Sometimes, a symbol is enough: Thursday morning, Léon Marchand did not write a word. The four-time Olympic swimming champion simply posted a clown face emoji to accompany an article from The Team on the decision of the Ministry of National Education concerning the abandonment of the generalization of two additional hours of sport in middle school.
On the account of the Olympic star, this clown is juxtaposed with a photo of Emmanuel Macron with children, which illustrated the article.
Simon Gauzy does the same
In the perspective of Olympic and Paralympic Games of Paris, two schemes had been launched in recent years at schools to help “make France a sporting nation” and fight against physical inactivity and a sedentary lifestyle among the youngest. These were “30 minutes of daily physical activity” from CP to CM2, generalized in 2022, and “two hours of additional sport for middle school students” (2HSC) tested for more than two years, extended to 700 middle schools. last year and extended to the start of the 2024 school year in priority education zones.
But, on Wednesday, the generalization of the system intended for middle school students was abandoned by National Education, the ministry explaining that it was “not sustainable”. This system, which “demonstrated the relevance of the measure for middle school students far from regular practice”, is however “still perceived as complex to implement” and will be “refocused only on establishments in priority education”, specified the ministry.
Thursday, table tennis player Simon Gauzy, bronze medalist at the Olympics with the Lebrun brothers this summer, imitated Léon Marchand, but this time with three emojis of a person holding his hand to his face, a sign of disappointment or spite after the decision of the government.
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