Jean-Luc Boujon (in Soucieu-en-Jarrest), edited by Gauthier Delomez 06:23, March 14, 2022

This is the nice surprise that awaits middle school students, like schoolchildren and high school students: wearing a mask is no longer compulsory in schools from this Monday.

A first for a year and a half.

Europe 1 went to La Perrière college in Soucieu-en-Jarrest, near Lyon, to appreciate the relief of the students there.

The end of the current mask, the students have a little trouble believing it.

This is the case of Kénora, a 6th grade student at the La Perrière college in Soucieu-en-Jarret, near Lyon, and who has been wearing a mask to go to class for a year and a half, i.e. since the start of her year of CM2.

The end of the wearing of the compulsory mask is for her "a liberation".

"It will be better than before because with the masks, we were starting to have earaches, migraines... it was no longer possible. We will still be able to breathe better without the mask", confides- she at the microphone of Europe 1.

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The discovery of the faces of the teachers

From Monday, the health protocol is lightened in schools.

Students, like teachers and staff, no longer have to cover half their faces.

A return to an almost normal life, which will not go without some surprises, explain Candice and Mahaut.

"It's going to be weird because we're going to see the faces of others," agrees the first.

"The teachers especially, seeing them without a mask, it's going to be weird", continues the second.

History-geo, maths, technology, music... So many subjects during which Candice and Mahaut have never seen the full face of their teacher.

With the exception of language lessons: "French and English, we have seen them, they sometimes remove the mask for pronunciation", underline the two schoolgirls at the microphone of Europe 1.

“We will no longer be able to eat chewing gum in class”

All the students will not regret wearing the mask, except for one thing, underlines Avril, 11 years old.

"What sucks is that we won't be able to eat chewing gum in class. Because the mask allowed you to chew in secret, it was good. Sometimes the teachers noticed it but most of the time, no", jokes the young girl.

Despite everything, Avril, like many of her friends, will still slip a mask into her pocket this Monday morning.

"Just in case ... You never know what can happen," she said on Europe 1.