Suzanne F - 02:15am Apr 19, 2000 (#1 of 7)
En général, il semble que vous soyez plus polis
dans une telle circonstance que nous : "I politely, [...]
kindly, [...] bring a gift, [...] bring some food. Les Français
auraient plutôt tendance à se méfier, à
critiquer le professeur et même à l'injurier : "espèce
de sadique", [...], "vous êtes fou ! ", [...],
"pour quoi faire ? ", ... Mais dans les deux cas, la
réponse va dépendre du professeur qui propose l'invitation
: Les garçons voudraient accepter si c'est une belle femme,
et les filles si le professeur est séduisant !
Vos réponses sont plus réfléchies et/ou
moins spontannées que les nôtres. Vous semblez dans
la plupart de vos réponses être honorés qu'un
professeur vous invite chez lui, alors que pour nous, cela ne
nous honore pas du tout, et nous nous posons beaucoup plus de
questions, car ce n'est pas habituel. Du fait de vos réponses,
nous aimerions que vous répondiez à ces questions
: - Que signifie : "LKJSD" ? - Trouvez-vous ça
normal qu'un professeur vous invite chez lui ? - Aux Etats Unis,
êtes-vous souvent invités par un de vos professeurs
?
Most of us wrote that we probably would decline the teacher's
offer, and so did you. It seems to us that you are closer to your
teachers than we are, maybe because of your education, maybe you
feel closer to them ?
Nous avons travaille en groupes et voila les messages 1) de
Sarah H, Eli Get Laura: "Would you automatically say NO to
a teacher who invited you or would it depend on who it was and
why?" 2) de Thomas et de Dan: "Do you think your parents
would care if you went to a teacher's house?" 3) Elena :
"Why do so many of you assume the teacher is a woman?"
4) sara et Adam: "Why does it matter so much if they are
good looking or not?"
whuuzzp!! No it's not normal, but it's not impossible. It's
pheasable to fathom.
Chelsea : "Americans didn't care whether teacher was good-looking
or not; Americans said they would tell on him, not the French...
Why would you not accept the offer? American students are not
only the pupils of their teachers but many times the friends of
their teachers. My school is very small and the teacher and students
are on the most part, friendly. I, personally, have never had
a teacher invite me alone to his/her house, but I am still friendly
with my teachers and I don't only discuss school issues with them.
How large are your classes at school? Would you feel it necessary
to tell anyone (your parents, etc..)if your teacher invited you
to his/her house. One of you asked what "LKJSD" means.
It does not mean anything. Someone must have just typed various
letters instead of answering the question.
Salut! This is not chelsea. This is Emily Z and I could not
log into my own name so I'm writing in Chelsea's. I think that
the education systems between France and America are very different.
In general, I think that your education system is more conservative
than ours. Most of the school I think have larger classes while
in America classes are smaller and more individualized. In a smaller
class environment, it is easier to connect with the teacher. I
feel that I could go for extra help to any one of my teachers
at any time and they would be more than happy to help me. And
even some teachers, I would feel comfortable calling at home after
school hours if I had a question about some work only if it was
important. This school is smaller than most schools throughout
the country but I think in general, there is a more personal student/teacher
relationhship in American than in France. Do you agree or disagree?
Do you go for extra help if you are having trouble in class? Would
you ever call a teacher if you needed extra help? If you take
hard classes, how much homework do you get every night on average?
I'm wondering if the work load in America is larger than the work
load in France. I personaly have about one hour of homework a
night with the exception of having a large paper due in which
case i might spend up to three hours. Of course there are people
who spend much more time on homework than me and people who don't
do any homework as well. Do you think Americans have a better
educational system? Or do you think that the consevative system
is more effecient?