English,Names and Updates

So I have been in France for about three months and still some things never cease to amaze me. First, I have no idea why I was thinking about this today,but I realised that for some reason people here never find it wierd to use some random words in english. For example, instead of saying the french word for stop most people will literally say, "Stop" in english. And the road signs here are still stop signs and not "arreter" (to stop) signs. When I tried asking my host mom about it she said she wasn't exactly sure why things are like this but they are. Oh well not all signs are like that the exit signs say "sortie"(exit) and things like that. I just found it interesting though i am not exactly sure why I was thinking about it today and not two months ago.

Then at school today I was also thinking about why the teachers here don't bother to learn all of their students names. We have been in school for more then one trimester (we don't go by semesters here) and still most of the teachers look at the list of names and seating charts almost every time they call on a students name. Or at least it's for the students who don't go an cause trouble or drill holes in their desk all the time(no seriously some kids here do that). Also while I am thinking about it the students here don't seem as motivated about school. I thought with the BAC(the huge test at the end of high school for those of you who don't know much about the french school system) everyone would be studying harder, and I have heard that my class seems to be the only one where that isn't true, but I am not so sure. Most of the time instead of raising their hand to ask a question a student will just say "Madame" or whatever title fits. I personally find it a little annoying because it makes things more difficult to understand the teacher, but oh well.

Then if I haven't said so before. I hate my two hours of sports here. I have been running outside in 0 degree weather, and one of the times it was raining and the teacher said, "You have to adapt to the weather because I am not changing my plan just because it's raining or cold." On the bright side,  I think by the time I return to the states I will hardly ever be cold or complain about going outside in PE.

Finally, this past weekend I went to a concert in Strasbourg for a female vocalist named Veronic Dicare, who is a Canadian imatater. So we heard songs normally sung by many well known French, American,and Canadian singers. Personally I liked it and she was actually very good at imatating and half the time I could have said it was like the real thing. The other half I normally had never heard the song before so I wouldn't be able to say or not. And then lastly Happy Thanksgiving this week everyone! I hope your vacation is good(I am still stuck going to school)! I will attempt to create some sort of Thanksgiving meal for my family here so I am hoping that it turns out decent at the least.