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My Trip to France
This is a journal I kept for a period of two weeks the summer before sixth
grade while in France. It is part of a larger project to type my journals.
This notebook was written during a 1986 visit to France. I was 12 and
had just completed 5th grade. Our teacher gave journals to all
of the about 25 kids who went to France. We travelled through a program,
entitled The Association
of French-American Classes, Ltd wherein teachers and students travel to France.
This journal or caier
(pronounced Kai-Yay), represents two weeks of writing in a classroom setting
usually between the hours of 8am and 12pm. The dates appear in French. There are
1,050 words. There are an average of 14 words per sentence. The Flesch
reading ease rating is 80.7. There are no passive sentences and FlesKincaid
grade level is estimated at 5.5.
Though these grammatical statistics are
interesting when I retype and read old journals,
I am struck by two things: One how much of what I wrote I didn't remember
clearly, and two how much I remembered clearly that I didn't write.
13 Juin Thursday
Dear Kyay!
Well, I guess it sunk in. France. Wow! Look at this paper! My family has a
swimming pool that is ice cold I hope I can visit Bridget and Mari
Christine.
At recess I had fun. About one million kids crowded around me and Bridget.
I like (of the French kids) Marie-Christine, Nathalie, Virginie and
Elody.
All these people showed me the school. The bathrooms (so I heard) were holes
in the ground so Jim made up a high five clap. High five down low in the
toilet bowl you go Cool huh? Everyone is nice to me here are the groups
Sugarter-Natalie Brigit-Marie-Christine Martin-Alexandria Rachel (me)
Virgine Bricout
Man! Wow! I saw the bathroom! There are three kinds: (diagrams for each)
There is no toilet paper lordly lord! What do these kids use? Their hands?
What the heak. SPEAK
14 Juin Thursday
I did not sleep well at all I slept good at first but in the middle of
the
night I woke up and couldn't go to sleep well to make matters 20 times
worse I had to go to the bathroom! Oh No!
After 10 minutes of deciding, I got up I felt my way through the room to the
hall because its pitch black. then I finally got the bathroom. Finally.
My French family consists of 4 people Virgine the youngest daughter
who has blond hair and green eyes. Martine is the mother who has brown
eyes and brown hair Nathalie has brown eyes and brown hair, and Alain
who has black hair and a mustache and has brown eyes.
15 Juin
Wednesday
Today we went swimming at least 100 times (actually four). I didn't have
too
good of a time cause I got sunburn on my back and kept on coughing. It
wasn't too bad because I got to swim. I love to swim. The pool
is freezing cold
at first but after a while its OK
16 Juin Thursday
Today we went to a bunch of museums
17 Juin Friday
Yes, the roomers are true I witnessed a sufficient amount of a
barf-o-rama!
Well it all started when we were invited to a museum yesterday well on the
way back we took an autobus pretty normal Right wrong! Well Sean Sebastian
grabbed a bag from Rick Hoff he then stood in the middle of the aisle and
looked like he was going to blow up the bag then pop it wrong he started
drooling in it and then. Blaaaa. Out it came with flying colors.
18
Juin Saturday
Fete du Sport
On June 17 I went to a big high school. There were many classes each
class goes to fete du sport once in June. We did four different activities
the
first game was RUGBY YEAH what a cool game! I Love RUGBY! We were great!
After we kicked butt in that, we threw a florescent orange ball across a
line
we were good at that too. Then came relays 2nd place not bad. Then
we played hockey.
Le 23 Juin Thursday
Today we went to the beach and Jean Pierre class room first we
went to Jean Pierre's classroom the children sang a few songs after
that, we gave the kids nerds and Smarties then sang Chicago, you're
a grand old flag then we did the hokie pokie then we were off to the
beach the ground
was hard to walk on hard stones that killed my feet. Owwwww!!!
24 Juin Friday
Today we went by bus to Nice. We first went to a prehisorical museum
with
bones of dinosaurs and Humans. It also had a diagram of how people looked in
pre-historical times. The museums had many replicas of houses. We then went
to a park to eat lunch we also played games.
After lunch, we went to the Roman Ruins they showed bath houses and big
arena where the Romans played games of all sorts
25 Juin Saturday
Today Mmme. Margo, Patricia, Mrs. Mellish and Mary McDonnell came
over to my house for lunch we had a salad, shishcabob, pizza and cake
we swam a
lot and I found myself getting much better at diving for a ball in
fact I'm pretty awesome at it. I got the ball three out of four times.
26 Juin Sunday
Today all I did was swim. I swam you know did handstands dove for
that rubber ball its so fun that
pool can be freezing at first but hen its warm then after its warm
its cold
again then you have to go out! It is very confusing. I was in and out
of the
pool seven times it was awesome. It was duically fun! I couldn't be
more happy that day.
27 Juin Monday
Tomorrow we (martins family and I ) are going to Italy. We're two
out of
three lucky kids who will go there.
28 Juin Tuesday
So we went to Italy. First Martine(the mother of Virgine) Drove us to La
Chateau (the shatow) where we waited for Mr. Goetbhebur (father of
Alexandria). Well he came and drove around the old city
and
picked up Jim Marcanttone all and Cedrick and drove them to school
(at this time I was quite confused) then at school I got Martins and
my passports from Mrs. Mellish then we went to Alexandria’s house then
left for Italy.
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