should i go to france with my class or not?
813819
I would go. What a wonderful learning opportunity.
833913
colleges don't look at your attendance...they look at your grades, your college test scores, and your extra-curricular activities + any awards....if you think your tardies will pull your grade down really bad for that class then go ahead and argue it out with your teacher....but usually attendance shouldn't pull your grade down much at all....as for your spanish class...study more/ask for help and make the A...good luck...
293538
I don't underdstand your question. It seems to me that you are either a French student or want to study in France. Could you provide some more details?
41046
As long as its ok with your parents and he seems like a good person, I think you should go with him. He might also help you get to know more people, which will probably be helpful since you're in a new school.
430890
One of the better schools in London or the Sarboum in Paris
626227
why dont you go with him...they have great colleges.(The American University in Cairo).the country is very cheap you'll have alot of fun...There is alot of americans and europeans there...it's nice..
954893
I can't help you with Singapore or France, but I might be able to give you some guidelines for Canada, specifically in Nova Scotia.\n\nIf class starts at 8:30 am, then for Primary to grade 2 they get out at about 2:30, and grades 3 to 6 get out at about 3pm. This includes a lunch hour of 50 minutes to 1hr 30 min, depending on how large an area the school serves.\n\nSome schools start as early as 7:30, but they also get out that much earlier for the day. \n\nI assume the times are similar elsewhere in this country.
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ABSOLUTELY YES!\nYou don't mean on a boat, right?  Abroad not aboard, right?  Seriously, since they have study cruises.\n\nMy answer:\nIt depends on what kind of person/student you are.\nAre you the kind of person who will sit down and study from a book...vocabulary and grammar?\nAre you the kind of person who doesn't mind saying silly things or making funny noises?\nDo you feel self-conscious or stupid when you make a mistake aloud?\nDo you have a life in the US that can't do without you for a few months?\nIf you answered YES to the first two questions and NO to the second two, then here is my recommendation, based on my own study abroad in France, Italy, and Japan...\nPlan to study abroad.  Absolutely.  It's an irreplaceable experience that not enough Americans have, one that would only make you more interesting.\n\nFirst, sit down with a good French-French dictionary, a good French grammar book, a good book of exercises, and some good tapes of pronunciation and native speakers.  Study about 4 (2+2) hours a day, 5 consecutive days a week, for about 3-4 weeks.\n\nSecond, after about 2 weeks, start saying whatever you can in French to everyone around you, even if just to show off that you're studying.  And try sincerely to pronounce everything exactly as you hear on the tapes.\n\nThird, go study in France, but not Paris.  Try Tours, as it has a couple of the best programs and a very good dialect.  Save Paris for later or weekend trips away from your study town.  Paris is too big and it's too easy to both get lost and to speak English.  While in Tours or someplace, speak French and ONLY French.  And don't worry one bit about the mistakes you may make...don't worry about the pronunciation you may mangle.  Pretend you're like a drunk who finds everyone a friend and cares little what people think (though you still want to be nice and presentable). Listen only to French music and TV (definitely watch TV when there is no one French to speak with).  Don't call home, and don't write English home (applies to short term study programs).  Don't make American or British friends with whom you will inevitably speak English.  Write French if you must.  You'll have lots of time to get back in touch with people later (and won't forget English), but limited time to make the best of your experience while you're in France.  Immerse yourself in French culture.  Go pick grapes in the country and live at a vineyard.  Volunteer with a French version of a summer camp.\nFourth, try to make it an extended study program.  Try to stay immersed in the culture for a year.  A year in which you have really invested time before going, and are making the best of your opportunity while you are there.  If you don't do those two things, you won't have the best experience you can.\n\nAfter a year, having studied the language intensely before going, and really using it while there, you will come home, or go to Paris, more in touch with the world, more confident because you are able to exist alone, able to communicate well in French, and able to expand your possibilities for potential careers.  (Not to mention that repeating the experience in another country would be easier, and learning another Romance language would be so much easier...)\n\nGo.  Have fun.
250100
Stop it  ASAP!\nThis is the worst thing someone may do.Cause you are waisting your time going to the class but instead of trying to learn sth you are daydreaming.Be sure that soon you'll miss the whole course.
