French Exchange students discover the United States

The Willow Glen Resident ^ | 1/19/05 | Meghan O'Hare

[martin_fierro]

"In France, California is called the 'European part of America,' " he says.

I'm not sure, but I think we've just been insulted.

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[Chummy]

"'I really enjoy surfing, because in France, the winter is too cold for surfing,' he says...."

..something must have gotten lost in the translation....

[Calpernia]

General interest ping.

[indcons]

We have enough stinking DUmmies here as it is.....don't need any more Frogs.

[Odyssey-x]

Let's give them a dinner to make them feel like they're at home: French Fries! French Toast! French Dressing! (please see the movie "Better Off Dead" for a complete list of French-related food).

[null and void]

A mortal insult, IMHO.

[squidly]

Well, they do grow wine grapes in California.

[piasa]

And the pair say they will return home with a particular Californian nuance—the vernacular use of the word "like."

They desperately need to visit the Midwest, where they can learn the word "squirrelly."

[Antonello]

Let's give them a dinner to make them feel like they're at home: French Fries! French Toast! French Dressing! (please see the movie "Better Off Dead" for a complete list of French-related food).

...and to drink - Peru!

[Guillermo]

LOL I was thinking of that same movie as I was reading this...the fat kid who snorted jello, and the poor French girl who pretended not to understand English.

[Lurker]

"He keeps putting hez testicles on me!"

"I think you mean tentacles."

"Oh, yes...."

L

[DBeers]

"School is much easier in America," he says...

Qui, they have no difficult studies such as math, english, or science -just social brainwashing and homosexual indoctrination...

[sonsofliberty2000]

Great movie!

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[EdJay]

Why do you guys have to be so damn negative? What happened to the good old American notion of hospitality, of extending welcome to a guest. So you don't like the French, but these these are KIDS. They have no responsibility or blame for the policies of their government. They are coming here because they are interested in learning more about us, good for them.

The more kind of student exchanges like this, the better in the long run for all of us. They'll go home and tell people about their experiences in the US and give a lot more realistic picture of Americans and American life than what they get on TV and movies.

[snowman1]

Should have sent them to a real American family not to the land of fruits and nuts, they've already been brainwashed against the US enough.

[Polybius]

Why do you guys have to be so damn negative?........The more kind of student exchanges like this, the better in the long run for all of us. They'll go home and tell people about their experiences in the US and give a lot more realistic picture of Americans..........

You mean like the picture that "European-like" Californians are good but that the Americans in Conservative states are yahoos?

"Pierre says he perceives California as more liberal than the rest of the states, and was relieved to discover he would be coming here. In France, California is called the 'European part of America,' " he says. "It's known for its open minds."

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

"What happened to the good old American notion of hospitality, of extending welcome to a guest."

It went south. Of course it may return with the next million or so illegal "GUESTS" but then again, with me, it likely won't.

[Simmy2.5]

I'm all for people in other countries going home with a better view of America. But if their definition of 'better' is San Francisco, that's isn't helping our position.

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

Maybe we just don't care to be Frances friends, and we don't care if they send their kids here. BIG DEAL!