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A girl who has no name
Without sweat, pain or sacrifice, nothing great will stand endure.
Without trust, love or consideration, no relationship can last.
No one can take so much out of you without your permitpermission.
Who is asking you to do this and that?
It’s a girl who has no name.
By a girl who has no name(Only one improvement and one correction :) )
0 votedOctober 21, 20173- Je trouve que quand j'apprend une langue, Duolingo m'aide beaucoup, je fais les exercices sans regarder la phrase écrite. Et aussi, je trouve que regarder beaucoup la télé, écouter Natasha Saint Pierre, et faire des écoutes-répétions m'aide beaucoup. Si vous arrivez à répéter après un fichier audio en copiant exactement l'expression et l'intonation, vous allez avoir plus de facilités pour comprendre.0 votedOctober 21, 20170
- Segregation. My town is rich, everybody has a very good education and works in research and science. They chose not to have good public transportation with the neighboring town: that town is poor, people don't have a good education, they live there because they have no choice and they have no hope for a better life. So crime started to develop. 15 teachers last year quit, gave up, left their jobs because it was too difficult. Meanwhile, in my town, there are only good students, and they learn very fast. The more time passes, the more the inequalities rise. Then culture starts to change. The rich educated children don't understand, and don't know how to connect with the poor, undereducated children. So the gap and the differences continue to grow. Then one day, the hopeless people will be so desperate they will explode. And it will be the rich people's fault, because they refused to mix, to have public transportation or to have desegregated education for all.0 votedOctober 21, 20170
- About the children - if they keep their old nationality and identity, there is a whole book about the topic called "Third Culture Kid". It talks bout the advantages and disadvantages. I'm a 3rd culture kid because I grew up in a country where I wasn't a citizen, and my parents were not immigrants, we knew we could change countries again. So the advantage is that I speak 2 languages, know 2 cultures, understand 2 ways of thinking. The disadvantage is that I don't behave or think strictly according to either of the cultural codes. So in America, I look American, I sound American, but I'm different inside. If I make a cultural mistake, people aren't as forgiving as if I looked or sounded like a foreigner. People don't expect me to make cultural mistakes. The other disadvantage is that I never know where I belong. In one country, I don't have citizenship, in the other I'm secretly different. But the solution for me was to live in a third country where I look like a foreigner, but nobody knows from where, and I am a citizen.0 votedOctober 21, 20170
- Originally, I used to think in terms similar to yours. I was proud to be American. Super power of the world at the time, who wouldn't be proud to be part of that? I believed all the myths "we helped liberate France", "we are such a perfect example of democracy! Freedom!" I was also in contradiction with myself: I grew up in a different country, that was just as patriotic as the USA, but I wasn't a citizen. The school system instilled in me such a love and such an appreciation for the country I was growing up in, it seemed wrong not to be able to vote and call it my country! Especially since I cared so much for this country.Then I was forced to move to France. I was a citizen, but didn't look/sound/behave like one. And nobody could guess my other nationality, or the country where I had grown up, because I didn't look or sound like anything they knew. At first, I felt relief: finally I could vote, I could be part of politics, and I could say to racists: whether you like it or not, I have a French passport, and I didn't even immigrate.But with time I came to see the nation state as a myth. We imagine ourselves as belonging to this or that nationality, but it is an imagined construct. If we didn't have nationalities, we'd still be proud of our achievements, discoveries, writers, artists or athletes. They don't go away when nation-states stop existing. They continue to exist.If we didn't have nationalities, we'd only have our peculiar language, our peculiar accent and our peculiar habits. They change all the time anyway.I found out that a sizable amount of French people feel this way too. They aren't brought up with as much patriotism as other countries, and the only way they feel French is that they speak French, grew up here, and will always have this French accent. They only feel French abroad. The rest of the time they feel "normal".My ideal nationality: Planet Earth0 votedOctober 21, 20170
- You've got a brain. It can learn 6 languages fluently. If every 10 years you learn a new language, buy 60 (or 70) you'll speak 6 languages. How cool is that? And people from 5 other countries will feel flattered that you took the time and energy to learn their languages. And learning things is so fun, as I found out when I was forced to learn French 15 years ago.0 votedOctober 21, 20170
I noticed that when you do your studies, you have a regular rhythm where you meet people. Unlike when you work, you can choose with whom to be friends, and as time passes, you develop deeper friendships. At work, you can develop friendships, but your choice of people is reduced, and there are workplace politics. But you could still see your old friends from school, right? Except that these friends move away, and it gets harder to maintain strong friendships.
I always try to be part of at least two local communities outside work, (a camera club, a church, an amateur dance team, ) something where you aren't just a client (like dance classes) where you have to be involved (volunteer to clean the church, volunteer to be an assistant on the film, etc) and which is local. Over the course of 3 years, you can expect to build some level of friendship.
I also always try to contact my friends that I still have, whenever I can, you never know why they aren't contacting you. Sometimes its because they are too busy, sometimes it's because they are too shy to contact you, sometimes it's because they don't know if you are still a close friend anymore.
But I know how frustrating it feels... on a week-end, you want to see friends, but they are all either too far away physically or not close enough emotionally... and the option of making new friends is there, but it will take 3 years...
0 votedOctober 21, 20170What you will expect when travelling in France.
Everyone knows french stereotypes like the famous "baguette", red wine or Paris "the beautiful city of love" but do you really know how France in reality is really is (1)? Let me take you over some misconceptions and unveil the reality of a country that is going bad days after days.
French people are not as much welcoming as you may think. Coldness is what they are the best for at and welcoming foreigners is something that most of french people are actually scared of. As the english level is bad because of an uinefficient school system and massive harsh judgements from students upon the others, people basically do not dare speak up or trying to speak in english and avoid you that is why they look so cold in the eyes of tourists or international workers/students.
There is a huge laxity from the french police which means you will never feel in security. In fact, big french cities are filled with massive lots of robberies, drugs trafficking in dark areas and many uncivilised behaviors on all means of transports: people spit on the floor, throw cigarettes, garbages everywhere, push the others to get on the mtr or bus and so on.
French people are also very intolerant, you can be insulted or criticised for free because of your differences in the way you dress or speak. Racial and sexual orientation discriminations are very present. Their sense of humour is kind of disrespectful, they will consider as it normal when it a joke is about using people's culture and background to make fun of it you which but actually sounds more like racism to me or criticizing and looking down on anyone who would be different. They also have a particular mentality which consists in considering smoking as a trend", a "cool attitude" that explains the huge amount of people who smoke in the streets.
Unruly French people are lazy, very negative and pessimistic, they complain all the time and go on strike very often. Don't be shocked if you will have to face with so many issues from the transport network, it will only be because of their complains about little issues resulting in many demonstrations.
They have a beautiful culture but their attitude and the way they consider human relations is inhuman.Keep up the good work!0 votedOctober 21, 20171
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