Today we received our levels of classes and also our emploi de temps (schedules) for the semester. I got into level 5 which is exactly what my french professor at UPS predicted, so I was very happy with that placement. I was also extremely happy with my schedule, not only does it work perfectly with my bassoon lesson time, but we also have 3 day weekends every other week which is perfect for traveling! Most days we don't have too many hours of class, the only day that is going to be pretty rough is Thursday where we have 7 hours of class with only one half hour break...that will be one long day, but the other days make up for it because we only have 2-4 hours of class every other day of the week. It's also a perfect schedule because we do not have class until 1pm on Mondays which means we can travel on the weekends, come home late on Sunday and not have to wake up early for class the next morning.
I also had to call my bassoon professor on the phone today to talk to her about arranging my lessons now that I had my class schedule. It was my first phone call in French, but it went much better than I thought it would, and I understood every word she said to me. I ended up having to write a letter to the director of the Conservatoire to approve me for lessons then I had to bring it by his office later today. Everything is much more formal here, you can't simply write emails all the time like you can in America. But hopefully the director approves me to take lessons and then I will be starting this coming Wednesday.
That's all the news from the other side of the world! A Bientot!
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