At this point, allow me a little personal reflection that might even be advice. (I allow myself this given my age and experience.)
In human relations, the passage of force has only one effect: to polarize the parties with the consequence that even the most moderate and thoughtful no longer see each other…. A good, frank discussion between responsible people putting forward irrefutable arguments will undoubtedly not lead to the voluntary support of everyone but could open up pathways for everyone.
Let us now come to the subject that is most important to me and to which I would like to draw your attention. This is the future of qualifying education.
Learn to live
Since I was a secondary school student, qualifying options have had a negative image in our society and the latest reforms which have been imposed on it (for example the PEQ) do not in any way restore its aura.
As a teacher for so many years, I can tell you and I defend it without any restraint, young people who go to school in qualifying sectors do not come there just looking for a job.
School is much more than that, even in terms of qualifications.
School is about learning to live in society, to listen to others, to think, to exchange ideas, to criticize, to grow. School is about discovering and learning about unknown worlds, sometimes inaccessible or in which we have no interest. School is about opening one’s thoughts and one’s personality.
Don’t take young people out of school!
Leave possibilities
What will become of the young people in the “auto” sectors who were on internship at Audi Forest? I sincerely hope that their academic career in French, Mathematics, Economics, etc. will allow them to bounce back.
Another issue that is close to my heart is that of the possibility for qualified students to pursue higher education. Of the hundreds of young people I have taught, a significant number have gone on to higher education.
Don’t close the doors, leave possibilities… We never know what life can bring us.
Here I would like to draw your attention to two profiles commonly encountered in my classes.
The first is that of a young person who began his career in the general. Subsequently, for various reasons, it was no longer in line with the elitist discourse that we encounter in many general education institutions. At one point, the sentence fell: “You don’t meet our expectations… We have to get out!” I can give you examples of young people who arrive, in qualifying sectors, completely devastated and having lost all self-confidence.
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The second profile is that of these adolescents in the midst of a crisis against society, authority and therefore school. They often arrive in the qualifier because there, it should be fine…
What is our astonishment and happiness, then, for us teachers to find them in their final year, as mature, thoughtful young adults who want to continue their school career.
This Tuesday, I decided not to go on strike but to do educational work. I will try to have a dialogue with everyone I meet about my hopes and fears for the future of the school.
The most beautiful job in the world
I wanted to devote part of my time to writing to you.
I thank you in advance for the time and attention you will give to my reflection.
Even if sometimes I am exhausted and discouraged, I am certain that I exercise the most beautiful job in the world, that of educating, that is to say, leading as far as possible each young person entrusted to me, even if he is not the fastest, the most intelligent, the most talented.
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