Tuesday, March 13, 2012

A WORD ON GROWING UP IN FRANCE

After a visit to the States, one of my Franco-American hybrid teenagers told me that the difference between American and French adolescents was that most French teens study philosophy in secondary school. That's a thoughtful point. And it jives with the "Ne me fais pas la morale!" retort maturing kids here will use here when pressed by their parents...

Vocabulary
la morale:  a set of absolute principles defining the criteria of right action in certain systems of ethics
un anniversaire:  a birthday
un ado:  slang for  an adolescent

Ne me fais pas la morale:  Don't give me a lesson in morals

©2012 P.B. Lecron

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