As if high school isn't awkward enough already...

ruby.aftermath — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 18:35:09 -0800

Can someone explain French lycée-level notetaking to me? Is there some kind of secret system? My roomate and I spent some time studying in France while in high school (a semester or less). We both remember being completely amazed when come note-taking time, all our classmates suddenly whipped out something like 15 different colors of erasable fountain pens, rulers, and who knows what else. There were underlines and double underlines, and some kind of color coding. We both tried to fake it, but were entirely lost.

Is there some kind of special system, or are French kids supposed to make up their own fancy note style? I've been unable to find anything on Google, and while I am certainly a nerd, it's just not a topic that ever came up with French friends. None of which, unfortunately, I'm in touch with anymore.

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As if high school isn't awkward enough already...