Thursday, January 7, 2016

Reflections and A New Year

Time flies when you're having fun! Or when you're in grad school, which is not so much fun as hard work. It also involves constantly thinking "Is this really what I want to be doing with my life?" Grad school so far is an extended existential crisis. I am so lucky to have made some great friends in my program who can commiserate and support me in this challenging process. I was very relived to finish first semester and get some much needed time home. I have enjoyed being in Paris and am still so grateful everyday to be here, even when things get hard. I am very interested and eager to continue my thesis on the influence of mistakes in language learning. I am also anxious and excited to be teaching some lessons in the undergraduate French classes at NYU Paris. I am most excited to travel more this semester with my friends, hopefully to more places I have never been. Coming back so early, two weeks before classes start, was not easy. Getting back into teaching was difficult but I am always trying to get better and learn from my peers as well as experiences, both good and bad. Living in another country is definitely more challenging than I had thought, but I love Paris and France and french and look forward to continuing to learn and improve! Happy New Year to all!

Au revoir for now!

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