“"Last year, my French teacher was absent the entire year and was never replaced. I had to revise for my baccalaureate by asking classmates for their notes. What do you do if you have no one to help you? The minister wants to penalize every spelling mistake, but without a teacher to correct us, we are doomed to fail. We fall behind, we are sent to France Travail, and then they accuse suburban youth of only seeking social benefits. Yet, it is the state's responsibility to guarantee us a future. I refuse Parcoursup, which penalizes us for the slightest absence due to health. In Belgium, this system doesn't exist, and everyone finds their place at university. And what about the state of our high school? We study amidst cockroaches, the ceiling collapses after floods, and the toilets have neither functional doors nor hygienic protection. The nurse and the social worker are perpetually absent. Our blockades are not cheating to skip classes; it's a fight for our dignity and that of all public high schools."
“"The municipality offers its absolute support to the students' demands, which are undeniably legitimate. I myself attended Jacques-Brel high school, first as a student and then as an educational assistant: I see that the situation has only worsened. In a state of law where education is compulsory until age 16, it is simply unacceptable that young people revise in classrooms at 6°C or suffer repeated teacher shortages. The State and the Île-de-France Region must finally take responsibility and align financial and human resources with real needs. The emergency plan for Seine-Saint-Denis, despite being grandly promised in 2018 by the government, has remained an empty shell. The latest PISA reports confirm it: disengagement in working-class neighborhoods severely harms equal opportunities. We stand with the students so that their study conditions become dignified."
“"We fully share the students' demands. The Blanquer reform and Parcoursup have disorganized schooling, imposing absurd timetables from 8 am to 6 pm. In the second year, class sizes exceed 30 students, while our middle schoolers come from REP+ networks. They arrive at high school, and the state acts as if they no longer need specific support. We have to fight on our own to maintain acceptable first-year classes. The anger expressed today stems from working-class neighborhoods, historically neglected by public policies. Faced with this legitimate distress, the government has regrettably chosen repression and the systematic use of law enforcement. The scenes of violence suffered by young people, like the student mutilated in Tours, outrage the entire teaching staff. Our mission as educators is to train emancipated citizens capable of mobilizing. Youth should have the right to strike."
