Live From Toulouse
It's 1:OO in the morning and I've been studying non-stop for my exam tomorrow since 2pm with 2 breaks of 30 minutes to eat and bid on a lot of old books on Ebay.
My hotel room is too noisy because the freeway is just next to it. It was hell trying to concentrate at first because of all the racket--I asked if I could have another room but the hotel has no vacancy.
And darn if I didn't mess up my exam this morning. I think I butchered the grammar part of it (no surprise there) and I also found it difficult to hit my stride during my exposé. My english felt awkward for some reason. Plus let's not forget that I got confused while glancing at my notes and had to stop for a few seconds: that's a big no-no, you're supposed to be confident and all that.
Yeah. The way things went I'm 80% sure I'll be back in Toulouse next year for a repeat performance. It usually takes an average of 3 tries before you get your CAPES and it's only my first year. Some people have been at it for 6 years! If I don't pass by 2009, I'll find something else to do though, life's too short.
Well, time to go to bed. My exam is not until noon tomorrow but I'm getting up at 6:3O all the same so that I can re-read my notes. This one's in French but it's actually the hardest of the bunch.
5 hours of sleep. Oh joy. I'm living on nerves and adrenaline. Luckily I'll be able to sleep in on Friday.
My hotel room is too noisy because the freeway is just next to it. It was hell trying to concentrate at first because of all the racket--I asked if I could have another room but the hotel has no vacancy.
And darn if I didn't mess up my exam this morning. I think I butchered the grammar part of it (no surprise there) and I also found it difficult to hit my stride during my exposé. My english felt awkward for some reason. Plus let's not forget that I got confused while glancing at my notes and had to stop for a few seconds: that's a big no-no, you're supposed to be confident and all that.
Yeah. The way things went I'm 80% sure I'll be back in Toulouse next year for a repeat performance. It usually takes an average of 3 tries before you get your CAPES and it's only my first year. Some people have been at it for 6 years! If I don't pass by 2009, I'll find something else to do though, life's too short.
Well, time to go to bed. My exam is not until noon tomorrow but I'm getting up at 6:3O all the same so that I can re-read my notes. This one's in French but it's actually the hardest of the bunch.
5 hours of sleep. Oh joy. I'm living on nerves and adrenaline. Luckily I'll be able to sleep in on Friday.