"Hi Brian and Catherine - I see points in both of your statements. I grew up in a public school system and attended a very good university in the US. My father was a public school teacher as are many family members. When it came to…"
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Gretchen Jakub Fabre commented on Sarah Hague's blog post Preparing for Collège"Mary, reading your post makes me think we have a lot in common! Different sides of France, but still a lot of shared links. My kids are also in English mother tongue classes which I love not only for the language but for the culture....…"
Gretchen Jakub Fabre commented on Sarah Hague's blog post Preparing for Collège"The French system is very perplexing to say the least. As much as I sputter about my children's bilingual school, when I read things such as this, I realise that perhaps leaving them in it, despite all its shortcomings, is still best as…"
Gretchen Jakub Fabre commented on Brian Milne's blog post What on Earth is going on on SFN?"I think you've hit the nail on the head, Brian, and many of us who are married to people of a different nationality from our own will know this ,I believe. In fact, there are 2 things here. First: It happens in both directions. The…"
Gretchen Jakub Fabre commented on Brian Milne's blog post What on Earth is going on on SFN?"I'm slightly intolerably grumpy at the moment due mainly to a severe lack of sleep as all of the épidémie that we get daily news updates on seem to have landed in my house over the past 2 weeks but....After having spent time on…"
Gretchen Jakub Fabre replied to Alex Ferguson's discussion Should I go or should I stay?"I actually don't think it's that mad of an idea either. The problem is that most other people I mention it to do think so and it'd most definitely NOT a project I see myself taking on alone.We considered ourselves lucky to have…"
Gretchen Jakub Fabre replied to Alex Ferguson's discussion Should I go or should I stay?"Here here! The education system is very difficult to accept if you are not French, I believe. Even other French people I know who have lived abroad come back and find it very difficult to handle. Anyone want to start a school??? ;-)"
Gretchen Jakub Fabre commented on Johnny Summerton's blog post And what if the unthinkable happened?"For what it's worth Andrew, I agree with you. However, as for not having stood up and said it I wanted to add that for me, it wasn't worth it in this instance. It's very clear that there is a problem behaviour being…"
Gretchen Jakub Fabre commented on Johnny Summerton's blog post And what if the unthinkable happened?"Patrick, I get the feeling I said something that upset you. I am actually a great fan of literature and have read quite a bit of it from many cultures, but the English and French literature I have read in the original language. What…"
Gretchen Jakub Fabre replied to Alex Ferguson's discussion Should I go or should I stay?"Oh no! Not unless it's a Catholic school. Otherwise a big no-no in France!"
Gretchen Jakub Fabre replied to Alex Ferguson's discussion Should I go or should I stay?"Again wishing there were a "like" button...."
Gretchen Jakub Fabre replied to Alex Ferguson's discussion Should I go or should I stay?"I do wish there were "Like" buttons here! "
Gretchen Jakub Fabre replied to Alex Ferguson's discussion Should I go or should I stay?"Can I point out again that all of this is going to depend on where in France you live? I do realise that most of you moved her but total choice thus were able to choose your region and what a choice you had! However, those of us who came…"
Gretchen Jakub Fabre replied to Alex Ferguson's discussion Should I go or should I stay?"Ah.... after all, home is where the heart is. (Everyone get out your needlepoint....)"
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- At 19:26 on December 1, 2011,
AdminCatharine Higginson said… Dear Gretchen
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