Liesl, 21, USA

It was the first day of classes in France (that is where I am studying now) and I was attending my classes and trying to decide which classes to take.

I walked into an aerobics class and guess who was the teacher, the Diva herself! I stayed for the class but I never got up enough courage to talk to Céline. I was really afraid to talk to her in my terrible French.

The next class I ended up missing but I met a friend who was there and she asked me why I wasn't there. I told her I didn't know if I could take the class because I already had so many classes. So my friend said you should take Céline's class, she's your idol. I made up my mind that she was right and that I should take the class. That's where the dream ended.

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