A French-American perspective on politics, culture, current events, religion, languages, and education
Thursday, June 01, 2006
The President's Lowest Approval Rate.
President Chirac's approval rate has reached the lowest ever recorded for a French president in the Fifth Republic (since 1958), with an astounding 17%, that is half of Bush's own (low) approval rate of 35%.
The competition is tough, but Chirac is definitely winning!
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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