1998 School Magazine

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alerie Lacour had a dream to come to Australia after tores. Valetie also spent considerable time in the French she met so many of our students during theirvisits to her Department, working with the staff and students in classrooms where she provided invaluable help to teachers and students and enjoyed the challenge of being a teaching assistant Unfortunately Valetie left us school, our sister school, Lycee Saint Paul, in Allgou16me France. Once Va16rie completed her Baccalaureat, she set about making her plans a reality in late November 1997, she

in early May to finalize her own admission procedures to begin her university studies in France in early September, where she hopes to study journalism. in her first letter to us after her reinrn to France, Va16rie spoke of the unforgettable memories of her time here in Australia and at BGGS. She misses us, and we miss her. Best wishes for the future, Va16rie, and we look forward to seeing you back again some day.

arrived in Australia, and spent her first two months enjoying an Australian summer with her host sister, NICola Clavarino, and her family, and with other BGGS students who had become her friends in hagou16me With the beginning of a new school year, Va16rie chose to follow classes in three subject areas, and when University started, she mixed her time be- byeen BGGS and University Iec-

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relaxed mood here and I was inter- ested in discovering another way of learning. Helping sttidents during French classes was an interesting and cer- tainly enriching experience for both Australian students and me. I have enjoyed my stay at BGGS and want to thank everybody I've met here Of course, Australiais a great coun- try with many places to visit. The different excursions with the Japanese and Chinese groups were really good

'in an AFS eXchange student from France. I am here for two months and I will speak a bit about my experience in BGGS and in AUS- tralia When you go to school in AUS- tralia, the most important thing which is different from going to school in France is the uniform. No school in France has any uniform or any special clothes to wear, so you have to get used to it. As I am only staying two months, I don't have to wear it. Classes are also quite different. I really appre- ciate here the possibility to choose the subjects I want to do because in France you are made to do a lot of subjects and you have no choice. I love all the material you can use at BGGS such as computers, the Inter- net, so many televisions and so many things for sport. What is really amaz- ing for a French student is the assem- bly every week as we never have such meetings in France. I like the more

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