Hey Everyone! So I'm going to apologize un petit peu for being so lax with the bog stuff over the past month. I can't believe I let it go for a month. Anyhow, below you will find the entries from our break at the end of October. That was one of the most incredible weeks of my life. Since then we have had two weeks of class, nothing too major to report.
The grading system in France is really really out of wack. Everything is out of 20, and if you get a 15 out of 20 that doesn't directly convert into a percentage grade. The first grades I got back were 15/20, 16/20, and 17/20. I saw those numbers and got really really upset. I was like well, so much for my 4.0 this term. However, the top of the paper said "Tres Bon". My face immediately contorted with full out confusion, hand shot up in the air, and it was about all I could do not to blurt out "You french people really out of our F*ing minds!" It turns out that anything above an 15.5/20 is great. Like on the edge between A and A-, and a 20/20 is essentially unachievable. A mentality like that makes you really want to strive for perfection...NOT.
In other news, I haven't gotten arrested. I finally got a bike, and have been riding a lot like. Sunday rides are usually about 130 km (80 miles), and I will update on the rest of the stories at a later date. Im tired, thats all for tonight. Check out everything below, too. New news. A bien tot.
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