Fascinating. The second item in this post reports:
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Ten million French children returned to the classroom yesterday to find their lessons crammed into a four-day week — a revolution that delighted families but drew criticism from experts. In a scheme decreed by President Sarkozy, all primary and junior secondary children are being spared the unpopular tradition of Saturday morning classes. Since most schools are closed on Wednesdays, the majority will enjoy three days off school every week.
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It seems a bit weird to go to school Monday & Tuesday, take a short break, and then return back for Thursday and Friday. It it were up to me I'd rather have school Monday to Thursday and then have a three day weekend.
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4 comments:
It's really a four and a half day school week to a four day school week. People might be interested to know that art, music and even sport to some extent are pretty optional in French public schools. Hence the Wednesday is typically used for artistic and sporting activities.
Thanks for the explanation.
Isn't it interesting that the "experts" always hate what families love.
Yeah.
I'm sure part of it is the "experts" are focused on one thing. They come to view their area of focus as the most important thing. So anything which detracts is wrong.
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