Exams You Say ..?

.... failed 'em, didn't I ?

Arse.

 

... failed 'em, didn't I ?

Subject?

 

... failed 'em, didn't I ?

PS Bad luck.

 

genuine_froggie

Sorry, to hear Des. Do you get/take another shot?

 

Does this mean you can't be French?

 

Surely that would imply he isn't at the moment...?

<thinks>

" "

 

Tough luck mate.

 

Since you failed more than one, is a failium or a failia?

 

Subject?

Teacher training. Composition in English, in French, two translations
(one either way). Got France's second-highest mark for composition in
French, but the English one was shite: I hadn't read the book [1]. SO
passed with flying colours and has the oral exams in Toulouse on 21-23
of this month.

Ah well ... next year, perhaps.

[1] _A Streetcar Named Desire_

 

Ach. Rats. Are the excellent French results fungible into any other part
of the Civil Service, or are the exams specific to teaching? Anyone other
than a Civil Service [*any* Civil Service] would leap at the talent and
apply it elsewhere - given that your command of English is really quite good
overall ;-)

 

<piggy-backing log's post>

Bad luck, mate. What's the next options then?

<tentatively removes Des from kf>

 

A Failia is a Greek dish, similar to Bubble & Squeak.

 

<dutifully>
Vocational Motorcycle Ownership (R1)?

 

Arse.

*shrug*

I've managed to score a Solaris admin job in the Paris suburbs, pay's
three times what I'd make as a teacher. Or I can go back to teaching
after the hols, with the same status as I had before the exams ('contract-
uel'). Less money, but mega-holidays.

The Solaris job is tempting for the money, as SO is demanding a comfy
bike to go on holidays, so another FJR or a Futura is looking likely. I
considered a ZX-12R, but saw one at the lights yesterday, and the bint
riding pillion looked about as comfy as a toad on a mushroom [1].

YKIMS ;-)

[1] awesome arse, though

 

Oh yeah, no age limit: I can keep going until I'm 60. :-(

 

Iv jusst figered owt wot is the route of yore problim. Yoo ave bean
spennding two mutch of yore thyme reeding ukrm. Vatsit. The stadurd of
ritten Englysh hear is soh bluddy lowsie that it have wroted yore brane, and
iz un apauling xample for enny non-Englysh spikkers. Eaven the x10ded brake
vat yo tooked in prepperasion for the xams wuz kleerlie knot enuff to
wrecktify the damije preaviursly dunn. On beyarf of evrybod hear I
appauligise for the whey in what we has prejjurdissed yore kreer. Bet ur
lucknex thyme.

 

You could do worse than a late-model Triumph Trophy - cheap, comfy, adequate
performance.

 

Not nice enough-looking.

 

The Trophy is a man's bike. The FJR and the Futura both look like Silver
Dream Racer wannabees.

IMNSHO.

 

Sod that, go for the money.

I hate to say it, but the VFR is about as good a pillion ride as
you'll find anywhere. The Sprint ST wasn't bad, but the grab rail was
a bit awkwardly situated. Either of them would be a match for the FJR
in in performance terms (the trummy being more powerful then the VFR,
of course) and both are significantly lighter, hence better sportier
handling.

Dunno 'bout the Futura, but could you really get on with those looks?

No, I_hope_IMS.