A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall I'm so excited!!

Just thought I'd share it with you guys. I got a bursary to go to Quebec a french province to study at a french university during the summer! Bu if I go, I can't have a garden this year, because no one at home is willing to help me water, I still don't know what to do with my plants then, especially my brugs and callas...on second though I'm not even sure I want to go

What a great opportunity for you, Kenny. Have you no kind friends or neighbors who will take on your plant care? I wish I lived closer. I would do it so you could go with a free mind and take advantage of it all.

Too bad you arent close enough to us to have a Plant Orphanage.

I think you want to go!
You can flower anytime.. Maybe someone at school can adopt them for the summer.

Kenny, this is like a once in a lifetime chance for you!!!! If it were me---I'd go....years from now you may look back and think, geez--I wish I would've went.

Like Barb says, you have years to garden....but not years of opportunities to seize a chance like this.

Sure Kenny,

We love your company, but you will love getting Higher education.. Not everyone gets that chance......
And we can still talk to you from here..maybe the neighbor kid will help?

I would to Kenny!


Gooooooo I can always send you more Brug starts,, don't let this opportunity pass you by It is a gift !!!!

Congrats Kenny! For me the odds are against me.I'm hispanic and a lot of hispanic people don't have the money or have difficulty getting money for college or university. But there's still hope for me. I get good grades and I can get some scholarships easily for college or a university.

Congrats Kenny, hey when I go to town it's just a 5 minute drive to cross into Quebec.....the liquor there is half price(meaning everyone visits there quite often )

Where in Quebec is the school? It's a great opportunity for you.

OH Kenny--this is a great opportunity for you. Do not pass it up. I agree, if ou do you will regret it. and as emde pointed out not everyone has this chance, and I think you should go for it.


Would you be living at the school, or commuting?--because if you were commuting, you could give up 30 minutes of sleep a day and just water some of your plants each morning.--if you will be living there I hope that you find someone to help you out. if not---yes, there will be other years to garden, but not other years to take advantage of this opportunity.

Congratulations!!!!

He'd be living at the school. Kenny lives quite far from Quebec.

ah I see---hence the concern---thanks for telling me, tamara.

Kenny this is a once in a life time opportunity and you can't let it slip away we are given very few of them in life. What University is it ?? McGill??

Maybe you could mail out some of your plants to people willing to care for them and when it is all over get starts back of them.

I would go Kenny! As everyone else has said you have years to garden but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity!! I would definitely put some serious consideration into going!!

Thanks for your advice everyone, I will be going with a friend who was also accepted



Not McGill, it's a french school, in Jonquiere Quebec, somewher near the St. Lawrence I think...Collège de Jonquière

hey man u should go! that will be incredible and ull get to meet loads of people. Just think of all the girls youll meet

did I mention that the majority of students there are girls? I can see my msn contact list fill up with emails and numbers after the exchange lol

Might be your most Kissable summer Kenny.

Kenny,

Congratulations!

You might want to contact the Master Gardeners of Ontario and check with them to see if there are volunteers living close to you who might be willing to look after your plants.

well, there's nothing left for me to say. except i'm proud of you and proud to call you a friend. congrats, i hope you go and enjoy it well.

hey kenney i had meant to ask you earlier what are you goin to be studying?

French

I'll be going for sure now, the problem now is that I need to find out when I will be arriving there so someone there can take us to the college, there are no trains going to that town until monday (we need to get there on saturday or sunday), we'll probably be taking the bus, the taxi's gonna coast $50-60...trying to keep things as cheap as possible

WONDERFUL KENNY.........WHEN DO YOU LEAVE/
Like our schools end at the end of may usually.

You need french in canada.. We were up once and rented a cottage from a french man an didnt know what each other was saying.. eek..

Good Luck. and take your camera ..

Barb, school ends on June the 30th, I have to arrive in Quebec at the college on July the 5th or 6th

Allllright Kenny Good for you!!! Be sure to take pictures and keep us updated when you get a chance,, July will be here before you know it! I'm sooooo happy for you!!

This is wonderful news, Kenny! I'm proud for you! Congratulations.

Merme

How many months do you do there? Ours is nine.
Heavens. However were so happy you got the chance to improve.. No harm in that.

Only in Quebec and Northern New Brunswick.....everywhere else is English.

Thats where I was at..Quebec and Montreal.

LOL......I needed it>>LOL

ohh the language of love.. ur going to have to teach me! then ill be able to tell my great grandma i finally learned it... lol i just dont have pateince... But yay! ur going!!!! thats sooo cool

Yup Quebec is pure french and then we are the bilingual province...and yet they are fighting to take french immersion out of our classes...makes no sense.

I'm sure you'll have a fun time Kenny, it'll be a great experience for you....and french is pretty easy to learn. Just wish I'd get to use mine more..I'm starting to forget alot of it.

Go Kenny Go,what have you got to loose,life is an adventure,so make the most off It. Well done,study,and have fun.

What worries me the most is they take marks off if they hear you speaking english, I think it's 5% each time. My communication oral french isn't that good, but my writing is pretty good. I've asked my french teacher for oral lessons, I can see myself staring at the teacher not understanding a word

Do you plan to drink wine and eat cheese all your love life?/

Put Duct Tape over your English Mouth......

oh barb your bad, lol

My brother is taking French class and he's failing because he has a lot of unfinished assignments.At least it'll be easier for you Kenny.

I think the drinking age is 19? Still three years young...but I can sneak in, I'm pretty tall



Not a problem, but when you take off the tape...ouch!



I'm sure he'll do fine, it can be really tough if there's no motivation (I certainly had none from my parents) actually it's not that easy, because french has more tenses for all the verbs, and there are three ending to verbs. english, is actually quite a sloppy language if youlearn french, spanish, italian, especially after you learn latin

kenny--i am so glad you decided to go----Tiis is hte chance of a lifetime---My nephew is sure to be envious, when I tell him.

he is taking french in H/S now (he is a sophomore) his goal in life was to be a pilot & see the world--but he kept growning--(I think he is 6'4" right now) so not it is a language translator. he loves his french.
can you do as someone suggested, & keep in touch with us, at least some???