Tour of the Centrale

I'll show you the inside of my École today. You've already seen it from on side and from top, so
here it is from the front:



However, if you go in the back entrance, you can see this:



This shows the confusion with the constant changing of name. At the top, it's got the current
name. But you can also see references to EGIM (which it was before, doesn't exist anymore), the
ESIM and the ISPA (2 of 4 schools which were put together to form the EGIM), the I.M.T. (I'm not
quite sure where this comes in, but apparently that's what the building used to be called), and
then there's LATP, INRIA, Polytech and L3M where I don't even know what they are.

But let's go inside.



This is what most class rooms look like. Reminds you of school? Trust me, everything here reminds
you of school.



This certainly reminds you of school - the timetable. It's even got time blocked for sports.



The students have a fair amount of own facilities. This is the foyer, where most of the school parties take place. There's rules, though, e.g. the no-alcohol-but-beer rule.



The outside is not too special, I admit. But you can play volleyball and - even more important - petanque.



But then, you can always meet with others to form a group. They've got a backline and most of stuff you need, a couple of pianos too.



The amount of computers per student is quite impressive, but as the computer rooms also double as classrooms for practical classes there are times when you can't get a computer at all - but then you'd usually be having class yourself. All machines are state-of-the-art dell computers, without double-boot, so there's always a Linux box available. Printing's for free.