Pauline Thevenet

Life before Stowe 

I grew up in the middle of France, in Auvergne. After high school, I spent two years in a classe préparatoire littéraire in Clermont-Ferrand, where I studied mostly literature, philosophy and history. Then, I moved in Paris and studied for five years History of Art and Cinema at the Ecole du Louvre and the Paris-Diderot University. During the past two years, I specialized in Women History, while writing a thesis about women in the cinematographic professions behind the camera in the United-States during the silent era. 

What do you enjoy most about your subject? 

Making students discover my country and my culture.  

What do you enjoy most about Stowe? 

Even if I really appreciate teaching, it is undeniably the community of teachers living here and the beauty of the school that make me so fond of Stowe.  

What is your favourite lesson? 

I am only teaching one-to-one lessons, but I really enjoy them. They are a perfect way of getting to know each student better and to make them progress faster.  

Passions 

Definitely, spending time with friends, travelling as much as I can, and living surrounded by music.