Séquence 1: Sense of belongings

Community life in Campus :

Harass : Harceler

Wicked : méchant

Parent’s view Student’s view

End of family life More freedom
End of cuddling (= câlins) More maturity
End of sharing quality moments Less controlled
More spendings ( dépenses ) Control a budget
More lonely moments Fear not be integrated
More anxious Bundle of friends for life (un paquet)

Less control New activies/home

Definitions of a sorority or a fraternity:

 Comes from frater/soror in latin meaning brother/sister

 The first fraternity was created in 1776 in Virginia
 They chose greek letters to represent them because all of the students
were studying greek at that time
 The first sorority was created in 1867 and the word was first officially
used in 1874

Alumni: a former member of a fraternity or a sorority

Bid night: the night where new members are accepted

A pledge: a candidate to a sorority or fraternity who is taking part in many

activities in order to show his/her motivation

The pledge of Alliance: serment d’allegence

A fraternity: a social organization of colleges and universities for boys

A sorority: a social organization at college and university for girls. To enter a
sorority you have to be an undergraduate student but you will always be part
of the sorority the rest of your life.

Some famous people:

 Martin Luther King went to Alpha Pi Alpha

 Bill Clinton went to Alpha Pi Omega
 Elvis Presley went to Tau Kappa Epsilon

1-Primary and secondary education:

Pre primary school: nursery school, prekindergarten, kindergarten

Primary school: Elementary school, grade school

Secondary: high school, middle, junior high school, senior high school

Compulsory: obligatoire

Numerous (nombreux) =/ Scarce (rare)

Tougher = plus difficile

To be afraid of = to be frightened by = être effrayé par

Assignement = homework = devoir

To feel at ease =/ to feel it at ease

Tough time: difficult time: temps difficiles

Messy = désordonné

To disturb = perturber
A nursery Une école A Une école primaire/ Higer education L’enseigne
school/ maternelle primary/secondary secondaire ment
kindergarten school supérieur

AT school A l’école A state school Une école publique A prep school Une école
primaire
privée
A public school Un collège A private school Une école privée A vocational Un lycée
privé UK school professionn
Une école el
publique US

A boarding Un internat A day school Un externat A form (UK) Une classe

school A grade (US)
A career un conseiller A college Une faculté A polytechnic Un IUT
officer/ a d’orientation
careers
counselor
An engineering Une école A business school Une école de To register S’inscire
school d’ingénieur commerce
A registration Une inscription To major in Se specialiser en tuition Les cours

Tuition fees Les frais de A lecture Un cours magistral A grant Une bourse
scolarité
A freshman Étudiant de A sophomore Etudiant de 2ème A junior Un
1ère année année étudiant de
3ème année
A senior Étudiant de A term Un trimerstre A graduate Un diplomé
4ème année
A dean Un doyen A professor Un prof de fac A semester Un
semestre
To attend a Assister à un Spring break Vacances de Compulsory Scolarité
lecture cours magistral printemps schololing obligatoire
Co-educational mixte To swot/ to cram bachoter truancy absentéism
e
To master maitriser A skill Une compétence Proficient in Compétent
en
willing voulontaire willingness La volonté A BA Une licence
A MBA Un master en To drop out/ to abandonner To be below Ne pas etre
gestion give up standard au niveau
To be good at Etre bon en To be gifted for Etre doué en To take an Passer un
exam/to sit for an examen
exam
To pass an Réussir un SAT scholastic Examen d’entrée à Alma Mater Ecole dont
exam examen on est
diplomé
GCSE Equivalent du To cheat tricher To stream/ Répartir/ré
brevet streaming partir en
groupe de
niveau
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Cambridge UCLA, MIT, Harvard, Brown, three writing and
Cornell, Dartmout, Princeton R’s arithmetic