BLACK:Culture clash: My French summer

Ever since my eager sixth-grade self checked off the little box that read "French" instead of "Spanish" on a sheet of paper that would ultimately seal my academic fate, I have had a passion for the French language. Even then, it seemed so exotic and challenging to me. I dreamed that I would one day find myself in the streets of a major French city, speaking the language with the locals and assimilating into... [read full story]