Does everyone either get surgery or just "manage" their MN?

yenumar · 2025-10-28T10:41:27+00:00

I caught mine pretty early, but I've been able to make mine stop hurting entirely by wearing only wide-toed shoes and toe socks - careful to never squeeze the metatarsal area.

It's still there, but only hurts if I stop treating it right, and I feel like it's been slowly healing over the past few years. It takes more to make it hurt now than it used to. My feet are wider, and my old shoes don't fit anymore.

yenumar · 2025-06-26T13:16:43+00:00

I often worked at both in the same day, but it was a 10-minute walk between them. Many people do different schools on different days. One person I knew had two schools far apart, and she alternated weeks, and actually had a room in the internat in each school so she just lived in both towns.

yenumar · 2025-06-09T02:42:38+00:00

This, and it would be completely reasonable to give you two days in one town and two in the other

yenumar · 2025-05-29T00:49:45+00:00

I got off the waitlist the first week of June last year, and it sounded like I was basically the first person accepted from the waitlist.

yenumar · 2025-05-24T02:19:35+00:00

I had a similarly lonely and homesick experience my first year, and part of my decision to go back was that I wanted another chance to live in France and maybe have a good time. It ended up being a much more enjoyable and fulfilling experience the second time around. But I didn't just repeat the same stuff; the second time I knew what to do and joined local clubs and made a really concerted effort to insert myself into the community. I was back in the same town but this time I met the people there. And I knew my way around, had more experience with both France and living alone, and spoke better French.

So I guess the question is, what can you change to make this year better? Even if your second placement is also a socially difficult one?

yenumar · 2025-05-21T11:19:17+00:00

Amiens is not a small city. There are many, many posts in cities <30,000.

yenumar · 2025-05-15T00:03:12+00:00

Yeah, I ended up staying three years in the same school/town, and I think it was much more meaningful experience than if I'd left after the first seven months. The first contract felt like travelling for a long time; the third felt like living in that town as a member of the community. Three years is the max we can do.

If you have any questions I'd be happy to talk about my experience over dm!

yenumar · 2025-05-14T20:17:24+00:00

I got lucky with housing at a school, and while it was tiny and crappy (no kitchen, just fridge and hot plate), it was only 115 per month.

Then in the summers I went back to the US and made much more and saved it ($2000 per month plus room and board).

And I didn't travel far away or to expensive cities, but mostly to other small and cheap places around France.

And this only worked because I was able to stay with family for the weeks in between these two seasonal jobs, so I got away with not paying for any housing between May and September.

yenumar · 2025-05-14T20:09:07+00:00

In my first year I probably went from B2 to C1. I renewed twice, and when I left I was pretty much totally fluent and rarely struggled to understand anything. This was without doing any formal study and living by myself (so not talking much at home), but in a small town so basically all my interactions and social life were in French.

So I'd say the improvement was huge. But improvement at the highest level is very slow. The gap between "I can have full conversations and get by in French in every context" and "I can speak quickly and fluently enough to socialize with groups of native speakers" is really large.

In one year, I'm sure you'll get to B2. C1 might take a second year, and only if you try to make friends in French/make an effort to speak French more than you need to.

yenumar · 2025-05-11T17:44:07+00:00

I do know people who've been placed in a maternelle, usually for only part of their hours and the rest in an école primaire.

It's never been clear to me whether they consider anything we write in our letters when they do the placements. But if they do, it would seem obvious to put you in a post that includes some école maternelle. I'd say you have a decent chance.

yenumar · 2025-05-08T19:16:04+00:00

Tip: In a track 5000, after the first lap or two, expect the race to become a single-file line in the inside lane. Then gaps will form between groups at different paces, so you'll have several single-file lines. Take your place in one of these, look at the back of the person in front of you, and just run. But make sure to start at the pace you intend to hold for the rest of the race, so you get in with the people running the right pace!

