Verb conjugation of "commencer" in French

Let's not forget how we started. We were writing each other very long messages and today we are both much more fluent in both languages. No book could have brought us that far. Cheers.
Carl said that he would need a private tutor for his spoiled son. My opinion is that sometimes this is counter productive measure as it gives the pupil a feeling of being weaker then the others and may lead to discouragement.
And how long will you be there? When will you come back to Venezuela? Now, I'm learning German grammar and I am doing my homework. Super boring, and it took me too much time in total.