Articles made by Hélène Boucher

The French students had the opportunity to go to England in April and they wanted to share this video with you !


















Arthur and his ambitions for the future :

Mehdi speaking about his studies and future job :

Jules and what he likes at school :


SCHOOL SYSTEMS
Three students went to Canada for one month. Here is what they think about school in Canada. There are also different things they would like to change in the French school system :

From Léa : 

In October I went to Canada for one month. Canadian Highschools are very different from French Highschools. For example, they are allowed to eat, drink and use their phones during the class. School always ends at 3 :25 pm which is awesome because sometimes in France school ends at 6:00 o’clock. In a schoolday, they only have four classes besides they can choose courses like cooking or art which we don’t have in France. They don’t have to choose a section like scientific or literature. In Canada I noticed that teachers were less strict than in France. To finish, sport in Canadian Highschools takes a big place in their everyday life because it teaches you to work in team.  

I reckon that that the Canadian system is better than in France because students become independent easily however the french system has some good points too. If I could change something instead of our three sections I will let students choose what classes they would like to study. It would be awesome if we could choose classes like art, cooking or music. I would like to change the duration of classes because they have more time to do more activites after school than us.

From Amélie :
My amazing trip to Canada       (Jasper, a little town between the mountains)

I can see a lot of differences between school in Canada and in France. Indeed, the time table is better than in France because they begin at 8:35am in the morning and the day is done at 3:25pm in the afternoon. Contrary to the French school they are more involved in the sport life of their school: basketball, volleyball. The students have all weekend approximately 3 or 4 months tournament. My exchange and her sister were both in the volleyball team called “Chargers” and in the basketball team. Then they can choose what they want for courses: food, art, makeup or dressmaking with some required courses. Contrary to France they haven’t got a canteen for lunch but some students take food from home and eat in the lunchroom or buy something to eat in the little cafeteria of the high school. They have more freedom for example they can come later in their first course or just stay sleeping at home if they would, they can use their phone in class too when the teacher is speaking. And they make a lot of interactive quizzes before their test. Finally, they drive to go home because they can drive alone at 16 years old but some take the school bus provided by the government.
Then let’s talk about what or which things want I to change in the French system. Maybe can we do something for the timetable and reorganize the sections so students can choose what they want. In Canada they have fewer holidays but they can be more attentive because they have shorter days at school and they prefer pastimes outside with friends, during the week they can do different sports to represent their school. And we can maybe be more flexible with students. I think that teachers are closer to students and it could be less stressful. But they have less homework than us because they have the same courses all the day during one trimester.

ESPECIALLY FOR YOU !

We really appreciated the two videos where two Greek students explain the origins of two important Greek celebrations and we understood them quite well. We get it : you know how to say NO !!! We were also impressed by the different performances. We do not have this kind of celebrations in French schools.

Here is our way to say "thank you for this collaboration" ;-) And MERRY CHRISTMAS !






  • Students speaking about their favourite movies :

1) Thomas speaking about BACK TO THE FUTURE
Hi everyone! I’m here to talk about the best movie trilogy called Back to the Future, especially one of my favourite moment and the main character Marty McFly. For me, the best of the three movies is the second because Marty and Doc, who created the first time machine and said all the time “Great Scott!”, make a great leap to the year 2015 with their emblematic car, the DeLorean.

I love the character of Marty McFly because anyone can identify to him, indeed he is a bit lazy, likes to spend his time playing the guitar or with his girlfriend. But in fact, he’s a real dare devil and he never gives up even he faces danger.

I love the scene where McFly is in 2015 because it’s very funny to see the imagination of the movie writers like the flying cars or the hoverboard (don’t tell me that hoverboards exist, the board with two wheels isn’t one for me, it’s just a useless thing!). They dreamed about many insane things, but one exists: the Nike Air of Marty which is very expensive nowadays. Our 2015 is totally different from the movie.

If you’re bored during the week-end, jump on the trilogy and watch it, there are funny moments as badass moments. After watching it, you will say Great Scott during your English lesson.
2) Théo speaking about DEMAIN
My favorite film is Demainproduced by Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent. Actually it’s not
really a movie but rather a report speaking about how some people all around the world
found ecological solutions and how they apply them. The two producers and the
cameramen traveled to many countries like Sweden, Denmark, the USA, or India to ask
questions to the people who have changed their lives from a consumer society to a
sustainable way of life in which they respect humans and the planet. Through the answers of these
people we learn that we can do many little things each day to reduce our ecological impact
like using a bike to go to school, making our own vegetable garden without any pesticides,
not using chemical or industrial products, or using renewable energies. They also met
some “mini societies” or small groups of people living in a alternative way which have their
own sort of administration, educational system, vegetable gardens, money,etc. After seeing
this film I changed some little things in my daily life because now I know that is very easy to
do. I really like this type of documentaries which are quite optimistic and show us that an
eco-friendly life is possible instead of the one which just makes us feel guilty : it shows us the
solution not the problem. I absolutely recommend it !!
 

  • Dounia's passion for music

Music has been my passion for almost 10 years. I started when I was 7 years old. I first did a year of music theory and then I started playing the flute. Over the years, I learned alone to play the piano, the guitar (classical, electric and bass), a little bit of ukulele, drums and xylophone. Every week I have about four hours of lessons at the ''Conservatoire de musique'': two hours of music theory, one hour of orchestra and one hour of flute. But sometimes I have a few more hours because I have rehearsals to prepare concerts or auditions. In june, I have to take two exams, one of music theory and one of flute. If I succeed, I will have a degree. I'm a little stressed, but it will be my 5th exam, so I know how to prepare well. What I like the most is doing concerts with other musicians, during the rehearsals, there is always a good atmoshpere, we laugh together, we share our passion, it's really great. What I would like a lot is to learn how to play other instruments like the cello, but most of all, I would like to play the saxophone.

Dounia and Sofia (from the Greek school) talked about their passion for music and Sofia had to choose a song for Dounia and so did Dounia for Sofia.
Here is Sofia playing the flute :
"The music I played on flute is sung by a man named Dionisis Tsaknis. This song is about growing up, being more mature, not listening to the old ones but looking to the future of the world and correcting the mistakes that can be made during life or  those of the past. "





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