French School Days an Old Notebook Found

French School Days  

 

 

An old 1900s kind of old, grade school notebook found at the brocante. Grading then was like grading now. Now smiley-face, or a side note of: "A job well done".

A 20/20 equals an A plus which is nearly impossible to achieve whether you are five years old or studying for your PHD. A perfect score is like a slap in the teacher's face. You see in France when you are in school you are there to learn. If you have a perfect score then it means the class is not good or hard enough.

I would have cracked in the French school system.

 

French School Days

 

 

Last name first:

Aigon, Lucienne

Date first line in the middle:

Saturday 13 Mai

(School on Saturday mornings.)

Name of Lesson:

Ecriture

(Writing)

When Chelsea was in the third grade she forgot to write the letter "s" in mathematics, therefore her grade was taken down from an A to a B.

Severe is the method.

The French phrase above means:

Choose your friends well.

 

 

 

French School Days

 

"Always tell the truth."

Mark Twain said,

"Tell the truth or trump, but get the trick." 

 

 

French School Days

 

 

Try your French out. What does it say?

The list is describes what a person has and what it is made out of:

A hat – Straw

Socks  - Cotton

Shoes  - Leather

An umbrella –  Silk.

 

French School Days

 

     A French school notebook.

xoxo



Comments

7 responses to “French School Days an Old Notebook Found”

  1. My gaze immediately fell on the sentence about the umbrella. Spanish, a smattering of German and American Sign Language are my only languages other than English. I had just seen an episode of The Paradise from BBC television, and a girl was learning the French word for umbrella. I guessed that “silk” was the other word. Maybe television is good for something after all!

  2. While in high school I began collecting old school text books in my hometown (Middle Georgia-USA). These books were from the early 1900s, and they went through a number of repairs before making it to the all black schools of the 1950s/60s. You would love the beautiful repairs – old wall papers (10 cents a roll) were used to help with the repairs. These books are treasures.

  3. It is all said . Fantastic to see this notebook and through it we can understand why our new generation has changed so much … Am I nostalgie of these old days ?

  4. teresa cesario

    I agree with Madame, really sad in many ways how this has all changed so much. Writing, and learning to write beautifully. What a lost treasure!! Thank you for sharing and reminding us Corey. This post makes me concentrate more on the way I write, which will be exciting to try.
    Know your excited to go to Willows soon. Safe travels.

  5. “A perfect score is like a slap in the teacher’s face.” My high school Latin teachers for the 2nd-4th years had the same attitude, and no matter how hard I studied I never got a perfect score on an exam.

  6. Evelyn HIll

    Quel trésor!! That book would keep me entertained for hours on end! The beautiful script! The words!! And most of all, the thought of the young French student putting his heart and soul into his work in the hopes of a good mark! Thanks for sharing your find with us. Enjoy your precious time with your family…et bonne chance in your training for the marathon! You are an encouragement to me to get out and start walking again.

  7. Rebecca from the pacific northwest

    I’m a geek. I googled around a bit until I determined that May 13 fell on Saturday in 1899 and in 1905.

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