by Kimani Isaac | Feb 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
You don’t begin to realize the depth of how many preconceived notions you have until you begin to question what someone’s voice is going to sound like. Back in the States, I already know most of the dialects and potential accents of my country. I know the twang of a...
by Kimani Isaac | Feb 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
So I’m, what, 18 days into my life here in Paris? The illustrious Shirin Vossoughi (prof at NU) once told me that part of the reason why she thinks that babies sleep so much is because they’re learning everything for the first time. I’m hoping that...
by Kimani Isaac | Jan 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’m going to call this the 24 hour anniversary of my arrival in Paris. I landed yesterday at 5 in the morning. After waiting in line to go through customs, grabbing my luggage and getting in an Uber, the first thing I really noticed about Paris was that even at...
by Kimani Isaac | Aug 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Lankey, my host program, gave me the opportunity to do a week-long internship where I teach students about the SAT. I decided to take it. While I’m here in Morocco practicing and studying French, I wanted to give back to the community I’m a part of. Plus,...
by Kimani Isaac | Aug 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’ve intentionally made this blog much more about my experiences in Morocco than exactly about my experiences here learning French, but that’s because language progress is slow. Plus, as riveting as it might be on my end to practice my conjugations and...
