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I did a year of study abroad at a university in Belgium. It was pretty tough because I had to work hard at my French to be able to keep up with the rest of the class. I often stayed up really late studying, so sometimes I would fall asleep in class. One day, one of my teachers got really upset with me and woke me up. He said “If you’re coming here to sleep, you might as well stay at home!”.

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