閻明看校外生活

法國學生放學後都在幹嘛？或者，廣的來說，法國學生有自己的時間的時候都做些什麼？你知道的，我們的學校給了我們很多時間自由運用。

 

不像台灣，我們的自由時間通常不會花在課業上。拿我來說，如果我對某種運動有興趣，我會參加非職業性的團體，跟和我有相同興趣的人一起盡情的練習。在法國，幾乎所有的年輕人都有自己的社團(非校內)，可能是文化性社團、運動性社團，或只是純粹玩樂的社團。就像我哥哥，他是英式橄欖球隊的球員。每個星期三下午[1]和星期五晚上，球隊都會練習兩到三個小時。到了星期六，他們就和其他的球隊辦友誼賽，大家都會玩得很愉快。在這種球隊，沒有人領薪水，我們都是自願參加。這樣的情況非常普遍，而且法國政府也積極扶助小型社團，因為這些小型社團常常會培植出很多很多的球員。就像我們從平常生活中學到的很多知識一樣，在這些社團中，我們發展培養出我們在學校學不到的東西。

 

在法國，當你還很小的時候，你的父母和老師就會要求你參加一些社團，因為社團會佔掉你很大部分的休閒時間，而且，同時，社團內有大人可以指導監督，確保一切不會失控。他們會特別鼓勵運動性社團，因為你可以遇到很多同齡的人，藉以訓練社交技巧等等的。

 

另外一個台灣和法國很大的文化差異是——在法國邀請朋友到自己家來住或是到朋友家住，是非常普遍的。拿我來說吧，去年的每個禮拜，不是我邀請一些朋友到我家住，或是我到朋友家住。去住在人家家有可能只是我們想要一起玩，或者是一起念書。就像我之前提過的，我們沒有自己的教室，除了圖書館，我們沒辦法放學後在外面和同學一起念書。因此，我們會在某一個朋友家碰頭，這樣比較方便。大部分的爸媽對我們邀請朋友住家裡，或住到朋友家裡根本不覺得怎樣。不像台灣，邀請朋友住家裡好像是很嚴重的事，所以大家要碰面都是離家越遠越好。

 

此外，男生女生在法國沒有什麼差別。我的意思是，我覺得在台灣，男女生有很大的差異，真的。但在法國，男女生當然還是有分別(有些活動和話題是屬於男生或女生的)，但是不是封閉性的差別(男生討論話題，女生加入是很平常的)。在台灣，只有少數的女生會和男生混在一起，相對的，也只有少數的男生會和女生混在一起。這難道是因為台灣社會的價值觀，讓學校對學生施壓，不讓男生和女生混在一起，才不會有太多人成雙成對，少了很多專心念書的學生嗎？

 

在法國，我們會問：”Quel est ton meilleur ami/Ouelle est ta meilleure amie?[2]”(Who is your best boy/girl friend? 誰是你最好的男生/女生朋友)，我們通常會期待你說出你最好的男生朋友和最好的女生朋友。由此可知，男生和女生間的關係是非常好的。我們的父母，還會要求我們要交男女朋友。因為法國人覺得，比起擁有一個可以可以分享喜樂的伴侶，單身的人生實在慘多了。因此，法國人認為的好學生是那種成績很好，而且有男/女朋友的人。

 

我實在想說你們台灣人真的比我們更努力工作，而且，從很小的時候就開始了。你們有很多人在放學後，或是週末打工。我們是絕對不可能。拜託，你們瘋了嗎？你們是學生耶。法國人認為學生就是學生，不需要同時還要做其他的工作。難道這樣表示我們就沒有像你們一樣的打工嗎？當然不是啦。我們也有打工的工作，但是不可能在需要念書的時候。我們會在放假的時候打工賺錢，在那個時候，我們幾乎就是做全時的工作，從八點到十二點，再從十二點半到下午五六點。我們大部分都在夏天打工，而且會把工作時間和節慶或是其他的計畫排開(意思是一定要留時間去玩啦)。

 

說太過頭了，讓我把主題拉回來——休閒時間。

 

你說說，你曾經在朋友家過夜幾次？我從十一歲開始去住朋友家。幾乎每隔一個月我就和其他朋友一起去住在我女朋友家。現在，幾乎每個禮拜都會有某些人來我家住。這難道是因為我們的房子比較大嗎？所以比較方便住？我不知道答案。

 

