J'étais tellement gâté par mon éducation aux Etats-Unis.
Alors, today I finished my second day at the University of Paris-7.
My first day in the classroom I experienced my first "choc culturel". I was completely shocked and horrified by the disrespect in the classroom towards the professor. The students completely talked over the professor and did not pay any attention to the directions of the course. Maybe I over estimated the quality of the french universities... but this was bad. I felt like I was in an inner-city school. (Yes I said it).
However, it truly made me realize how privileged and spoiled I have been with my education in Arizona and especially at Middlebury. I have always been in a classroom and learning environment where both the students and the professors respect each other... and the students are dedicated to the material. Wow.
So far my schedule for the semester will be:
Grammaire (French Grammar)
Le cinéma de la Nouvelle Vague (French New Wave Cinema)
Genre socialisation (Gender socialization)
Sociologie de l'école (Sociology of Education)
Psychosociologie (Psycho- sociology)
à plus
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