@guardian: About 450,000 people joined the high school protests across France on Tuesday, organisers said, as hundreds of high schools were blockaded in a nationwide day of action. The protesters are campaigning against long hours, missing teachers and crumbling classrooms. The French interior ministry’s figure is much lower: it said about 250,000 joined the protests, with 56,000 people reported in Paris. But how did a few student blockades turn into a nationwide protest movement? Jon Henley, the Guardian's Europe correspondent based in Paris, explains. And head to the link in bio to read the full story.

osswoman228 :

invest in the younger generation without them we have no future

Beatrix Kiddo :

not just students are protesting, parents,staff are too.

anissa_elomari :

thank you for this and for focusing this video on why they are there for and not the violence media keeps showing without context

Maïssa ☁️ :

thank you for talking about it, high schoolers here need support

Taudus :

The analysis is spot on. The country and its people are resistant to reform, while its former colonies are no longer willing to foot the bill. On top of that, one can’t help but feel sorry for the younger generation. They are trapped in outdated ways of thinking and acting imposed by an older generation that still seems to believe it is a world power and the centre of the universe.

Inge Schelstraete :

they are being let down by my generation, and it's both infuriating and heartbreaking. they have my support.

FanCore6🤎✩°｡🧸𓏲⋆.🧺𖦹 ₊˚ :

Well there is a very cheap thing they can do already which is lessen the school hours. Those kids are at school from 8h-18h which is horrendous. Kids especially need breaks, they’re not machines!

Marjane :

The younger generation feel like they’re being sacrificed

Andy :

Tbf I’m 36 but studying international law in France (masters), one of my classrooms has mouldy window frames and the halls of the buildings remind me of school when I was 11… I’m from uk and honestly some of the buildings are a downgrade from college and school

Iris :

And the youngsters are right

prolly seen me in the comments :

🇺🇸 American here, proud of you young people! 🫶🏾🤎

yannikfourie :

I was so shocked to see mice running around in the airport in Paris makes sense now that even it’s the conditions students have to also face

Lucas :

The thing is we have the same issues as young people in the uk but we are doing precisely nish about it

thatchick227 :

are these grievances coming from non white neighborhoods? have family in Paris, they are north African, there is a clear difference between how non white French citizens are treated. I wonder if that aspect is at work here too.

ghostsnowwolf :

merci de parler de la France,on a besoin de soutien

Marshall :

PROUD OF YOU ALL

Kadiatou🍉 :

Notification :

It’s that time …

𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑎 :

spreemusic :

I was born in 1997 in France and as I grew up even in private schools classes were overcrowded and stuff. I could not imagine how it was in public schools. I was lucky. It just got worse with time…

Phileo :

@Phileo :https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN8kUARQj/ https://www.senat.fr/leg/ppl25-675.html En cas de non-respect des procédures ou des personnes par les forces de l'ordre (police ou gendarmerie), vous pouvez saisir le Défenseur des droits, porter plainte auprès du procureur de la République ou alerter les inspections générales Service Public.

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KEN.SAEKI_01 :

And then, everyday life resumes as if nothing had happened. It's a never-ending cycle.

Nator :

🥰 Gracias que aún hay niños asi! Llevan años los profesores protestando.. a ver si ahora hacen caso a los alumnos