It is with great pride that I am posting and
will be doing so in the next few days
some of my intermediate students'
stories and anecdotes.
WOW!!! Challenged with creative writing,
they are bravely and confidently MOVING ON!!
A new chapter in their learning experience.
By Louise
St-Jacques
When I was young, every year I went with my family to
my uncle’s cottage up North in the Laurentians for one week in the summertime. At that
time, my uncle had a boat and all of my cousins knew and had been water skiing
since they were very young. So, when I was about 15 years old, I decided to try it. I
had been watching them several times and
thought that I would like to try it. But
I was afraid because I knew that I would end up with a broken arm or a leg!
My uncle, Aldège was an experienced boat driver and I
was confident about him driving the boat. On the first attempt, only my head
and my hands got out the water. The rest of my body stayed submerged. I had the
feeling that my arms had been torn off of my shoulders. Then I tried following my cousin Maryse’s instructions: “Bend your legs,” she said, ”tense up your
back side, stretch your arms.”
While I tried to position my body, my uncle had been
patiently waiting for me to be ready. Suddenly, he said 1-2-3- GO! and he was
off! For the second time I immersed such as a submarine. I had a lot of water
in my mouth, my nose and my ears. I really didn’t like it.
Courageously, I tried it about twelve times. My best
performance was a distance of three metres…
I survived this terrible experience only to tell you that I will never
do it again. That was the first and the last time of my life to ever go water
skiing.
I thought I would add the expression:
Thanks LOUISE for taking the challenge.
WELL DONE!!!
Thanks for reading and sending some comments
that I will then pass on to LOUISE!!
A very proud teacher,
SUZANNE
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