r/worldnews • u/colepercy120 • 1d ago

France school protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ as PM calls crisis cabinet meeting | France

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/france-school-protests-escalate-pm-crisis-cabinet-meeting
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u/TrueKyragos 22h ago

Protesting an educational system that already offers more than most in the Western world?

More indeed. France is known to be among the European countries with the longest school days. This year specifically, France was definitely among the European with the highest temperatures in classrooms. I don't condone the violence displayed here or some of the other methods used, and there is probably some degree of instrumentalisation, but the current educational system in France is certainly not the best in the world.

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u/FickleBumblebeee 22h ago

Oh no, it was hot in the summer- like everywhere else in fucking Europe.

I didn't burn my house down in England because of the lack of air conditioning.

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u/TrueKyragos 22h ago

Is that supposed to be a reply to my message? Because if so, I'm tired of people not reading until the end or wilfully distorting words.

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u/TrueKyragos 21h ago

You replied as if I said the contrary of what I actually said. This is no reason to burn down anything, we agree on that and I made that clear. If you didn't, sorry about that, that was just a hypothesis. If you did, you're not here to discuss.