i went back to grand palais museum to see the “odilon redon” exhibit- interesting. i took the metro to ‘invalides’ and took a velib bike across the river to the museum. odilon redon is part of the “symbolism movement” which took place in the late 1800’s. his early stuff was dark, almost “alfred gorey”-like in black and white. then he went to work in color and the paintings were very beautiful and mystical looking.
after the exhibit, i biked all the way home. mostly it was along bike paths and in parks. really no busy street biking. it all depends on where you are going.
that night, we went to an award ceremony, where jj got an honor. you may remember my confusion earlier in the year when jj got what seemed like average numeric grades but got an A+ overall grade. this happened for her second group of grades as well. i accepted it for whatever it was. i knew that the french culture of grading was “deflated” rather than “inflated” and the fact that much of it was in a foreign language made me fairly forgiving of them. i haven’t ever pushed for any particular grades from her. (i’m such a FAILURE as a “tiger mom”!) jj has always been a conscientious student. she works pretty hard and takes pride in her grades herself. then she got this letter saying that she would receive an honor, and i was still pretty confused and unsure. we figured out that the honor is similar to the old fashioned “honor list” – given to the top 10 percent of the student. jj and her “twin” friend were the only kids from the adaptation class to receive the award, which seemed in keeping with the 10% number - the top 2 out of 24 students. anyway, this did reveal to me that she was the 2nd in her small class. i have to admit, i was proud and impressed.
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