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When we got back from our trip, there was a little pink slip in our mail, saying that I had a registered letter from a foreign destination to pick up. Well, I picked it up.

Before I knew my region, I said to myself, "Well, I know people in Grenoble, so that would be a good place to be placed. I know Antoine in Nantes, so that would be good. Savoie would be fine, because I know Pénélope there. If I were placed in Lille, I could go up to Belgium and see Christianna. I like Strasbourg, and I like Provence, and I'd like to be in Bretagne to learn about all of their Celtic stuff. John Hannah and Ian Rankin have summer homes in the south-west, so that could be interesting, too. Or I could be placed near the Spanish border and maybe I'd have a chance to practice. Of course, with my luck, I'll probably be right in the middle, in Clermont-Ferrand, where there's nothing." Ta da.

Before I knew my city, I looked at the map of Clermont-Ferrand. "Boy," I giggled to myself, "Vichy is in this region. Maybe I'll be there." Now I find myself assistanteing in a lycée in a little town just outside Vichy.

I'm not complaining, really. I know anywhere I'm placed it will be fine and it will be an adventure, but why do I keep predicting the future like this? Aaaaah!

The only website I could find on the school says (translated by yours truly):

Open since the beginning of the 1999 school year, Lycée Valery Larbaud welcomes 632 students onsite at Vichy-Cusset. Entirely financed by the Regional Council of Auvergne, the region used some of the most modern pedagogical tools in France. With a particularly interesting architecture, the building makes use of green spaces, light, and water. Together, the lively style follows the architectural spirit of the hot springs of the region.

From an educational point of view, one can note - alongside our main studies in commerce, service, hotelery, restaurants, and health and beauty - a unique-to-the-region degree in optometry (a pilot program at the national level) and a career path in thermalism.

In terms of equipment, the Lycée Valery Larbaud is at the top of scholastic establishments. Three learning kitchens and three learning restaurants, two cooking demonstration rooms, an optometry laboratory, a computer lab with 357 computers, four multimedia laboratories, and complete equipment for optometry and glasses-making. All of this for a cost of 30 million francs.

What a weird school. It's like 37 specialized technical schools in one.

srah - Tuesday, 16 July 2002 - 11:25 AM
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