In the shadow of the Panthéon, some take a break between two books from the Sainte-Geneviève library. Others exchange first impressions at the end of their pre-entry at the nearby university or have met there, around one of the long wooden tables arranged in the public space, on the heights of a district. Latin remained […]
The group of children crosses the beach towards the sea, still low at the start of the afternoon. In swimsuits, sneakers on their feet, they scramble over the rocks, unearth crabs in the puddles and periwinkles under the algae. This teeming little world is a passion for the group of children, who arrived a few […]
The fair is undoubtedly one of the favorite school rituals of children. With its procession of cotton candy, line fishing and other messes up everything, it opens the long parenthesis of the summer holidays … A meeting usually unavoidable but which, in this very unique year, will not be honored in number of establishments. → […]
September 2020: catch up, preserve a semblance of recklessness Back to school 2020, the time for a real reunion and already the hell of the mask, the prospect of a very complicated year. → “The enthusiasm of the reunion suffocated by the mask”: story of a month in college The Paty case and the challenges […]
As usual, the third year students asked to improvise a little party for the last French class. Their request was met with deceptively scathing humor from their teacher. “I have more fun watching you work than watching you eat crisps!” “, Alain Sochon answered them, determined to provide the maximum in the home stretch leading […]
The application phase for the universal national service (SNU) ends this Friday, April 30. This year, 25,000 young people aged 15 to 17 will be selected to participate in this experience, the first edition of which in 2019 brought together 2,000 young people. The confinement of last spring had completely prevented the 2020 class from […]
A year ago, France urgently closed its schools. An unprecedented, unreal parenthesis that has not really closed, many high schools operating since November at a reduced level. What has the school learned from its strengths and weaknesses since then? “That the teaching world, often described as bureaucratic, capable of coming to a standstill at the […]
Roofing, insulation, painting… David has been busy in his house for a year. The 40-year-old from the Ile-de-France region is certainly a handyman, but the successive confinements and curfews have accentuated his natural inclination. “Some work was already planned but it was accelerated and deepened because we simply had more time to fine-tune. Instead of […]