Laws Against Foreign Students in France

A series of new laws aimed at foreign workers in France will also affect international students trying to transition from institutions of higher education to the professional world. 

These new laws will not only limit the number of visas given to workers in most domains, but they will also make it very difficult for students--even those who already have jobs lined up--to work in France after having studied in French universities. 

For those assistants who would like to stay in France a little while longer, the laws will also affect you. Finding jobs outside of the Teaching Assistant Program in France will be more and more difficult. And a French education might not even help. 

There might be some hope, however, that the laws will take competitiveness into consideration. If the need is high, or the skills of the foreign worker important, the laws might be a bit more flexible. I'm just hoping that the my master's degree in rédaction technique will be competitive enough to be considered important...

Orientation Details

Today, orientation details have been released, so check your emails! The information is not more informative than what we were given in our acceptance packets earlier this year, but it is a nice reminder that we must indeed go to our schools on the 03 October to begin working.

In any case, we should have contacted our coordinators by now so that he or she could plan our schedules. I have met the English faculty and the English coordinator at my Lycée should have my schedule completed by tonight. I can only hope he is flexible with my university class schedule. If he is not, I will be very disappointed, considering we work for very little pay that we won't even begin seeing this money until December.

Lunching at Lycée Michelet

I was invited by the English professors' coordinator to have lunch with them tomorrow afternoon at Lycée Michelet in Vanves. It's a small ride for me by tram, and I'm looking forward to meeting those with whom I will soon be working.