By Eve

I returned to school this September of 2008, without excess of entousiasme, as every years, maybe even worse this time, because on September 1st, a friend left for ever. The good point this year, it is that all my teachers looks like pleasant, and I have no class on Saturdays. I did not like too much my class of the last year, but I think that this year, the new persons are very nice. It is a motivation to come to school, not as the last year. The philosophy is an new interesting subject this year. I think that for September the weather is too cold and it's hard in the morning to go to school, but that is not important, I say that simply because I have to say nothing more and because I have to write approximtely 200 words. This year is very serious, because it is the BAC at the end of this year, as you when you have your squared things on the head at the end of the high school. So I have to work hard this year, I don't laugh. But for me, that is going to be complicated.

My first mission during my vacation and a new student at school

This summer I got to have my first mission in the army. I didn't go to any contry, it wasn't a dagerous mission I actually stayed in Paris the whole time. I prepared the 14the of July. For those who do not know what it is, let's have a little History lesson. During the French Revolution the 14th of July 1789 the people in Paris went to La Bastille which at the time a prison to obtain guns and fight against the Monarchy. Since that day, every year in France we celebrate La prise de la Bastille which is a bit like the 4th of July for you in the United States.
During that celebration, there is a huge military parade where all the military vehicules and hundred if soldiers walk along the Champs Elysées in front of the president. This parade is made to show the people "the army". Show them our material and prestige. I didn't get to walk along the Champs Elysées but I got to prepare the rest. It takes about 2 weeks of intense work. If you are ever in Paris during the 14th of July you HAVE GOT TO see it because it's so impressive.
Our main goal during this mission is taking care of all the vehicules, taking them from their military base and then bring them to one military base which was espacially made for the soldiers and the vehicules to rehearse. They do it for about a week. It's not as easy as it seems to be.
Then after they rehearsal we have to take them to the Champs Elysées. It's quite a bog job, first we have to make sure the tanks (chars Leclerc) which are the biggest tank we have in the French army and many other kinds of vehicules can drive on all the roads. It's pretty complicated there are some roads and avenues the tanks are simply too be to take them. And of course we have to make sure that they don't get lost in Paris. We also have to assure the civils's security. Some drivenrs don't really care about the military convoy and just keep on going which is really dangerous because tanks are really big and accidents easily happen. Fortunately, even with some not very friendly and very citizen decided that they had to right to cross a street in the middle of dozens of tanks, the mission went good and nothing bad happened.
For a few days I worked in the base where there is the rehearsal and I saw about 50 times the parade. It was nice and the drivers in the tank were nice to me. It was pretty hot and it was kind of annoying. Seeing the parade 50 times just waiting on the road to make sure no civil vehicules come and it was annoying for the drivers as well. So we tried to joke around when we had time, I was the only girl on my patrol so guys were always trying to get my attention. It was funny... I understand them there had to stay all day long sitting and driving slowly around a landing strip. It's very hot in a tank! I got to cross Paris in a tank, it was just amazing! And just so hot! It was great. People seemed so happy and impressed to see us. Children were screaming of happiness. It is my best memory of my entire military experience so far.
I don't know if you can see it on the pictures but the tanks are really big. With my army pals were were making some road signs to show the direction to the drivers who were drinving the tanks. I spent most of my time the car at transmission as you can see on one of the pictures. My duty was keepng the link with the other patrol, knowing were they were in case of an accident and also to simply organize the whole thing.
I love transmissions, it looks alot like in war movies where they speak with some sort of code. It sounds cool and complicated when you do it but it's not that hard. I just think it's fun...
Now we are back to school as Seniors for the most part of us and for a few they repeat their Junior year. We also have a new student in our class who will be going to D.C. When I showed her the pictre of me in the military car with another army pal working, she thought I was a man and said she actually found me cute...

leslie & sophia's holidays !!!

We are (sophia and leslie) going to explain our holidays.
Leslie is going to tell you Sophia's holidays, and Sophia, leslie's holidays !


This year ,leslie with her mother and her two sisters for the summer holidays,are decided to pass their holidays in the south of France, to the Grande Motte a city near Montpellier.

Two weeks of holidays at the seaside with sun everyday: the dream of the perfect summer holidays for her.

They rented an apartment in a summer camp who is situated at 500 kilometre of the beach.

It was the first time that leslie went in summer camp and she liked it. There is a club for the young like her who have the same age than her between 15 and 18 years.

The leaders of the club were very nice.

Every morning she has activities: she played beach volley, games ball like basket and football, for the first time she played paint ball… and every afternoon she went to the beach with the other youngs.

The best remember that she had is the first time that she did jet ski, it was fantastic. At first she was afraid but at the end she liked it.

Every night there were evening party and it was very funny.

During this holidays she met a lot of people who become her friends and as they don’t live in the same city they keep contact in speaking by email or by phone.


During the summer holidays, Sophia went in Algeria with her mother for one month and a half.
When she arrived , the three first days she went to a wending with her favorite cousin.

