.

By: Seraphine

Seraphine — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:48:38 +0000

je pense, therefore, i am french.
it isn’t true. as you have learned,
thinking is not required.

you’d think, in a big university, that nobody would be lonely. that, too, isn’t true.

j’adore tu.
or is it: j’tadore?
.-= Seraphine´s last blog ..Hungry for Love =-.