Hi...

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I've met a few people already, and my roommate Jamie was nice enough to give me a tour, but I guess this is a good way to introduce myself.

My name's Doug Ramsey. I'm 16, and I'm from Denver, Colorado. I'm a trivia buff, a science fiction geek, and I seriously don't think I'm a mutant. I mean, the reason I'm here is because I tested positive for the X-gene, but I can't do anything out of the ordinary. I mean, I can't fly, or read minds, or anything like that. I'm just a normal guy. But my parents got in contact with some people here because they've been getting harassed due to my supposedly confidential test results getting out. After talking with Ms. Braddock, they felt that I would be safer here. I understand them wanting to protect me, but I really wish I could just have stayed at home. Don't get me wrong, everyone I've met so far has been really nice, and I'm not one of those hard-core anti-mutant people, but I still feel like there's been some sort of mistake.

Sorry to get all heavy there, but it's just really hard to get plucked up out of a home and family you love to go halfway across the country, all because of a little genetic test.

So that's me. To everyone I haven't met yet, you're more than welcome to come by, or I'm sure I'll be running into everyone at some point.

Comments

Re: Parlez-vous français ?

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C'est beaucoup de langues pour quelqu'un d'Amerique de parler. J'ai ete dit que pas beaucoup de gens en Amerique peuvent parler n'importe quoi mais anglais. Avez-vous appris tout cela a l'ecole? Vous ne vous occupez pas de si je continue a parler en francais, vous? Il fait beau de pouvoir parler et ecrire dans la langue que je suis plus employe a. Je ne suis toujours pas aussi a l'aise en anglais comme je voudrai.


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--translation - because I still do not speak French really, and bablefish kinda mangled this

Wow. That's a lot of languages for someone from America to speak. I was told that not many people in America can speak anything but English.

Did you learn all that in school?

You do not mind if I continue to speak in French, do you? It is nice to be able to talk and write in the language I am most used to. I am still not as fluent in English as I would like.

Re: Parlez-vous français ?

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M'ai appris français, allemand, et Russe à l'école. Ils m'ont laissé prendre des cours de perfectionnement quand ils ont découvert à quel point bon j'étais aux langues. Sorte espagnole et de l'Italien I d'instruit sur mes propres, puisqu'ils sont si semblables au Français. Et il est vrai que la plupart des Américains ne puissent parler rien mais anglais. Les Américains peuvent être... étroit dans leur point de vue. Quelques Américains n'ont jamais été plus de cinquante milles d'où ils sont nés. Ce semble une honte de vivre dans un pays si intéressant et divers, et ne l'explore jamais. C'est mon avis, quoi qu'il en soit.

Je certainement ne m'occupe pas de si vous parlez français. Il me donnera une chance d'apprendre l'argot et d'autres choses qu'ils ne nous enseignent pas dans la classe française. Et peut-être je peux vous aider à apprendre plus anglais dans le processus. Je ne sais pas bon d'un professeur je serais, mais il est en valeur un essai.

(translation)

I learned French, German, and Russian at school. They let me take advanced courses when they found out how good I was at languages. Spanish and Italian I sort of learned on my own, since they are so similar to French. And it is true that most Americans cannot speak anything but English. Americans can be a little...narrow in their viewpoint. Some Americans have never been more than fifty miles from where they were born. It seems a shame to live in such an interesting and diverse country, and never explore it. That's my opinion, anyway.

I certainly don't mind if you speak French. It will give me a chance to learn slang and other things they don't teach us in French class. And perhaps I can help you learn more English in the process. I don't know how good of a teacher I would be, but it's worth a try.