One
of
the
things
I
appreciated
about
my
undergraduate
experience
at
Waterloo
was
the
contrast
between
my
French
major
and
business
minor.
As
an
Honours
French,
Arts
and
Business
Co-op
student,
I
attended
the
large
business
lectures
where
I
learned
about
economics,
accounting,
entrepreneurship
and
international
business.
In
these
lectures
I
got
to
think
more
mathematically
and
strategically,
especially
in
the
capstone
course
where
I
helped
manage
a
fictitious
company
in
a
simulation.
On
the
contrary,
in
my
French
courses
I
got
to
indulge
the
word-nerd
side
of
me
as
I
studied
phonetics,
linguistics
and
grammar.
However,
my
French
courses
went
far
beyond
merely
studying
the
makeup
of
a
language.
Instead,
I
learned
the
history
of
France
and
of
French.
I
read
francophone
novels
from
around
the
globe,
including
works
from
Africa,
the
Caribbean
and
Quebec.
In
fact,
studying
Quebec
was
one
of
the
most
interesting
parts
of
my
undergrad.
Despite
having
been
a
Canadian
all
my
life,
I
knew
very
little
of
Quebec
history
and
culture,
not
to
mention
I’d
rarely,
if
ever,
been
exposed
to
the
accent.
That
all
changed
in
university
as
I
read
novels
and
learned
about
the
history
of
French-English
relations
in
Canada.
Above
all,
my
familiarity
with
Quebec
and
its
story
changed
when
I
took
a
term
off
to
attend
Parole
de
Vie,
a
small
francophone
Bible
school
in
Sherbrooke.
This
experience
brought
aspects
of
my
classroom
learning
to
life
as
I
got
to
know
some
of
the
Quebecois
at
the
Bible
school.
I
will
always
be
incredibly
thankful
for
the
opportunity
to
study
there,
as
it
greatly
improved
my
French,
made
me
more
comfortable
with
the
accent,
but
most
importantly,
it
allowed
me
to
grow
personally
through
creating
friendships
and
studying
the
Bible.
In
summary,
my
undergrad
at
Waterloo
allowed
me
to
think
mathematically,
strategically,
creatively,
and
critically.
I
am
grateful
for
the
smaller
class
sizes
of
my
French
courses
where
I
was
more
comfortable
engaging
in
classroom
discussion
and
therefore
got
to
know
my
professors
and
peers
better.
But
I
am
also
thankful
that
my
time
at
Waterloo
was
not
just
marked
by
classroom
experiences.
Going
to
Quebec
for
a
term,
as
well
as
being
in
the
Arts
and
Business
co-op
program,
contributed
greatly
to
making
my
experience
at
Waterloo
well-rounded.
En
résumé,
mon
baccalauréat
à
Waterloo
m’a
permis
de
penser
mathématiquement,
stratégiquement,
avec
créativité
et
de
manière
critique.
J’ai
vraiment
apprécié
mes
cours
de
français
qui
étaient
plus
petits,
puisque
j’étais
plus
à
l’aise
avec
l’idée
de
m’engager
dans
les
discussions.
Par
conséquent,
j’ai
pu
mieux
connaître
mes
professeurs
et
mes
camarades
de
classe.
De
plus,
je
suis
contente
que
mon
parcours
universitaire
ne
n’ait
pas
été
marqué
simplement
par
les
études
dans
une
salle
de
classe.
Aller
au
Québec
et
être
dans
le
programme
Honours
French,
Arts
and
Business
Co-op
avec
les
stages
en
milieu
professionnel
m’ont
beaucoup
aidé
à
avoir
une
expérience
complète.
