my problem was that i grew up bilingual, but school was always unilingual ... so when i was young, french schools outside quebec were rare, and it made sense to have me attend english schools as we moved a lot. All i wanted out of french class was to improve my reading, spelling and grammar, i didn't need an anglophone trying to teach me how to pronounce stuff (incorrectly) *sighthen in grade nine, i went to one school (on a canadian army base) that actually had a stream of french for people just like me -- best course i ever took! we had a teacher who had a doctorate in french literature, i remember him to this day: Dr. Bernard Langdon-Lemieux :wave: ... he did what no other french teacher had, re-ignited my desire to perfect my french sadly, we moved away the next year and it was back to regular old french classes ... no amount of convincing of any principals ever did a thing to even allow me to skip more than one grade, so i just sat at the back and spoke when spoken to..... and Quixote, i hear you on the professional degree score! i did a masters in library studies (wanna compare notes on boring and unnecessary courses?) ;D