School Meeting Quite Revealing

This evening we had the start-of-school parent-teacher meeting. Six o’clock on a Friday night. Who schedules these things?

I made Bill meet me there. I thought it was important for him to at least see and be seen by the teacher once. I got there a few minutes late and his eyes were already glazed over from the flow of indescernable French. Kaitlyn was fairly fidgety so I sent them on home. I stayed and tried to figure out what the teacher was trying to tell us.

When it finally ended a little after 7, I waited to talk individually with the teacher. First, I told her that I can help out when she needs, but that I don’t speak French very well. Another American mom standing with me said she could put me with the Anglophones to help. Oh no! The teacher said she’ll put me with the French kids to help me learn. Nice.

Then I asked her if she thinks Kaitlyn can understand what’s going on. “Elle comprend tout.” She understands everything. Ok. But does she ever say anything in French? “Oui! Elle parle tres bien!” She speaks it well. Figures.

I asked Kaitlyn one afternoon in the car if she thinks she’ll keep speaking French (that was when I was just assuming she does) once we move back to the U.S. “No way, Mom! People in America speak English.”

2 Responses to “School Meeting Quite Revealing”

  1. D.A.D. says:

    That line is on a par with “let her suffer with English”.

  2. D.A.D. says:

    The line to which reference was made is “No way, Mom! People in America speak English.”

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