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My contribution: marcher
The Scrabble tournament didn't end up being quite as I'd imagined. Renata, Jennifer, Johanna (the new German assistant) and I were divided up and each put on different teams, thankfully. I say "thankfully" because it would have been very embarassing when we lost. Those kids were doués! They were regular little Scrabble champions, full of strategy and obscure two-letter words, and all around 10 to 12 years old. I think the assistants provided amusement rather than any actual help. My teammates were full of questions about England (it is a peculiarity of French elementary school children not to understand the vast difference between England and the US).
"How old are you?"
"You can't ask her that!"
"Do you speak German?"
"Where do you come from?"
"You can't ask that!"
"Do you know all the words in English?"
"In England, is the television all in English? That must be weird!"
"You know Buffy? You look like her friend."
I had a lovely time, and we will be written up in the newspaper and invited back later in the year.
srah - Friday, 24 January 2003 - 1:32 PM
Tags: assistantship, scrabble
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