Pizza is a favorite, anything fried in the south but beef and chicken is popular everywhere . Since we have a diverse population you get the best of the world.  In our small town of 2400 people we can get Mexican, steaks, hamburgers, pizza, fish and chips and southern comfort food. 

Susan

I love when I can read an article in my native English and in my target language, French. This is hard to come by. I watch Netflix which has translated programs in a few languages. The problem is the “ideas” are translated and not a word by word transcription. I listen in french and watch English subtitles or french language and subtitles. I hope this becomes a more common practice because it helps learn a language so much.

good luck on your language quest. Susan 

Tall, good looking men do have an advantage. Tall, beautiful women may not be taken seriously. That being said I had two teachers in my life that were small (5 foot) stern women that had complete respect and fear over the class. My mother-in-law would say, “ they got their bluff in”. This means they established respect and their reputation proceeded them. One day in English class our teacher, who ran a loose class, was having a lively discussion.  (In other words, the class talked among themselves and spoke out without raising their hand to speak.). Mrs. Barr walked in. She was a slender short,  short haired, stern, English teacher. Our class immediately shut up. Her reputation proceeded her.  

As a woman in her early 70’s I never learned how to demand respect. As a WASP ( White Anglo Saxon Protestent) I should have been in a privileged class. I was a woman though. I did get paid less money then men, I wasn’t always taken seriously, and men could display unwanted advances. It appears though that my granddaughters are more confident and strong then me and previous women in my family. 

i’ve always disliked bullies, people who take advantage of their position, especially in politics. 

Susan

My daughter-in-law went to France to study in her Junior year of high school (Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior). She said they studied English since grade school and now studied Irish Constitution in English. By studying other subjects in English you learn the vocabulary of that subject. You become a more rounded speaker. 

The only thing that teacher can do is go on the journey with you. Maybe a student knows the word he’s searching for or a good source for English. 

In High School I had a teacher that could not spell - she would ask the class.

So, I’m sure they would have a more qualified teacher if they could find one.   Go on this journey together and hopefully he will meet expectations in the next few years  

Good luck, Susan 

I live in the United States and never before have I had such a hard time understanding our politicians. [emoji]

I wish I was as far along as you are with French. My biggest problem is in the beginning trying to forget English structure, pronunciation and meaning of some common words. How long have you been studying?

Susan