They danced, they didn't sleep during the marriage.
When she came back, Sophia met her cousin Annys (who was in the same city for his holidays).

For the first time, she met her babies cousins : two girls ( Manal and Nour).
After, Annys and Sophia gone on the beach with cousins and no parents it was very funny!!

At the end of the holidays, she did her first day of Ramadan and it was very good and it was better than in France because all people did'nt eat.

To finish, Sophia was very glad to see again her family and her friends in Algerie.She takes more pictures/moments in her head...

And you what are you doing for during your holidays???

Sophia & Leslie.

By Elodie

The holidays are almost finished and I still don't know in which college I would be.
I wanted turned over in my college but finally I decided to start again my year of literary terminal in the college Jean Jaurès.
The day of the inscriptions I was with my parents to take my registration form. As soon as the entry of the college I was impressed by this place besides I sought the office a long time where I was to address me. The next morning with my friends we were to bring back our registrations forms. At the time it way to go to the college we had taken our landmark so that the J- day we wouldn't be late.
The day arrived, I didn't know anything of this college. Only I knew that corridors are" interminable" and that there are good professors.
That was stressing it's when it was necessary to wait for the distribution of the classes of terminal and to be in a class where I wouldn't be with my friends. Finally we found ourselves in the same class we were glad to be together because we can make duties, and to revise in group.
I knew few pupils in this class I was withdrawn but immediately pupils explained me how was this college Besides I was gladed that pupils explains me because I think that it's always stressing for a person to be in an establishment that he doesn't know.
To conclude my going back to school happened very well and I don't regret having to change college to know new people within this college.
And you?

By Samia and Emine

I had two months of holidays july and august, throughtout of holidays I bored. I was like a small bit of iron in the bottom of the test tube and who rust through the time. This summer I wasn't mood. The sun was present and gave the joy everybody but don't for me. The sea where everybody believe who are like a fish in the water for me I was in my bath. I prefered step with my slipper in the corridors in my home that step with the sandal in the street. I was like a prisonner, my gardian was my bad mood. I had a inwillingness, I was disinteresed for all. My principale activities in this time were watch tv and eat the sweets. I failed my examen and I was very sad. The holidays was interminable and it was horrible. I have the habit to said that the time pass rapidly but here I found it was unbelievable slow. In my bed I was very quikly and I hibernated was a means for support the time in my pains.It was unforgettable because I was really sad also I take five kilo. I love laugh, I'm joker but during this period I was surprised by myself because I have rarely tell a joke.
by Emine and Samia

Friday,September 19th

SGHIRLoubna
TL1

SUJET 2: Going back to school?(200 words)

The school jean-jaures was not my school last years I was in eugenie cotton school.This school it's new for me like teachers and pupils.I didn't have my baccalaureat it was a instant very difficult for me yet I have prefer change and go in the new school for a new years and a new life I would me give a second chance.In going back to school I not think that I went have confus because this way of life was not for me.I not know nobody besides my class not be convenient because there was a option italian I didn't study this language what me flustered even more.A few weeks later I changed class and the option .In this class there was my friends of my class of last year I am feeled good and moreover I am choosed a option which me agree.They weeks passed and I knew integrate. For conclude in going back to school I'm feeled very ache I wouldn't going the following day and I would stop the school but all well that ends well.

(191 words)

Holidays

Mehdi - I went to Morocco during my holidays, to see my family first, then, to go to the beach. I was in the city of Taourirt, in the north-east, first, with my grand-parents, my aunts and my cousins. then I went to Saidia, at the beach all the day and I made different activities during the night like, going to clubs or walk on the boulevard. I also went to Casablanca and Rabat, to visit a little bit the country. So, I had funny holidays !

Jeremy - I worked a lot in the society of my father,during july and in the middle of august i went in the west of France,in Vendée,on the coast.It was very funny,I was with two friend and we left montreuil to go there but we had some problem (money^^) so we only went to the beach,and visited the country.But it was very good holidays just during one week,it's the only bad thing...but a lot of memories are in my mind.

My summer holiday had everythi,g to be perfect.I had my mom's flat for myself for two long months,some money,and a lot of free time for myself.I invited my best friend and my boyfriend over,and we did all a teenager would do without an adult around,including excessive pizza consommation,redefining the limits of what used to be called VERY LOUD MUSIC,and traumatizing the cat and the neightbours,who were so frightened they didn't dare protest.
As you can see,erything was perfect.The problem is,in this marvellous country that is France,Mr Dwarfman decides everythig.I won't say his real name not to get censured,but you can guess who he is if you are very,very smart.So as I was saying,Mr Dwarfman is very powerful,and very,very smart.And His Holy Smartness decided to pultiply the price of food by 33 per cent,making my budget look very small all of a sudden,and my holydays started looking like a very uncool remake of "Mission Impossible",since my best friend was broke and I had to pay for her too.
So my holiday turned all of a sudden into a life sized economy class,which turned out rather cool cause I lost some weight,but believe me,at the end of the two months,I was craving for fruits and salad,and I hated pizza and noodles.
Anyway,all that was very constructive and thought me a little more about adulthood,so even though I never thought I could say that,thank you Mr Dwarfman!

