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Monday, August 22, 2011

Pourquoi "Pourquoi"?

Like every cognizant, major life decision I’ve made in my twenty-four years on this planet, I made the decision to teach English in France for a year on a complete whim.  In the past, I chose my college because it had a speech team (an activity that, at the time, I technically could have lived without); I studied abroad in France because the English pound made my wallet weep; and I’m pretty sure I would have kept adding majors and minors forever if my adviser hadn’t started tacking on years to my graduation date.  I could boil all these choices down to one question: why not?

Hence the title of this blog.  “Pourquoi Pas” means “why not” in French.  A fitting title for my life, really.