Paris Exams: Over!!!
From the sunny/windy/rainy/sunny again Paris, (all in the same day during the whole month):Sorry not only for the late update (which has become a good introduction to all my blog updates) but also for the late (in some cases really late) e-mail replies. Today I had a record 23 non-read Hotmail Emails (and those are just from people in my address file) and various other read ones which havent either been replied. Dont worry, I will try to find time to read and reply all of them (although looking at the subjects I guess some are already out of date) eg: Emails from Nicole, Stefan or Sayuri: Désolé de vous dire que j'ai pas encore lu votre e-mails concernant le RDV des amis ou le pique-nique sur le pont des arts...
I just finished my last French Exam last wednesday (Ill tell u guys the story of that exam in a minute...) My daily routine these days (including saturdays, believe it or not) is to wake up at 8-8:30 go to the Cujas Library (just in between Sorbonne and the Pantheon for those of u who have been to that part of the Latin quarter), and revise for the 2 exams (Fical Management and Finance), I gotta take in Valencia in... JULY! 1 Month before!!! hehe yeah, and still I dont know if Ill pass them, cause I havent gone to class (I was obviously here in Paris) and I havent done any class-work or home-work for those 2 subjects (apparently the 2 most difficult subjects of my 5-year career). 7pm: Run for around 45minutes at the "Jardin de Luxembourg", with Gonzalo, and occasionally Blanca and Valentina, (new members still accepted). Spend time with Laura, Fernando (Tanti Auguri again!), Elena, Ana, Marita, Rita, Gonzalo, Simon, Aloma, Blanca, Stef, Ana BCN and Im not gonna continue cause Ill miss a name for sure (those are the ones Ive been seeing very oftenly over the past few days). 23h: Sleep as Im normally exhausted.
Coming back to my last french exam; it was: "Politique Economique", a subject I really liked, it talked about International Mergers, the place of the EU etc, and the teacher was always very happy to see the 4 spanish guys sitting there, he discussed how well spanish companies had done over the last years in their Latin-American and European expansions. Anyway, I could tell that the teacher was glad to have us in his class. The problem comes that on the day of the exam, I was feeling very excited cause it was my last test in this ancient yet beautiful Sorbonne University, so I didnt quite read what the question was asking and went directly to answer it...
The exam had 3 topics to develop, and was meant to be fulfilled in 1.5 hours, although initially the amphitheatre was reserved for 2h. I thought: Great 30minutes per question... and started very quickly answering the exam... I used up all the time, and when I was exiting the lecture hall, Ana and Rita (both from my University of Valencia) asked me what question had I chosen to answer... I thought they where kidding and smiled answering: "obviously the 3 of them"... what was my surprise, when I saw they insisted in the fact that we had to answer just 1 of them... My initial happiness turned dramatically into horror, when I glanced the question paper and read: "répondez une question des suivants..."
So I went inside the amphi, and told the teacher that I had answered the 3 of them as opposed to just 1... his face was a real poem and implied something like: "Are u stupid or just pretend to be?!" and I quickly told him: "but I believe I have them all right!". He added: "Have u written u are Erasmus?" and I answered positively. He just turned around, and I left.
What will happen? Bids are open:
- He can fail me directly, which I would perfectly understand.
- Fail me and mark as: "Stupid student who after so many years hasnt yet learned that he must read the questions before answering, I sincerely doubt he has the level to graduate not only in the Sorbonne Paris 1 University but in any other serious place".
- Positively thinking: Give me more than the maximum (out of 20 points in France) so I could possibly get 60 out of 20, (300%) if I had the 3 right.
- Just read the first answer and give me a 10 out of 20 (Pass) I wouldnt regret this one to be honest.
Just to prove how late I am with everything, Im gonna attach some pictures from my family visit, before last Easter holiday, they where taken on the 1st of april (it is already 4th of june!!!), but I just passed them yesterday to my computer. Ive got tones of recent pictures which I will upload on the following days... (hopefully).
Cesar, Ivan, Mum and Victor in Front of Sacre-Coeur
Ivan (top) and Victor with Cesar both at the Hotel des Invalides, where Napoleon is buried.
In front of Notre Dame and the Seine River.
posted by Angel D. @ 8:22 PM
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