What? No. That's why I said "her own personal reasons", since nobody else had a problem with it - except now suddenly they seem to, and I don't know why.Zombie Gawdzilla wrote:You know this person well enough to know her motivations?Psychoserenity wrote:Well Coito seems to be being all serious as if there's some sort of problem. But all that's happened is a student, for her own personal reasons, didn't want to do some classwork. What am I missing?Exi5tentialist wrote:Read the thread? Start with the first post, that usually helps.Psychoserenity wrote:Sorry, how is this even a story?
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I got banned from French classes for telling the new French French teacher we had (on his first day ) that the État Français was a Classic example of French cowardice
serves him right for being from Vichy

serves him right for being from Vichy




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I sympathise - racism towards a country isn't the best basis from which to learn its language.Feck wrote:I got banned from French classes for telling the new French French teacher we had (on his first day ) that the État Français was a Classic example of French cowardice![]()
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And Vichy was chosen because it had lots of hotel rooms, not on the basis of the politics of the population there.Feck wrote:I got banned from French classes for telling the new French French teacher we had (on his first day ) that the État Français was a Classic example of French cowardice![]()
serves him right for being from Vichy
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That's counter-revolutionist talk! It's the guillotine for you, you bourgeoisie porcheries! To the tennis court! Alons y!Svartalf wrote:Bleh, it's shit, I'd rather have learned the Amhran an bhFhianna... never got enough Irish to manage it, though.
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The reason I started learning French is because in 7th grade we all had to choose between either French or Spanish. I figured Spanish might be more practical living in the US, but there might be more girls in the French classes. I was right.Exi5tentialist wrote:I sympathise - racism towards a country isn't the best basis from which to learn its language.Feck wrote:I got banned from French classes for telling the new French French teacher we had (on his first day ) that the État Français was a Classic example of French cowardice![]()
serves him right for being from Vichy

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Ian wrote:The reason I started learning French is because in 7th grade we all had to choose between either French or Spanish. I figured Spanish might be more practical living in the US, but there might be more girls in the French classes. I was right.Exi5tentialist wrote:I sympathise - racism towards a country isn't the best basis from which to learn its language.Feck wrote:I got banned from French classes for telling the new French French teacher we had (on his first day ) that the État Français was a Classic example of French cowardice![]()
serves him right for being from Vichy

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