“They were people of the forest. And the forests had made them in their own image. Their strength, their loneliness, their severity. Beginning of Sylvie Germain’s novel. angry days, Prix Femina 1989, proposed for the 2022 French Baccalaureate. The text interpretation was intended to ask students how the nine brothers, foresters who grew up in the forests of Morvan, were shaped by their environment. Text imbued with poetry, with vocabulary accessible to general education students. The words “venelles” and “secular” are, moreover, explained in the post. A quote that was still considered incomprehensible by some candidates who spread offensive comments on social networks. What does this contradiction say about the young generation’s relationship with French?
“We must beware of the magnifying effect of social networks” begins Olivier Barbarian, Chief Inspector of the Letters National Education Group. Social networks where influencers…
Source: Le Figaro
