A French-American perspective on politics, culture, current events, religion, languages, and education
Monday, November 14, 2005
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie....
France really needs some positive news these days... French tennis champion Amélie Mauresmo won the WTA Tour Championships in Los Angeles (thus collecting the 19th and biggest title of her career) in the first-ever all-French final. (details here) Granted she's not the most feminine French woman (hum, hum..) I can think of, but boy, is her game powerful and impressive!
Somewhere beneath all the inane clichés that politicians and the media bandy about, there lies a true Franco-American relationship that stems from a deep appreciation and fascination with each other's language, culture and society. This is where we live, below the radar, exploring the mundane, finding pleasure in the details, and sharing our passion for another culture with our students. We are educators, teaching English in Paris and French in Boston. Trained and training at the Sorbonne and Harvard, respectively, we choose here to let our café conversation spill out onto the sidewalk. Others should feel free to eavesdrop or join the conversation through comments.
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