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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…