Yay for student strikes

Since last Thursday the university students have been striking due to the CPE - a program for finding jobs for young people. At least on Thursday there was a passageway into the school but they've fixed that now. There's no getting into Jussieu this week. I don't mind so much since it means no classes there though I've been told they're going to add on classes at the end of the year so that sucks. I'll take pictures of the barracades later to show you what it's like.

Yesterday was Mardi Gras and EDUCO arranged a crepe dinner with other French University students. The crepes were overpriced but it was nice to meet some cool French students. I think we might actually hang out again at some point so it was worth it. When I told them stories about what's been going on with my French family they were shocked and "pleaded my case" to their professor who said she would talk to professors at EDUCO about it. I didn't think it was that big of a deal, but they haven't treated me all that well so there's a slight possibility that my living arrangements might be changing.