So how was your summer ?

Val

My Hollidays


During the summer, i was in Disneyland with my friends for my birthday. We were six persons and we decided to spend a good day. I sent i was back to childhood. We did a lot of attractions. We did a pirates castel, the haunted house, the Lancelot's carrousel, the train of the mine, space mountain and after that, we lunched in very pretty restaurant, we met Jack sparrow, winie pooh, cinderella, snow white, the king louis, geppetto, Mickey, robin hood, nothingham's sheriff, sleeping beauty, tiger, eeyore, the heart queen in alice in the wonderland, and we took a photograph with them. We did too disney studio and the terror tower, it's a very very good attraction, i loved it ! And I had for my birthday, 3 teddy bear, a jacket, dvd, and a dog. His name is Daiki And he is an english Cocker. I think it's the best birthday I spent, for my 18 go to disneyland can to be strange but, i think it was wonderfull ! It was the once i went over there and it was really good. I hope i will return in disney land, because it's so good.

During the summer i went to in Spain to see a friend who live overthere. It was very good too, we went in pub, we danced, we went in the beach, We did a boat and more other things so good. It was the best holliday that i spent.


Danaë

My holidays

My Holidays

This summer I was in Algeria for my holidays.
I was with my family,it was very funny;beach,riding and sun everyday!!
I was exactly in Alger,the capital.
My neighborhood,Notre Dame D'Afrique is a very beautiful place visited by a lot of tourists because there is a beautiful cathedral.
At the and of August,I went to Marseille during one week.
It was very pleasant;I went to the Stade Vélodrome,the football stadium of Marseille,one of the most popular in France.
Several of the best footballers plays (like Nasri,Cissé,Zidane..)there.
I took a lot of photos.
This summer was very fun and pleasant for my family and me.
It was the best holiday that I spent.

My holidays

Return To school

2 weeks ago, a new year begun at school. It was the big day for us, after 2 months on holidays it was a little hard to come back at school (and wake up early). We got new head-master, new teachers, new pupils in call and a new timetable : it's probably the most exciting thing, to know how we'll spend that new year. With this new year, two new subjects are comming : Philosophy & litterature. Litterature is like french, so we know how it works, but philosophy is more strange, weird sometimes. When you have to say to everyone what you think & explain it, it's not like the others subjects. This year is the most important for us. At the end we have a large examination, the baccalaureat which is necessary to make studies superiors and find a work. This come back to school is very difficult for all the pupils because we know that we will have to provide much work to obtain this examination.. The positive point is of again being able to see his/her friends after a long abscence and to know that we will go soon has washington DC.
And you how was your return to school?

Cora & Carine.

holidays

this holiday ( july and august) me and Alimatou stay in france , normaly we must go in africa but we can't for personel reason we go out with friend . Alima rest in paris and visit it and go to "paris plage" which consiston on transform into "la seine" like beach because can't go to in real beach and in town and i go to normandie in august because i worked all july . the rain was here in august so we watch TV me i saw the olympic game it was fantastic . Alima watch a reality show which had sucessfuly it was "secret story" consit to have a secret in home and keep this secret but with the other candidat who ask you a lot of question and this clues of the "voice" (the master of secret story ) it as hand to keep your secret and at the end one of the candidate win a lot of money . and an other reality show "l'ile de la tentation " consist on many couple come o isle of mexique and are separate on two different isle the men on the part and women on the second part and they have many temtation at the end couple must found them . and you what do you do this summer?
Bana and Alimatou .

Going back to school.

The holidays are finished, September is arrived with the cold wind and the return to school… We are going to tell you how was the start of the new school year.

First of all, it took place on Tuesday, September 2nd. We were all very satisfied to be back together for this new year, because we didn’t see each other during the all summer. Last year, in june and july, we had exams, we passed math, sciences, biology and french, so we haven’t theses subjects anymore. We have only litterary subjects:
- Four hours of Litterature
- Four hours of History and Geography (with the same professor)
- Eight hours of Philosophy (it’s a new subject!)
- Five hours of English ( with Mrs Parrinello and Bouslama who will come to Washington,DC with the second group)
- Two hours of LV2 ( Spanish, or German, or Italian)
- And we still have two hours of sport.

This year we are in terminale, it’s like senior class (it’s the last term before the big exam, nammed le baccalauréat). In English we will work on the American elections because, even in France it’s a big deal! In Jean Jaures we have changed of head, like in Wilson. Mrs Grizard is gone and the new provisor is called Mr. “I forgot his name”.

So, the go back to school is a little hard because we all want to be in holidays again, and we have more homework than last years. Just a thing was specail, it’s that we began the school year with almost the same class as last year. That’s unusual and rather cool !
How was yours? Do you miss pupils who are gone to college? Tell us :)

Thomas and Manon