3
hours a week for 3 years or 12 percent of the total time spent in a
classroom at Castle Rock high school. Whatever way I look at it learning
French was an absolute criminal waste of education time. The worst
thing was I knew this long before I ever set foot in my first French
lesson. Even my own parents didn’tcare, also branding it a waste of time
it was one of the few subjects I could bring home a bad school report
for and not get any grief off them.
How many people make use of the French they learned at school other than a few phrases that they might use if they actually went on holiday to France. Put another way how many people will never use what they learned and forget most of it within a year of leaving school......my estimates start at around 99%. !!!!! On this basis alone French should have been an optional subject, so those who wanted to learn it wouldn’t be forced to be in the same classroom as those who didn’t.
With vast numbers of people leaving school barely able to read and write their own language or unable to do the most basic adding up wasting that amount of time is nothing short of a national disgrace. If anything it made some people actually worse at their own language. I was not the only person who got into the habit of spelling words like October the french way with the “e” and “r” the other way round.
I think it’s safe to say that my time in French class was doomed from day one. Our teacher in the first year was Miss Thomas who I hated, she loved putting people down in front of the rest of the class. A lot of the time my mind would just go completely blank whenever I was asked a question in French. I remember once telling my parents how I struggled to remember numbers in French. Mum just responded with “what do they think you're going to be when you grow up a French postman!!!!”
Looking back I wished my parents had the guts to go to the school and get me taken out of the lesson altogether and I spent the time learning something more useful. Miss Thomas in the first year was fairly strict but in the second year we had Miss Kop who didn’t have a clue. It was there that I started messing about in class (more on this later).
FRENCH REPORTS
1988 - DECEMBER (Miss Thomas)
Matthew has ability in this subject which he shows from time to time. I find him rather silly at times and this stops him achieving his true potential. The ball is in his court.
1989 - MAY - (Miss Thomas)
Matthew could do so much better if he concentrated more and took more care over his work.
1990 - FEBRUARY (Miss Kop)
Matthew has achieved quite a good level by working consistently. While his written work is satisfactory it could be further improved by him getting more involved in oral work.
1990 - NOVEMBER (Miss Jones)
Matthew is always well behaved and pleasant in class. Although his oral work is of a high standard, he tends to be quiet in class and does not like to participate in front of the group which is a shame as other could learn from him. His written work is satisfactory although it is sometimes rushed and this leads to a lack of accuracy. His homework is always done on time, however test marks sometime need improvement.
How many people make use of the French they learned at school other than a few phrases that they might use if they actually went on holiday to France. Put another way how many people will never use what they learned and forget most of it within a year of leaving school......my estimates start at around 99%. !!!!! On this basis alone French should have been an optional subject, so those who wanted to learn it wouldn’t be forced to be in the same classroom as those who didn’t.
With vast numbers of people leaving school barely able to read and write their own language or unable to do the most basic adding up wasting that amount of time is nothing short of a national disgrace. If anything it made some people actually worse at their own language. I was not the only person who got into the habit of spelling words like October the french way with the “e” and “r” the other way round.
I think it’s safe to say that my time in French class was doomed from day one. Our teacher in the first year was Miss Thomas who I hated, she loved putting people down in front of the rest of the class. A lot of the time my mind would just go completely blank whenever I was asked a question in French. I remember once telling my parents how I struggled to remember numbers in French. Mum just responded with “what do they think you're going to be when you grow up a French postman!!!!”
Looking back I wished my parents had the guts to go to the school and get me taken out of the lesson altogether and I spent the time learning something more useful. Miss Thomas in the first year was fairly strict but in the second year we had Miss Kop who didn’t have a clue. It was there that I started messing about in class (more on this later).
FRENCH REPORTS
1988 - DECEMBER (Miss Thomas)
Matthew has ability in this subject which he shows from time to time. I find him rather silly at times and this stops him achieving his true potential. The ball is in his court.
1989 - MAY - (Miss Thomas)
Matthew could do so much better if he concentrated more and took more care over his work.
1990 - FEBRUARY (Miss Kop)
Matthew has achieved quite a good level by working consistently. While his written work is satisfactory it could be further improved by him getting more involved in oral work.
1990 - NOVEMBER (Miss Jones)
Matthew is always well behaved and pleasant in class. Although his oral work is of a high standard, he tends to be quiet in class and does not like to participate in front of the group which is a shame as other could learn from him. His written work is satisfactory although it is sometimes rushed and this leads to a lack of accuracy. His homework is always done on time, however test marks sometime need improvement.
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