Pointless job interviews

So I guess I should be happy just to be getting job interviews but some of these have been a complete waste of time. I applied to a few jobs at Language schools in Paris. I have not taught business English before and don't have any experience teaching adults other than private tutoring lessons. However, this is all stated in my cover letter and on my resume. I have lots of experience teaching, especially teaching English here in France, but none with adults. So when a company calls me and invites me to come in for an interview you would think that they had already read my CV and cover letter and should know what is on it. So when the interviewer at the end states well you have no experience with adults or teaching business English, it gets kindof redundant and annoying. No kidding, it is right on my CV that I don't have that experience. So if that is a problem for you, why did you ask me to come in for an interview and waste both of our time. I had another one that went really well, but then at the end of the interview the lady says they don't have any part-time positions available right now but if they do, they will give me a call. That is written clear as day in my cover letter that I am looking for part-time work as I am a student. Why don't these people actually read what is written on the CVs. Crazy people! lol Here's hoping the next interview goes better!

update continued - work

As most of you know, I headed back to France to teach Enlgish with the schools I was at last year. I was told all summer that I would work at the same two schools I was at last year and that they were counting on me to come back with a visa as there was a job waiting for me. However, about three weeks after I had been back here, I finally got an answer about the job. They no longer had the money or the hours for me to work. Therefore, I was now jobless!! Thanks for the heads up France. So with the start of October arriving, I have to start looking for work. Unfortunately, most companies have already done most of their hiring and I am behind the ball now. So I have sent MANY resumes and cover letters to so many different companies, English teaching companies, babysitting companies, even telemarketing companies! lol Anything and Everything. So a few interviews have come my way but nothing definite so far. Hopefully something will come along soon, until then, I am spending my time here wandering the city and going to class. Keeping my fingers crossed!

update part 2 - Nuit Blanche

One of the great things about Paris are its festivals and events. For example, Nuit Blanche. It is an evening of artistic installations throughout the city. The installations run right until 6am and they are all over the city and all different. This year I managed to visit at least a few of the exhibits. One of my favourites was the giant disco ball that was hung from a crane in the middle of Luxembourg gardens. It took quite awhile to actually get into the middle of the park but it was worth it. Especailly since it was such a nice night out. We spent a good hour or so just sitting in the middle of the gardens looking up at the disco ball. It was fun to meet all the other people experiencing the fesitivities too. We saw a few other installations such as: there was a video that was playing in the middle of the street showing different people doing activities that when they were by themselves looked as though they were having intercourse but then each image was shown with what they were truly doing such as painting a white wall, or drinking from a water jug, etc. It was quite interesting. Then we saw a few more videos throughout the city, and an exhibit that had wooden cut outs that rotated around with a light shining on them projecting them onto a screen. They were kindof mystical shaped creatures. We also went to St. Severin church where they had speakers set up and choral music playing, it was like hearing choir in surround sound. It was simply beautiful and just breath taking. We finished our evening with St. Eusacthe church where they were showing a video that simply a camera aimed at the arrival gate of International arrivals and filmed as people exited. It was simple but seemed really calming because of where it was, and the fact that it was 6am. :) We weren't the only ones in tehre either, however, we were two of the few that weren't sleeping on the floor of the church. It was a great evening and I really enjoyed exploring the artistic aspects of Paris. It didn't hurt that we had a bottle of wine or two with us!! Nuit Blanche a great part of Parisien life. Can't wait for the next city event :)

catching up for the past month part 1

So it has been awhile sine I posted on here. I apologize for the lack of updates. I am going to do a series of updates that will fill people in on what I have been doing out here for the past month.

Part 1:
First let me tell you about registering for school out here in France. It has been a long and lengthy process but finally I have all of my courses picked and my tutition is paid for.
It sarted the first week I was back here. I had to go into the school and pick up my file and fill out a bunch of forms, get my department to sign off on my program and get a thesis advisor to sign off on my thesis idea and agree to help me throughout the year. That took about a week to do and was a little stressful as every student taking a masters with the department of french literature is seeking a thesis advisor and there are very few of them. I had received many responses from professors saying they already had too many students. I finally found an advisor who is a little scary but I think it will be good for me as she will push me to really improve my french. Once all that was done, I had to make an appointment with the office for masters services and spent a good half hour waiting eventhough I had an appointment. Finally my file was processed and I then had to go to another building on campus to pay my tuition and get my student card. I paid my tuition (only 400 euros, plus social security and athletics for a total of 600 euros) that is equivalent to about 1000$ which is slightly cheaper than any masters program I know of back home! lol I then got my student card which they did in 5 mintues. Took my photo, scanned it and printed the card. Done and Done!!
Once that was all finished I had to wait for my specific dates to register (in person) for my courses. As part of my french literature degree I have to take a language course. As I am Canadian I can't take English so therefore decided to take French. I am sure learning a new language like german or italian or spanish would have been fun but I am already nervous enough about taking courses here and having to write a thesis in French that I might as well work on my French a little bit more. Finally as of Wednesday I am registered for a French language course, a 17th century literature course, a 16th to 19th century literature course, a themes and genres in French literature course, a Voyages in 16th to 19th century literature course and a three day course on French theatre which takes place over three saturdays throughout November. So after about three weeks worth of work, I am finally registered for my courses and ready to start my masters program.
Courses finally start next Monday and I have my first French literature masters course at La Sorbonne on Tuesday morning. I am a little nervous, not sure how this will go but am pretty excited and can't wait to get started. I am a little worried since I am not really good with dates and numbers in french so we will see how it goes with note taking and such. So, four days in counting and my masters program starts. We'll see what happens :)