FRENCH CLASS

Yes it's true, I am learning French. To be honest, I don't have much energy left to learn a language or something after getting worn and torn by education all these years. Can you imagine? I am studying for last whopping 23 years and still have not finished, they say it will take 2 more years to complete (my Ph.D and hence hopefully education too).
But I joined the course for two reasons: 1) they are paying for me. So it’s free, basically! 2) Learning is always justified in this planet as long as we don’t mentally go haywire and start walking around half naked with ruffled hair etc.
Anyways, we are four in the class: an American, a Serbian, one from Yugoslavia and me, Indian- all beginners. If there was anything below beginners, I would have been there. But there wasn't any.
But our professor has not uttered a single word in English so far which is quite scary !
I wonder if she has the evil intention to forcefully press on things into our heads, particularly making me feel like having forcefully overfed with saltless potatoes with hands tied to a pole or something. Or may be she doesn’t know English.
Whatever it is, a professor is speaking only in French in front of four hapless beginners who know nothing about Frence. I must say, really an out of the world combination!
But before jumping to any conclusions, I prefer to wait, may be they have some logic behind it who knows, as they are bonafide citizens of a developed nation!
On the first day, I felt like she was performing some kind of ‘abstract’ mono act play for our amusement. Only thing was she didn't dance. I could understand nothing except the alphabets and numbers she wrote on the white board, thanks to my normal eyes and also to what is called sixth sense. Much to my agony, the Serbian girl sitting beside me kept saying ‘oui’ (means yes). I quickly jumped to a depressing conclusion, “may be I am the most stupid here” But then my self motivation level is quite high you see. I also decided to say OUI come rain or shine…at least (to begin with)
Thus, my French course has finally kicked off with confident OUIs....even the professor seems to be leaping with joy now. Good for us. Whenever I say “OUI”, she exclaims, “Bravo”
That's quite excellent altogether; as it wouldn’t have been too nice to start with NO. Now, things are slowly improving, but I despearately want to go to next level, something better than confident looking OUIs.
Anyway, whatever hell is going on in that cosy classroom, I am so optimistic to come out and quote here in English: "well begun is half done".