Ça veut dire quoi?

So I lied: this post is not going to be about Barcelona. But we have far more pressing matters on our hands: I think I forgot how to do research and I need to talk it out.

Thursday marks the first time in France that I will have real school work due. I mean I have had to do reading for my French novel class and write little introduction paragraphs and plans for essays and stuff that my teacher looked over but I never had to do any extra work or find information outside of what I already know; minus vocab in French of course. But now, I have to write an essay of probably around 4 pages (1.5-spaced), in french, which is going to be my only grade for the entire class, and I feel like I can't remember how to research or how to set up my space and get a good strat going for attacking this feat. And really, it is going to be a feat. Not only is it the longest paper in French I have ever had to write, but it will also be the first time I have written a whole paper since November. That is such a long time!!! Seriously, WTF am I supposed to do!? I have a plan/outline written out, but I literally can not remember how I would usually start out papers, that's how long its been. This really is not ok. I mean I have 3 months of time between doing work in Spring and Fall, why am I having trouble now?! I know part of it is the idea of it all being in French, but it really isn't that different, and I know exactly how to organize it, I just can't freaking research properly! as;ldkjfalsdkjf;ajksdhf;ajhsdhfhajdjhjhjkahjskhkjdk

It would probably help if I didn't hate school here so much. The system really is just the worst. The students are so uninterested, as well as the teachers, if not more. It's kind of depressing. And since all my classes are 2-hours or more in one sitting, it's IMPOSSIBLE for anyone to remain engaged for the entire period, or for someone lecturing for that long to even attempt to be interesting the while time. Which, believe me, they don't. Also, this is way too long of a time to have the same teachers; I don't know what I would do without the quarter system.

Ok, enough whining. I just need to read over what information I have found and then I can figure out what information I want to include, then I can start writing. And I need to get at least half finished tonight and/or tomorrow morning so I can show my methodology teacher before class tomorrow. I just have to stop being an asshole and stay off facebook.

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