Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a heavy charge against teachers (and is rebuked)

POLITICS – A return to the center of the debate, but without it being linked to his legal setbacks. This Saturday, November 9, a little sentence slipped by Nicolas Sarkozy during the “ Meetings of the Future » causes a lively controversy. This event organized Friday by the (liberal-inspired) economist Nicolas Bouzou and the LR mayor of Saint-Raphaël, Frédéric Masquelier, featured the former head of state, who spoke on many subjects , to believe The Point.

But it was an isolated extract by BFMTV that ended up attracting attention. And for good reason, we can see Nicolas Sarkozy delivering a violent charge against teachers. “ The status of school teacher (…) is 24 hours a week, but what we don't say, six months of the year “, calculated the former President of the Republic, recently convicted for ” corruption » and “ influence peddling “. Before being ironic and provoking laughter from the audience: “ Between vacations and weekends… So I know you have to prepare the lessons: nursery school and senior section ».

For the former President of the Republic, “ you have to tell the truth » which, according to him, consists of affirming this: “We cannot afford to have a million teachers.” A vision of the education system, which completely ignores the fact that France is one of the EU countries where the number of students per teacher is the highest, which has made the left jump, but not only that.

« This is what the right thinks of civil servants. We must listen to this contempt for school teachers! And dare to say that there are too many teachers when our children are often far too many per class », Reacted the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure.

“Abysmal ignorance”

« Fuck him in front of a class, it will calm him down (no, the students don't deserve that). Support for all teachers who do the best they can, every day, despite all the efforts the government goes to to destroy national education », added the communist senator from Paris, Ian Brossat, when his colleague Pierre Ouzoulias recalled that Nicolas Sarkozy's salary had increased by 172% during his time at the Élysée. “ Sarkozy always stands out for his desire to weaken what is authoritative in society. These comments about professors who hold the future of the country in their hands are appallings”, denounces for his part the socialist mayor of Montpellier, Michaël Delafosse.

MoDem MP for Doubs, Laurent Croizier also criticized Nicolas Sarkozy's comments. “ Go and spend even just a week in a nursery school! Your words are abysmally ignorant. They are part of the crisis in the attractiveness of the teaching profession. For our children, choose education rather than contempt from teachers », Reacted the centrist elected official.

Beyond the political world, many teachers are outraged on the social network It was under his presidency, at the start of the 2008 school year, that three hours of lessons were eliminated on Saturday mornings, setting the number of weekly teaching hours at twenty-four. A zero point, in a way.

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