Je ne comprends pas – je suis Anglaise.

So – a foreign language will no longer be compulsory at GCSE level. What a sham. We will get the Euro – it’s just a matter of time. And while the rest of Europe is celebrating in becoming more interrelated and richer culturally because of it, we decide to remove the last vestige of our continental membership by allowing people to grow up without even a basic knowledge of other countries in Europe. 3 years of French is not sufficient – by the end of my first 3 years at my school (an all girls grammar school now less) I went up to my teacher and asked her how to say “I do not understand, I am English” before going to France for a holiday. Oddly she seemed rather impressed with my wanting to learn – the fact I wanted to learn that particular phrase didn’t seem to bother her. My recent holiday in France taught me how shameful my French is, and I had a full 5 years and got a B for my efforts. My Dad who learnt French some 30-40 years ago can speak more than me.

It’s a bloody shambles.

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