Do you think French class is a waste of time??
398708
i have french class and in the beginning it was fun but now it is a bore
163694
The way ,my FRENCH TEACHERS, MOSTLY, FRENCH NATIONALS/BELGIANS,was by first teaching, some IRREGULAR VERBS, then giving us for loud reading,a short lesson, say, 10 to 12 lines,containing, the verb's  Application, from the Present Continuous.....to the past-perfect.\nThey would read to us, make us read, & en-act plays, like 'JEAN D' ARK'.Spoke to us in French, accepted answers, in French, prompted us when we went wrong. I AM GRATEFUL TO THEM TODAY...COZ, I TEACH FRENCH, AS A VISITING FACULTY MEMBER.
952035
It takes time to learn the program.  4 & 5 Of French I gave me no and of trouble.  You may have to go back and redo every lesson from the start now & then.  Some sections you will get the first time others will take several trys.\n\nIt wasn't until I reached the upper lessons that I was begining to realy catch on to speaking French.  Keep going you will get it.  Then you'll be ready for the next set of 30 lessons.
119817
French music can be a good and funny tool to teach French. Music itself and figuring out what the 'song' means like a puzzle may create an enthusiasm in class.
805079
Yep, waste of time.\nDangerous, possibly, too (toxins).
725591
I'm a French young girl. Well, I suppose French young people's week-ends aren't that different from yours. They can do all sort of things, like going to the cinema, spending time with friends, going to parties or doing homework ! If you want to know what I am to do next week-end, I am to visit my grandmother and to do homework with friends. I know it's not that glamorous but is it my fault if teachers give us so much homework ?\n\nYou can do a poll on Yahoo answers France. It can give you more examples. Ask "Que font les jeunes Français le week-end ?" (you can ask in English if you want only answers in English)
649816
i do. it's a waste of time. i would cut but then i have other classes to go to after.
502783
Keep up what you're doing.  It takes quite some time.  When you are an intermediate learner (about 3rd,4th year high school, or late 2nd year university) yo could benefit from moving to a French-speaking area.  (Quebec or  Montreal might be easier for a US person.)  Once you can even half-way read French, read.  Read children's books, baby books, magazines, websites (yahoo.fr, insolite is usually interesting.  It has weird stuff).  Don't worry about what you don't understand.  Don't both with the dictionary.  Just read.  I know that there are podcasts in French and that some French newspapers (le monde) have spoken interviews on the computer.  Listen to what you're interested.  You might also want to download or buy French CDs of the type of music you like and listen to them over and over until they get in your head.\nI took 1 year in highs school, minored in college, listened to this one French record album 17 zillion times, fell in love with the book "the Little Prince" in French, started teaching it...and eventually I can open my mouth and let French fall out--but this is a loooooooong process.
808645
Probably becuase the class is boring. Try taking notes so that you will have to focus. And try getting more sleep and a good breakfast.
794601
no.\n\nwhy would i waste my time doing that?\n\nLOL.
148078
Easily its 4 classes for 18 weeks. THe block system works much better b/c it is less of a class/work load. Plus it better prepares hs student for the way classes in college are. 7 classes is too much work continuously. You have 7 diff teachers that think their class is the most important. Can you imagine a student having 7 hw assignments a night. 5-6 test on the same day. Its not practical.
5114
No.\n\nActually I'm wasting my time anyway, so your question makes this waste of time more funny :)
609370
I love it personally, but it does not suit everybody as you need a lot of self discipline and motivation and so on... so be careful don't tak ethem to avoid the hassle of going to classes take them seriously and you may learn even more than anybody else attending regular classes.
1015350
I like it. It sounds cool. And yes it is easier than french!
487317
Depends on what the teacher is instructing on. Sometimes it can be very boring if I am not intersted in the sport.
702628
Frankly, schools start too late learning languages and children do not learn to appreciate the benefits of learning a language. A lot can be to do with the school also. My school, despite being a good one, had a poor attitude to languages. I wanted to learn 2 at GCSE and I ended up with no GCSE's in a foreign language. I only got to take a measly certificate in French and they gave me the qualification a year late because they lost one of my oral exams in the cupboard of one of the modern languages rooms. I took my GCSE's in 2002-2004, so fairly recent and this was the first year they made languages optional. Furthermore, probably we have downward spiral going on, where the influence of one thing, just makes things worse (e.g. the poor attitude makes kids not want to learn, which makes teachers not want to teach, etc...). I am a person who is very much for learning languages, as I know fully well not everyone is going to be speaking English, which is the common view now (Yes alright I do know that loads people speak English and it may very well take over) and it kind of limits "to an extent" your ability to embrace a culture- I feel terrible when I go on holiday and I can't say at least a few words in the language of the country I am in.
709797
How about paying attention to what your teacher is saying? I am serious...you are there to learn, not to pass time. I think you must be joking, right?