work
travail
money
challenge
goal
chore
hard
money
sweat
stability
pay
boring
dreadful
long
problem sets
reading
papers
research
problems
tool
chore
responsibility
tiring
income
life
money
respect
lifestyle
money
money
assignment
boss
bad
necessary
job
necessary
hard
money
communism
pay
responsibility
ordeal
effort
responsibility
money
schedule
boring
money
tiring
a way to earn money
work
labor
études
emploi
métier
argent
pouvoir
responsabilité
motivation
pause-café
pause
intérêt
passion
plaisir
salaire
nécessaire
abrutissant
revenu
délocalisation
entreprise
gagner de l'argent
manger
métro
boulot
dodo
risque
chômage
chômage
recherche
avenir
chômage
carrière
argent
important
omnipresent
demanding
argent
famille
vacances
nécessaire
ordinateurs
l'argent
gagner
effort
épanouissement
jamais
toujours
lutte
effort
argent
plaisir
aliénation
réflexion
curiosité
Discussion
----Both groups of students see work as a way to earn money but the american students seem to think of it in a negative ligth, whereas the french students just see it as something that is important in everyday life. Kerone N. Peat
----Les americains tout comme les francais considerent que le travail est un moyen de gagner de l'argent mais ce ne sera pas chose facile. Mais les francais ne negligent pas les risques et la possibilite de chomage. ----
----I noticed that "chomage" was mentioned a few times by the French students. Is unemployment a big problem in France? Do you think it will be a problem for you in particular, being students at a technical school? Our responses never mentioned unemployment at all-- I think that this is because the training we get at MIT prepares us well for the future and there is a lot of demand in the workplace for people like us. Are jobs difficult to come by even for the highly skilled in France? ----
----Meme reactions, personne ne semble considerer le travail comme un plaisir mais plutot comme une corvee----
----I noticed that a lot of the entries (dodo, vacances, pause-cafe, plaisir, etc.) on the French side have to do with lack of work, not work itself. What causes this association of 'travail' with its opposites? To the contrary, none of the English words listed have to do with relaxing, etc. ----