Ah, school...

Yesterday I had lunch with a colleague and spent some time planning lessons for the next term. At one point she lamented the fact that I'd been sent to this particular school (!) and expressed the wish that someday I would be able to do another exchange in a better school.

So, just for laughs, I checked the school's ranking. According to the official Education Nationale web site, my high school ranks 12th in the city (out of 14), 103rd in the district (out of 108), and, my personal favorite, 1534th nationally, which means that only 381 schools are worse than mine. In the entire country. In contrast, the school I worked at in Tours is ranked in the top 500 nationally.

Good times.