The French Know American Culture but Not Vice-Versa

Not much happened again today, just more class and then we went out to dinner for James' birthday! But first we saw Jurassic World, which I had very low expectations for, but it was actually excellent. It was so suspenseful and while Chris Pratt did a good job, the dinosaurs were the true stars of the film. The movie was (fortunately) in English with French subtitles. And then after, we went to dinner where I ordered duck but actually had the most difficult time eating it, even though it was delicious. But the act of cutting up the pieces was just so difficult. I learned, however, that you when you "cheers" people, you look them in the eye, say "santé", and never EVER cross glasses. That's very important that that never happens, even though no one knows why.

All the French students know so many American TV shows and books and music and presidents and politics while all of us Americans have significantly less knowledge on those topics in French. We were able to talk "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "Pretty Little Liars" and the upcoming election, but I knew nothing about any French TV and the one French singer that I like (Stromae) turns out to be Belgian, not French. I feel so bad that I can't talk about French culture like we are able to talk about American culture, but at the same time it's so interesting to hear their opinion on American things.