就像之前我在”校內生活”中提到的，我們的教育體系給了我們很多自由運用的時間。我們也會舉辦一種名為”repas de classe”的活動，就是選同一門課的人一起聚餐。每個月，或每個假日[3]，我們都會舉辦這種聚餐。這個活動的立意是要讓同學們更認識彼此。學校不會主持這種活動，都是學生自己來的。現在，這個活動也從中學延伸到大學。大學生在面對壓力時會花一個晚上的時間狂歡，喝酒、跳舞、交朋友，甚至，好吧，我必需承認，有些人會吸毒或濫交。我必需說，很多的法國學生有酗酒的問題，還有很多人抽菸。

 

總的來說，法國學生的生活是由學校生活和假日的派對生活所組成的。

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[1]法國高中星期三下午大部分沒有排課可選。

[2] 法文的名詞和形容詞、疑問詞有分男女，但這兩句聽起來一模一樣，寫起來不一樣而已。問的時候就是男女一起問。

[3] 請相信Anne，法國學生不時的在放假，而且不是二天三天這種寒酸的小假。

 

 

 

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What do the French students do after class, and generally when they have free time?

As you know, our school give us many free time.

There is something not so common in Taiwan it’s to spend your free time with no scholar activities. For example if I do have interest in a quid of sport, I can join a non professional association to play and have fun with people who have the same interest as me. And in France, almost all the young make part of an association. It can be something cultural, sports, or just to have fun.

For example, my brother is a player in a rugby team. Every Wednesday afternoon and Friday night they train themselves during almost 2/3 hours. Then every Sunday they just meet others team, have matches and lot of fun. Nobody is paid, they are all volunteers.

It’s really common, and the government helps the smallest associations, because it will contribute to have an astonishing number of players and different activity. In those club we develop a spirit that school can not teach us as well as life.

When you are really child, your parents and your teachers insist on you to join an association because it will occupy a big part of your free time, and you still are under the “control” of adults who supervise your activity. And especially for the sports ones, you can meet a lot of young as you and develop sociability and blab la bla.

An other cultural difference between Taiwan and France it’s because in France we will easily invite and be invited by friends to have fun in their home. As example, last year every weekend I invited some of my friends to came to my school or the contrary [they invited me]. It can be just because we want to have fun, or spend time together or study. Because we do not have places to study outside. Except the library, there is nowhere to work with classmates after the school. So we will meet in our home. It’s more convenient.

Most of our parents don’t mind if we invite people, or go outside. It’s not like in Taiwan that if you can just stay away from home it will be better.

The girls and boys are equals. I mean here I feel a difference between the sex. A real one. But it France, certainly this frontier still exist but it’s an open one. Here few girls mix with boys, and the contrary is the same. Is it because of the pressure of the school that the Taiwanese society think if girls and boys are totally mix, it will have many couple so less very studious students?

In France people can ask you “Quel est ton meilleur ami?/Ouelle est ta meilleure amie? “=who is your best friend” and just after “ who is your best friend” it will mean they want to know boy and girl. So the relation girls and boy is without problem. Our parents ask us to have a girlfriend/boyfriend. Because we will think if you are single, your life will be sadder than if your share your joy with someone. So a good student in France will be someone who has great score, and a girlfriend.

This is a pleasant part. But I should admit that you work harder than us, and younger too. Many of you just have a pattern job after class, or on weekend. We do not. Come on ARE YOU CRAZY? You are students, we consider that you don’t have to have a professional activity in the same time. Does it mean that we do not work as you. Of course no. We can also have pattern job, but in scholar time it’s quite impossible.

We use some time of our holydays to work and ear money. But in that case, we will really work [like 8 to 12 then 12-30 to 17/18h]. Most of us chose to work in summer. And organize they “working time” between all the festivals and plans.

But come back to the topic, free time.

How many time have you sleep overnight in you friends home? I really started when I was 11. Almost every month I slept in my girlfriend house with others friends. And right now my house welcome almost every week someone. Is it because our houses are bigger? Because it’s more convenient to stay at home? I don’t have the answer.

I told you before, our educational system give us many free time.

And we will organized something called “repas de classe” it means class dinner. Every mounth or every holidays we organize this kind of dinner. At the beginning the goal of this activity was to be more close to our classmates. The school don’t organize anything, it’s the students by themselves. And now days this kind started in the university and college. 他們面對壓力時會花一個晚上的時間狂歡喝酒,跳舞,交朋友甚至好吧，我必需承認，有些人會吸毒或濫交.

I should be honest,  many French students have problem with alcohols. There is still a lot of students smoking but now it’s getting better.

So a French student life is organized between the school and the party’s. in holydays