Leaning over his notebook, he sweats at the word “jam”.
His face lights up: “It’s for eating in the morning.
» The teacher of the day applauds and gives this wink: “If we want to eat it in the evening, that's possible too!
» The friend next door is working on the difference between 8:30 a.m. and 78830. A time, a postal code... It's tearing your hair out.
Snapshot of a French course taught every day to diligent students at the Orantes monastery, in Bonnelles (Yvelines), transformed nine years ago into an emergency accommodation center for asylum seekers (Huda).
It was in the fall of 2015, in the middle of the migration crisis.
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