Schools are invited by the Ministry of National Education to pay tribute on October 15 to the teacher Samuel Paty, a year after his assassination for showing in class caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. “Schools and establishments may in particular organize a minute of silence in [sa] memory (…) and devote an hour of class […]
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Lies of adolescents: “The adult must question what his child says”
La Croix: Do college students often lie? Patrice Huerre: Some teens lie a lot or, rather, I would say they tell each other stories they come to believe in, just like they did when they were kids and got their hands in the jam jar. In both cases, the lie serves to avoid the inconveniences […]
Secularism in France, teachers’ self-censorship on the rise according to an Ifop study
To avoid possible incidents in the classroom, 49% of teachers say they have already self-censored in their teaching around religious issues, a figure that has been rising since 2018 according to an Ifop survey for the Jean-Jaurès Foundation and Charlie Hebdo, published Wednesday January 6. This investigation, which comes nearly three months after the assassination […]
Conflans attack: national education deemed reactive but weak on the monitoring of social networks
The “national education” institution was reactive but was not vigilant enough in terms of monitoring on social networks. This is what concludes a report from the General Inspectorate of National Education, made public Thursday, December 3, which examines the events that occurred in Samuel Paty’s college before his assassination. → PORTRAIT. National tribute: Samuel Paty, […]
Launch of a “Grenelle education” after the national tribute to Samuel Paty
The day after the national tribute to the murdered professor and the indictment of seven people by an anti-terrorism judge, Jean-Michel Blanquer launches this Thursday, October 22, a “Grenelle of education” supposed to put more teachers “at the center of the society “. The tragic fate of Samuel Paty, 47, has brought to light the […]
Tribute to Samuel Paty: what do the 400 incidents recorded at school mean?
The minute of silence organized on Monday, November 2 in tribute to the teacher assassinated in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, was sometimes punctuated with disturbances in the school environment. “400 incidents were recorded”, announced the Ministry of National Education in a press release this Friday, November 6. → READ. Homage to Samuel Paty: history teachers facing history The […]
Should we protect our children from the news?
Assassination of Samuel Paty, attack on the basilica of Nice, in Vienna, re-containment … Lately, she has been eager to close the hatches and to curl up with the family like a submarine: newspapers left in blisters, television off , silent radio at the time of the morning breakfast … There is a strong temptation […]
Caricatures: Keys for Parents and Teachers
Did you know that the word “caricature” comes from the Gallic carrus, char, word which in popular Latin gave the verb caricare, charge, exaggerate? The National Library of France sheds light on this etymology in a Quick History of Caricature published online this week with a series of documentary resources around this topical subject. → […]
Homage to Samuel Paty: history teachers facing history
During the holidays, Fabien Mione, 38, talked a lot with his colleagues on different Whatsapp groups. “ Shocked »By the appalling assassination of Samuel Paty, professor of history and geography like him, this associate who teaches at the François-Villon college, classified as a priority education zone in the 11e arrondissement of Marseille, felt the need […]
Samuel Paty: at school, a tribute to freedom of expression
On this Monday of resumption, Didier Georges wears gray suit, black tie, white mask crossed out with a hashtag and a name: Samuel Paty. The principal of the college of Grange-aux-Belles, in the Xe arrondissement of Paris, gathered its teachers in the refectory to discuss the unique context of this mini-re-entry. There is the reinforced […]