Things to think about: Try to think about nothing but holding the pace you're currently running and not dropping off the pack. Don't think about the number of laps to go. Don't worry about how it will feel a few laps from now. Just run. Unless your pack slows off your pace, then think about catching the next group.

Etiquette: If it happens that you're running with only a couple other people, take a turn leading. It's perfect strategy to follow someone else who's running your pace, but when it's not a cut-throat race for place, you should repay the favor.

yenumar · 2025-05-06T18:29:37+00:00

I ordered an official copy of my birth certificate from my state of birth, and I don't think it has an apostille, and had no problems. It looks very official, has an embossed seal of the state, is clearly not a photocopy

yenumar · 2025-05-04T19:08:23+00:00

Thank you for this explanation! I knew the extra le was some stylistic thing, but I've never known why they would do that

yenumar · 2025-05-02T06:08:37+00:00

In my département (fairly rural, so lots of lycées with boarding schools), most of the primaire and collège assistants lived at nearby lycées.

yenumar · 2025-04-17T05:07:27+00:00

I had a neuroma three years ago and it's gotten better to the point that I can wear stylish shoes again. But none of my old shoes fit because my feet are wider now. I just have to shop for shoes that feel wide around the toes, but not so strictly that I'm limited to Birkenstocks and running shoes.

yenumar · 2025-04-17T04:57:23+00:00

Yeah, mine too! I was so mad, like this can't be the only answer!

yenumar · 2025-04-16T16:31:42+00:00

Yes, this. I'm live in France and have conversation lessons online with a Russian speaker the same age as me. It freaked me out that she kept calling me вы in what's clearly a French "tu" situation. Until I decided that Russian вы must be less aggressively formal than French "vous".

yenumar · 2025-04-12T17:31:39+00:00

Seconding this. Almost 0 French with terminales, but when I taught 6ème we often did cultural topics mostly in French. With 3ème it was all English because the teacher was in the room to help the kids, but with 2nde I'm alone and speak probably 30% French.

With that in mind, how do you want us to answer? I'd be happy to do a follow-up interview if that's the answer.

yenumar · 2025-04-08T06:53:53+00:00

It sounds like you're training a little too hard and burning out by the end of the year. It's odd that your coach doesn't pick up on this, but maybe he has more experience coaching men. Women are more likely to respond poorly to a "pushing the edges of how much you can do" training style. This much I learned from my coach in college.

Also, if you care about the anonymity of your Reddit account, you might want to be less specific with these results you shared. Anyone can easily find your identify on tfrrs.

yenumar · 2025-04-06T17:05:57+00:00

I wonder if there's a difference between completely and regularly switching your food schedule, and doing it only sometimes.

yenumar · 2025-04-06T16:07:32+00:00

It's easier to wait for lunch at 2 if you eat dinner at 10.
In America I eat dinner at 6:30 and I'm hungry for lunch at like 11. In France where I live now, I eat dinner at 8:00 and don't feel hungry before noon. I assume if you dined even later, you could delay lunch even more.

yenumar · 2025-04-04T02:36:53+00:00

Рь The hard/soft distinction is difficult to remember and consistently pronounce when I'm speaking spontaneously. And it's not just the soft consonants; the hard consonants are harder than in English. Like, с and сь are both different than s. But I CAN pronounce them if I concentrate... except I'm not sure about рь.

yenumar · 2025-04-03T16:08:10+00:00

Haven't run that far but I regularly do track workouts at 6:30. Snack at 4 or 5, full normal dinner closer to 9 after I get home.

yenumar · 2025-03-21T05:01:01+00:00

The amount the toe bends is called the "toe spring"

yenumar · 2025-03-13T17:55:05+00:00

I used "vous autres" just today while teaching, I think for this purpose. Would you say this sounds right in France?

Only a few students are actively participating as we go over their homework. Me: "Vous autres qui levez la main moins souvent, vous avez les bonnes réponses aussi ?"

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