423305
NO ITS OK ...\n\ni was there once for one month (even i speak french )....and most they speak english ...so don't worry much ...\n\nbut why not u start to learn somthing about the french language b4 going there ..its cool to learn .... and thats 2 months it will be great for learn more about french language ....\n\n\ngood luck and good stay in FRANCE
959538
It depends on the class. If the class has a lab and the information that comes from that reflects the labs results then you should be there.\nOn the other hand you are the one paying for the class what does the Prof. care whether you are there or not.\nMy husband was a Prof. at a major university and he did mark you down for not being there because he figured you took the class for a reason and how are you going to learn if you are not there for lecture especailly if it a class that is based on lecture.\n\ngood luck: you can argue both ways and loose
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First, choose your location. I think any main city (we do have a lot of cities) will have some sort of language school.\n\nParis is an obvious choice. Expensive but you'd be able to see a lot of things. \n\nBiarritz is supposed to be a great town. I've never been there, but I would love to live there (I know, doesn't sound logical)! \n\nBordeaux is supposed to be posh!\n\nBrittany is supposed to be great if you like bars and beer! Plus, there are many things to visit there. \n\nMarseilles might seem a bit dangerous. But it's a big city and is close to the city and is not posh.\n\nToulouse is supposed to be great too. University town with plenty of things to do (careful: I heard that in the summer, it's not as busy and can be boring)\n\nI lived in Toulon. Don't go there! The area is great (beautiful, scenery) but the town is not that great).\n\nNice... Didn't really like it but I think it was just me. However, they are building a tram so the center is a big cnstruction area. However, you can still do plenty of things and there is the old town and diferent areas. Plus, same as for Toulon: the surrounding area is beautiful.\n\nLilles (North) is supposed to be great for partying (plenty of students)\n\nand so is Lyon (I wanted to live there but ended up in Nice). \n\nAnyway, choose your town first, depending on what you're interested in (the beach? museums? visit the countryside? surfing? etc...), then you'll be able to find a school. The important thing here is that you meet people (I'm not sure you'll be able to learn much as far as language is concerned at school in a month) and are able to visit and have fun.
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While I've never done a study abroad in France, I was an intern in Northern France last summer and I've traveled through France a lot. Bringing hard currency may not be the best idea, because they don't let you carry too much currency through customs checkpoints (but it is mostly the honor system). Also, if you are robbed, then you'll find yourself with NO money. \n\nA credit or a debit card is a good idea. Most French stores and restaurants accept american cards (you'll want to make sure that it's marked in the windows or on the registers before you start filling a shopping cart or ordering your meal--remember: Acceptez-vous les cartes de crédit américaines?--and you'll also often end up showing the cashiers how to use it, as they're not used to our swipe system).\n\nAlso, check with your bank before going. My bank charges me a 3% "currency exchange fee" when I use my debit card like a credit card, however, when I pull money out of an international ATM, there's just a $5 fee. This means that if I pull out more than 200 euros worth from the ATM, I am actually losing less money than just paying with my card at the register.\n\nIt really is practically impossible to tell you how much to expect to spend, because I don't know what is already paid for. Do you have to pay to get into museums? That can add up fast. The metro system is cool, but that can be expensive as well. Are you traveling to other cities other than Paris? Will you have to pay for your train/plane? Nicer restaurants will end up being about 20 to 30 euros a meal.\n\nYou may want to check out the Fodor's Online website. They have a guide to restaurants (and hotels if that isn't taken care of by your travel group). Oh, and for the restaurants, my wife and I found that the traiteurs chinois are often less expensive than eating elsewhere, but you're going to miss out on that authentic experience.\n\nGood luck and enjoy your stay. I hope that helps.
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You have to look at school as a big game.  If you play the game, you get out with few scratches.  Do what they want and remind yourself of the good times you'll have when you're out of their class.  I had a friend who made voodoo dolls and kept them in her locker, but I don't suggest that route.  :P
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While I am not a teacher at present I will tell you the experience of our sons.  In a transfer that took our family from the States to France our sons struggled with the strict atmosphere and lack of help for the students in the international school we put them in (hoping it would be better suited to them. . . . .wrong).  Time was not given to do any work at school, that was to be done at home and turned in promptly,  they had no problem holding students back a year until the school believed they could pass the exams that were given every couple of years which tested on ALL aspects of learning within those years (the Bacculaureate covered all years in school and if you did not score high enough on just one portion (math, language,etc.) you were made to repeat the entire year again.\n\nAfter 1 1/2 years of this and the school wanting to put our sons back 2 years because they didn't think their French was good enough to pass the tests, we found an American school in Switzerland and they finished their high school there.  \n\nHomework is the key.  In the States it was never cool to be at home doing your homework.  However, in Europe you will not survive school without doing homework.  At their school in Switzerland there was mandatory study hall 3 hours EVERY night.  In France the teenagers had little time to do anything because they were always at home or the library doing their homework.  \n\nThe students were prepared the minute they entered the classroom to learn.  They were respectful to the teachers as well as to each other and quiet when the teacher was talking.  This provided a reason for the teachers to be respectful of them as well and willing to listen to their ideas and suggestions.\n\nThey also had field trips to learn about the country they were living in and to show their gratitude to the city where they went to school, they did continutal service projects for the city in many ways, i.e. beautification of town square, mentoring younger towns children, helping on the ski slopes when needed.  Because of this the town loved them, trusted them and at graduation would hang out windows and doorways to wave and shout congratulations to them.\n\nI can't think of a better way to learn.  Not just from books, but to learn first hand about a culture.  Oh, and by the way - out of the 250 students, there were 47 countries represented.  The school was very dilegent in making sure everyone had several countries represented in their dorms which held 4 students.  This gave them one on one contact in both learning and dealing with other cultures and customs.  Not all of them were stellar roommates, but the students did learn tolerance.  How great is that.
360751
I think you'll be fine those classes mostly depend on teachers nad how much they want you to know, but the subjects themselves are mostly common sense, it will be hard but not too hard, it is definately possible.
389573
is better for you to ask for a tour and seek information from the student themself, but do nt get you head stuck in one school ,there are more school who offers great stuff.you seem to have a good head on your shoulder,i wish the best,good luck.