The intro caught my attention just because of the first sentence alone. I can’t really tell from the first paragraph that the whole essay is going to be about French class, but I do get a sense that it is something about French because he talks about his French book.
Over all everything in the essay is focused around his French class in Paris. He gave a little background about how he moved to Paris in hopes of fully learning the language. Other than that all the events focused around this class.
I can visualize from the dialogue and descriptions that the teacher was very stubborn, almost in a sarcastic way. I could picture the dialogue coming out of her mouth in a class setting.
There was dialogue in the essay and yes it did a great job of describing the teacher’s personality. It showed that she disregarded anyone who didn’t know exactly what was going on in the class.
When I read this essay I could relate because it made me think of a teacher I had in high school that was sort of the same way. He was not mean but he made everyone scared to ask questions simply because he would be little us for not knowing the answer and make us feel dumb.
In the ending he talks about one day he realized he could understand everything that everyone was saying and that is when he finally realized that he was catching on. At that point he just sat back and took the teacher with a grain of salt. What she said no longer offended him.
He concluded his essay stating that understanding doesn’t mean that you can suddenly speak the language, but it is a step in the right direction and that was all he needed.
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