BBC article on the French Education system

[Deby]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8868935.stm

My experience of the French education system mirrors to some degree the same comments that the author has described.

I know the system suits some children here, but it certainly didn't suit mine.

The UK system isn't perfect, but it does give children scope and options.

My Swiss friend (french-speaking) despairs at the system in France too describing it as antiquated and truly rubbish! Her daughter's teacher has on average missed two days a week for the past 3 months either as a result of striking or illness. The striking incidentally is to preserve their job benefits and to maintain the current antiquated system.

[thepenofmyaunt]

This one is in a similar vein

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/21/france-paris-festival-of-errors

 

 

 

[vwill88]

I had a friend who taught a course in business studies in LaRochelle. Students would ask "what is the right answer?" They  couldn't cope with the idea of  there being no one right answer.  I  think that is reflection of French education methods.