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David Gemeinhardt's avatar

The prestige of the grandes écoles is very high. At my university in Canada, there was only one prof in the French department who graduated from the ENS. I don't think it's a coincidence that he was also the only tenured prof who didn't have a doctorate.

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Nassie | Snippets of Paris's avatar

Oh what uni was it? (I went to UofT, though I didn’t take french there). Yes, I’ve noticed that people are so impressed when someone says they went especially if it is to X, these exams must be something!

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David Gemeinhardt's avatar

It was Western.

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