Hard of Hearing

So, I had a major epic fail moment in English class. Today we studied a song by Muse, and while we were listening to it, we had to fill in the blanks. Usually, I can do this super well because usually the teacher picks a song that is more or less understandable. Well, we must have listened to this song twenty times (not really-that's exaggerating), and I had not filled in a single blank for the first paragraph! Wait...it becomes even sadder! Maximilien in the back of the class had properly filled in every single space. I'm pretty sure that he already knew the song, but still! The American should always understand English better than a Frenchperson, shouldn't she?