I'm currently living in Paris and studying theater. Speaking the French language certainly comes in handy considering I'm the only foreigner at the school. I have a lot of catching up to do on the basics of French culture but I'm thankful for my knowledge of literature since most of the other students have studied people like Molière, Corneille and Racine (among others) in high school or college and are familiar enough with the classics to propose scenes for scene study.

My semester studying abroad enormously influenced me in my decision to come back to France. It gave me a level of comfortability with the language that it's hard to get in the classroom, and a better understanding of the French culture. It also gave me friends and contacts in France ;-)

Hope everything's going well in the Dept of Foreign Lang. and Lit!