Monday, March 3, 2008

Great Moments in French History

1. While reading an article in our French for Reading course, a History PhD student mis-translated a sentence because he was unaware that Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena.

2. Our teacher, a sixth year French lit-crit student, learned during our class that the crown prince of France was known as the Dauphin.

Am I taking crazy pills, or is our educational system breaking down?

2 comments:

Diana said...

crazy pills, definitely crazy pills.

Big Jim Dwyer said...

I could probably add that the two are not mutually exclusive.