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Do I Stay or Do I Go?
When I arrived home on May 15th, I was dead-set on returning to France to work again in the fall. I left one of my huge suitcases full of winter clothes and household…
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TAPIF Takeaways
As I finished my last week of work, I felt it was an appropriate time to reflect on the past seven months working here. Despite the difficulty getting settled in the beginning (thank…
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TAPIF – Pros and Cons
When I accepted a position with TAPIF, I knew that there would be some drawbacks. I read some blogs from past assistants to get a better idea of what it would be like.…
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Life as a TAPIF Language Assistant
Let me describe a typical day in the life of a Language Assistant in the TAPIF program. This is part of an excerpt from my journal: Today is Wednesday. As of Sunday at…
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Life in France – November Update
Well hello there! I took an unintentional 3 week break from my blog. Aside from all the political mess, I also accidentally broke my laptop and have had limited access to computers!…
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Beginning Work at my School in Wattrelos
I am currently about three weeks into working at my school in Wattrelos, France. I can almost say Wattrelos with confidence now (seriously so difficult haha)! After moving into my apartment and getting settled, I…
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Finding a Residence in Lille
I wrote in my last post how my friend very graciously allowed me to stay with him in his Paris apartment for ten (yes ten!) whole days before I moved to a residence…
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Paris is always a good idea.
That Paris exists and anyone could choose to live anywhere else in the world will always be a mystery to me. I may not have given myself very much spare time off of…
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Long-Stay Visa
I’m in the process of getting my second Long-Stay Visa for France… this time for work rather than study. 😛 I feel so official!! I wanted to write a little bit about how…
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I’m headed to Wattrelos!
This week I received my school assignment!! I will be an Assistante de Langue for Cité scolaire Emile Zola in Wattrelos, France! The school is located much closer to the city of Lille than…
