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Leçon19.

Lesson 19.

Documentun.

Document.

Ahnon,Jedétestaisl'école.

Ah yes, I hated school.

J'avaistoujoursdemauvaisrésultatsenclasse.

I always had bad results in class.

C'étaitterrible.

It was terrible.

Lejouroùj'aiarrêtél'écolepourtravailler,çaachangémavie.

The day I quit school to work, it changed my life.

Ahoui,j'aidetrèsbonssouvenirsdemonécole.

Oh yes, I have very good memories of my school.

C'était.

It was.

C'étaituneécoledecampagneavecuneseuleclasse,vousimaginez?

It was a rural school with only one classroom, can you imagine?

Toutlemondeseconnaissait.

Everyone knew each other.

Biensûr.

Of course.

Notreinstitutrices'appelaitmadameMaréchal.

Our teacher was called Madame Maréchal.

Elleétaitsuper.

She was great.

Alorsmoi,jen'aimaispasbeaucoupl'écoleparcequej'étaispasunbonélève.

So I didn't like school very much because I wasn't a good student.

Maisenfait,j'adoraisjoueravecmescopains.

But actually, I loved playing with my friends.

Jemesouviens,monmeilleurcopain,ils'appelaitRufus,commedanslePetitNicolas.

I remember, my best friend was called Rufus, just like in Le Petit Nicolas.

Ouais,ouais,c'estdrôlenon?

Yeah, yeah, it's funny, isn't it?