On Thursday around 650,000 students in France will sit the most anticipated end-of-year exam of secondary school: Philosophy. Unlike most other Europeans, the French are required to "philosophise" before moving on to university.
By Gaëlle LE ROUX
Philosophy or “philo”, as most French students call it, is the test that kicks off each year’s baccalaureate – a series of rigorous end-of-year exams one needs to pass in order to graduate from French secondary school and move into higher education. On Thursday French students will put on their thinking caps when they sit down to take the first of the Baccalaureate exams...[continued]
