Dan and I were chaperones for the 4e visit to the headquarters of Ouest France in Rennes. Ouest France is the largest daily newspaper in France. It is the largest Francophone (French language) newspaper in the world. Take that, Le Monde!! :) We arrived (after two hours in a bus full of rowdy 8th graders) in the evening around 9pm, which is apparently when things get exciting. On our tour we saw special page-size computer screens made just for the layout. We saw frazzled reporters "scotchés" to the TV, waiting for the final seconds of a "football" game. As we walked the halls, I could feel the excitement, the history being written before our eyes. The students? Well, when I asked the following day "what was your favorite part of the visit?" several students agreed it was when we stopped for a drink at the water cooler. Yes, we were visiting one of the largest newspapers in the world and they were impressed by the water cooler. 8th grade is 8th grade no matter where you live, I guess.
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