Report: Angry French students take to the streets. British students don’t – and I think I know why | Kitty Sayers

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The available account reports that i grew up in France, where all children are taught about the revolutionary roots of their nation and what the state owes its citizens. The report also notes that The lessons leave their mark Young British people have plenty to be angry about. Crushing student debt, private-school privilege, a housing market they can’t enter. Yet unlike their French counterparts, they have little tradition of turning that frustration into collective action. I grew up in France as a Briton, and for years I have watched my French friends do something my British ones never seem to: take to the streets. “To arms, citizens! Form your battalions! Let’s march, let’s march!” It shouldn’t be too surprising, given the rousing lyrics of La Marseillaise, that France’s revolutionary spirit is not a relic of the past. Kitty Sayers is a master’s student in journalism

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