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<blockquote data-quote="ThreeShadows" data-source="post: 580475" data-attributes="member: 6370"><p>Malika, I'm going to be really blunt. For ten years we lived as expats in France. My parents moved every two years and in each new school I was the only american child. Every new "rentrée d'école", the teacher would say "which one is the American one?". I had to stand up for all my new classmates to inspect me. This was excruciatingly painful. One year, I actually forgot that I was not one of "THEM'. I carved my name in my desk as countless French students had done before me. The teacher made me stand up in front of the class and accused me of damaging French property. No other student was punished that way. Do you remember the scene in Jane Eyre where she is made to stand on a chair and her classmates surrounded her, shaming her? I still can't breathe thinking about it and I am 64 years old.</p><p></p><p>I love France for the good cultural opportunities which it gave me, for my great palette, for the splendid education which it provided, for all my relatives, and for my ethnic roots. Please get J. the Hell out of there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThreeShadows, post: 580475, member: 6370"] Malika, I'm going to be really blunt. For ten years we lived as expats in France. My parents moved every two years and in each new school I was the only american child. Every new "rentrée d'école", the teacher would say "which one is the American one?". I had to stand up for all my new classmates to inspect me. This was excruciatingly painful. One year, I actually forgot that I was not one of "THEM'. I carved my name in my desk as countless French students had done before me. The teacher made me stand up in front of the class and accused me of damaging French property. No other student was punished that way. Do you remember the scene in Jane Eyre where she is made to stand on a chair and her classmates surrounded her, shaming her? I still can't breathe thinking about it and I am 64 years old. I love France for the good cultural opportunities which it gave me, for my great palette, for the splendid education which it provided, for all my relatives, and for my ethnic roots. Please get J. the Hell out of there. [/QUOTE]
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