Le cours de français
When I was in grade three, our French teacher had a “Student of the Week” program. Each Friday at the end of our French lesson, she would award one of my classmates a certificate purportedly acknowledging their positive behaviour throughout the preceding five days.
I say one of my classmates because I never earned this designation. Not once in the entire third year.
Every Friday when it was the end of French class, I would sit up a little straighter in my seat and fold my hands neatly on top of my desk. I would hope.
I remember making it my goal to earn this coveted certificate one week, making an extra effort to be “good”. On Thursday I asked the teacher if she had chosen the student of the week yet, with all the innocence and hope only an 8 year old can display.
Spoiler alert: I didn’t get it.
I never did.
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