Because I am, apparently, a glutton for punishment, I have decided to take French to fulfill a general elective requirement.

Let me correct myself. I have decided to take online French to fulfill a general elective requirement.

Let me make one thing very clear:

Me taking French at all is laughable.

Me taking French online is just appalling.

In the one chapter that we’ve covered so far (which wasn’t even a real chapter; chapitre préliminaire, which, as I’m sure you can deduce, is the preliminary chapter. You know, the one that gives you a very, very basic introduction to the language by teaching you how to count and how to say the names for letters.), I have not learned much French. What I did learn, however, is that my accent is something akin to a baby with a lisp learning how to talk, except without the cuteness. It isn’t pretty, and it certainly isn’t the sexy, husky voice that one might imagine.