@ink_slinger don't feel bad, most Quebecois don't know proper grammar either so you'll fit right in :blobcheeky:
I took French classes of some kind for 10 years (from Grades IV to XII, then a French reading course as a non-technical elective at UofA). I can read French alright but am a terrible speaker, having not grown up around any Francophones.
Also literally all my French teachers were from Europe or learned the language there, and the accent is rather different!