eliane56

Interesting thread this, and Im glad your daughter is re motivated and enjoying her learning again. I also thought it was interesting what the college teacher was saying. My daughter who was 17 last week finished her GCSEs in July, she was determined 2 years ago to come to France but I made her stay in UK to do GCSEs, she has gone into premier, jumping deuxieme, and coping with a Bac L. We went back to UK for half term and she already said she wants to look for 6th forms back in uk for next september, and after the moody yesterday in apprehension of returning to lycee today I was ready to pack up and go. I must say that we havent done the complete move, hubby in uk still working and we are looking on this as a gap year if you like, so that at least we hope her french will improve even if she doesnt `leàrn`anything. But if we make it thru the year Im sure she will stick it. The style of education is totally different,  she cannot believe some of the politics ( Im talking radical) in histoire-geo!! and the fact that the teachers talk at you, and after all that they give you philosphy in the terminale to teach you free thinking, the students blow hot and cold, but she is already talking about next years school trips etc So those of you with older children dont be too put off but it pays to carry a thick skin Bon Courage