The Most Entertaining First Day of School EVER

So, yesterday I took the placement test at the college so they know which class to put me in. It obviously did not go very well considering I got placed two levels lower than what was intended for me. Therefore, I am in beginner`s french.

But honestly, I love it.

It`s incredibly entertaining and the people are hilarious. I will have to do extra work with Dr. McCullough to compensate for the level difference.

This morning we got our class assignments and there was no one in there that I know. At all. Our teacher was late so we waited outside the classroom for a few minutes, completely certain we were in the wrong place and we missed something amonst all the French. It was me and 8 Middle Eastern grown men speaking arabic because they all knew each other. Can you say AWKWARD?? (I`m not racist, but it was just a funny situation haha).

Our teacher got there and let us in and we took a seat in front of her. She is a sweet, energetic, young french woman named Stephanie and we all adore her. She wrote my class`section on the board to make sure we were in the right place.

Right after that, a young chinese woman came in and asked if this was her class and it was. So, she took a seat next to me. After her, a young blond girl came in and I just knew she was American (over here, you can just see it).

Then, Stephanie wanted to learn all of our names, so she had us get in a tight circle together and say our names and then say the names of all the people that preceeded us in the line. I was the third to last and it was 9 a.m....you do the math on how that went. After I took my turn, two South Korean girls came running in and wanted to know if this was there class. It was haha. After this, she had us talk to one person for two minutes in French and talk about our interests, where we are from, etc. And when she said so, we would switch to another person and repeat the cycle. After all of this, she had each of us stand up and we would say the things we learned about that person. We found out that the men were from Iraq and flipping hilairious. They most of them are professors in Iraq and are spaced out from the ages of 25 to around 40.

We had to switch rooms since we were done with the lab section of class and move to a normal classroom to continue. During the room change, the blonde girl came up to me and asked where I was from. Her name is Grace, she goes to Boston University and she`s from San Antonio.

But back to the class....when we got to the new room, another South Korean girl joined the class.

All of the Iraqi men know each other and poke fun at each other and they each have their own personality. It`s just so great.

And I found out that I am going to have the most awesome time over the next couple of weeks...
Sunday, we are going to Chamonix to see Mont Blanc with the university.
Tuesday we are going kayaking.
I don`t have class next Thursday because of Bastille Day.
Next Friday-Sunday, we are going to the French Riveria for the weekend.
And then the weekend after that we are going to Marseilles.
...It`s gonna be legit.

So, that is my update for now!! Love you all!!