An old 1900s kind of old, grade school notebook found at the brocante. Grading then was like grading now. Now smiley-face, or a side note of: "A job well done".
A 20/20 equals an A plus which is nearly impossible to achieve whether you are five years old or studying for your PHD. A perfect score is like a slap in the teacher's face. You see in France when you are in school you are there to learn. If you have a perfect score then it means the class is not good or hard enough.
I would have cracked in the French school system.
Last name first:
Aigon, Lucienne
Date first line in the middle:
Saturday 13 Mai
(School on Saturday mornings.)
Name of Lesson:
Ecriture
(Writing)
When Chelsea was in the third grade she forgot to write the letter "s" in mathematics, therefore her grade was taken down from an A to a B.
Severe is the method.
The French phrase above means:
Choose your friends well.
"Always tell the truth."
Mark Twain said,
"Tell the truth or trump, but get the trick."
Try your French out. What does it say?
The list is describes what a person has and what it is made out of:
A hat - Straw
Socks - Cotton
Shoes - Leather
An umbrella - Silk.
A French school notebook.
xoxo