I sort of disappeared there for a bit—I was up in Burlington Vermont for 5 weeks, working at a French language immersion program with 90-some American teenagers, and a very cool staff (all of whom pretty much spoke better French than me, but I learned a lot in 5 weeks).
The program was housed at St. Michael’s College, a small Catholic liberal arts college with a really lovely campus.
Since “Brad” isn’t a very French name, I was “Thibault.” I led singing (kids learned about 20 songs or so while there), and helped to organize activities and other program-related things. It was very fun, and CRAZY STRESSFUL. So, readjusting has taken a little longer than expected. But, I’m glad to be back, and I do have a new French song, j’ai vidé mon cœur (I emptied my heart) to show for it. The kids sang it, and also an older one, Une Fois, which I wrote while working in a similar program about 10 years back.
Will I do it again next summer? Not sure, but it was pretty cool.
Linda says
What were you doing when the picture was taken? That’s one great smile!
Hélène says
That’s the picture Flav took, isn’t it? I agree, very nice smile, Thibault! Je n’ai pas su que tu aies écrit “Une Fois.” C’était très bien!
Clautilde says
Est-ce que vous allez retourner a MMLA l’ete prochaine? J’espere que oui!!
Brad says
J’espère bien… on verra!
Ça va dépendre, mais je l’ai bien aimé.