Xavier’s blog

Here we are! I’ve finally taken my courage in my hands and I start learning Japonese. A whole program!
I’m fortunate though as my girlfriend, Mari, is giving me a special course every evening.
I try to keep the rhythm of 10 new signs a day (10 hiraganas).
But this is theory. Because since I’ve started (last Wednesday, […]

Wow, I’m really don’t write post on a regular basis. Too bad.Anyway, here are the latest news:
1) I’ve been graduated: I can now handle the title of Civil Engineer in Computer Science. Oh, btw, I even got a grade: “distinction” (it was really unexpected though).
2) Mari is back in Belgium! She’s gonna stay here till […]

The trip back home passed almost flawlessly…
So we left Ngozi at 8 am this Friday (yesterday). I had to go for one last time to the university to say bye to all but Apollinaire didn’t have the time for that short way around.
I was a bit angry with that since I thought it was a […]

Like the previous post, this one also aims at showing the matter we saw during the three-week intensive course of database 1.
That way, the next teacher coming from Madrid or whatsoever may know from where will he have to start.

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I had to teach this course to the third year students. […]

That post’s aim is to show the matter we saw during the three-week intensive course of database 1.
That way, the next teacher coming from Madrid or whatsoever may know from where will he have to start.

Technorati Tags: burundi, ngozi, database, tedeco

I taught to the second year of the computer science degree (a four-year degree). It […]

As you might imagine, this post is not going to be a charm.
Thanks to the new EU law, I just missed my connection and I have to wait for the next flight to Madrid. Fortunately, I just have to wait one hour.
But what if there wasn’t any place available in that one?
How long will people […]

I didn’t take the time to write new post quite often this week.
The truth is I was quite busy.
As every Monday, my student had to pass a test.
I’m definitely an exigent teacher. Although I should adapt me to the local level, I didn’t lower my exigencies.
I always want to ask my students clever questions that […]

Today, it was my very last class. So I asked my student to evaluate me. Since it was my very first time I gave course, I wanted
I gave them 11 statements they had to rate from 1 (I fully disagree) to 5 (I fully agree).

1) The course is structured
2) The explanations were clear
3) The teacher […]

This Saturday I was invited to a traditional ceremony which officializes the engagement between the fiancés, called “la dote”.
The family of the man have to pay money to the family of the jill to get their “cow” (that’s really how they call it!).
It was very nice to participate to such a traditional party. I have […]

One day is not like another here. But if it could, I would like it to be like this Tuesday.
Since yesterday it was a bit chaotic (see my last post), I decided to plow through it. And it worked!
I achieve to give a good class today. I was as good as I was bad yesterday […]