\tThis evening we had the start-of-school parent-teacher meeting. Six o’clock on a Friday night. Who schedules these things?<\/p>\n
\tI 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.<\/p>\n
\tWhen 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.<\/p>\n
\tThen I asked her if she thinks Kaitlyn can understand what’s going on. \u0093Elle comprend tout.\u0094 She understands everything. Ok. But does she ever say anything in French? \u0093Oui! Elle parle tres bien!\u0094 She speaks it well. Figures.<\/p>\n
\tI 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. \u0093No way, Mom! People in America speak English.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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