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Show Feb. 22, 1974 Signpost Page 7 Au Pair Student works in France (Editor's Note: With summer vacation approaching, many students will be looking for jobs or a vacation, here is how one student mixed both together into a learning , situation.) By Kristine Garmire Features Writer Shelly Chadwick, a French major at Weber State College, accompanied by a friend to the Placement Center on campus. "I wasn't really interested in the Center, I just went along," she said. She happened to thumb through a book while at the Center which "explained summer employment that was available in the states as well as abroad. Being interested in French, she turned to read about employment in France where she learned about Au Pair. Au Pair is a program where American students live with a family abroad. These students work about six hours a day in the house and help the children with their English. Worked with families Chadwick was in Paris from April 1, 1972 until April 14, 1973. She worked with three families during her stay in Paris. Her first family was a wealthy family who lived in a South-East suburb of Paris. Chadwick referred to the lady of this first household as "very finatical. She made me scrub the bathroom floor with a tooth brush. I was to do everything her way or not at all." The first experience of aiding the children with their studies was very difficult for all concerned because the youngsters didn't know enough English to explain what they didn't understand and Shelly didn't have a large enough French vocabulary to explain things in French. "Done anything for me" Chadwick also mentioned that she could have learned more from this first family had she stayed with them last. "They would have done anything for me ' and taken me anywhere but because we couldn't communicate right at first, it was hard," she said. She recalled that the mother was very dictatorial, but she liked the father very much. Her second family was a middle class family right in Paris. This family had three small children ranging from the ages of two and a half, four and five years old as opposed to the previous children who were quite older. Her duties at this house were to get the children to school and during the summer to get them out of the house and to a nearby park. Chadwick recalls, "The children were quite unrulely because both parents worked all day and they had had several modes of discipline . " Expecting too much She didn't stay with this family too long after school was out because the people were ex-' pecting her to work more hours than her contract specified. She commented, "Sometimes it was 12 to 13 hours a day." Her salary was 250 Franks which amounts to between $40 and $45 in American dollars. She also received her room and board. The third family had one girl age 11. Shelly lived above them in her own room, which was not part of their house. Her room was very small and it didn't have running water, unlike her first room, which was very spacious and very nice. . For this third family Shelly worked only two hours a day and received 100 Franks, which is about $20 American money. She often did baby sitting for the little girl. Shelly stated, "This little girl was very intelligent. She was studying very hard subjects like German, French, English and math. The school system in France is so much more - advanced and the children are more mature." Spare time When asked what she did with Thousands of Topics $2.75 per page Send for your up-to-date, 160-page, mail order catalog.- Enclose $1.00 to cover postage (delivery time is 1 to 2 days). RESEARCH ASSISTANCE, INC. 11941 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 2 . LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90025. (213) 477-8474 or 477-5493 Our research material is sold for research assistance only. Campus Listening and Information Center EDDALL 0JJS8 392-0108 or ext. 666 UB hrs. 1 0 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun-Sat Promontory Towers hrs. 8 p.m.-12 p.m. her spare time, Chadwick commented, "I went to school at L' Alliance Francaise." She also stated, "It was hard to develop a good accent because their were students with accents ranging from German to Japanese in the class. The only one to listen to was the teacher, because there were no French kids. ' ' Chadwick further stated, The friends I met were very much aware of America and I was not as aware of their country. I was amazed to see what power .America had abroad." Chadwick met some Italian friends from school and they invited her to spend Christmas with them. She stated, "I love the Italian people. I would like to go backtojtaly' American culture When asked what she found disturbing, Shellv commented, "I didn't like the fact that the American culture was becoming predominant. Americans who go to France expect the French people to speak English and the Americans don't even try to learn the French culture . " Shelly remembered seeing two McDonald's hamburger stands, but it was mostly American tourists and students who ate there, "The French haven't moved completely to fast food yet." When asked if she wanted to come home, Shelly replied, "I didn't want to leaver I tried to sell my ticket. It was much harder tocomehomethantogo." She finished by saying, "You dori"t need all the things we have. We don't realize how spoiled we've become." Elections begin today for AWS candidates All petitions for candidates running for Associated Women Students offices have been handed in and primary elections will be held today with finals being held the following Friday, March 1. Judy Decoria and Michelle Jenkins are the two running candidates for the presidency of AWS. Jenkins is the presiding vice-president of AWS and affiliated with Tau Theta Nu. 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