Louise Sallé, edited by Alexandre Dalifard 20:18 pm, March 20, 2023

This Monday, the first day of the specialty tests of the bac began in a particular context. While teachers are on strike against the pension reform, they were 530,000 high school students working on the subjects. But then, was the session disrupted by the various mobilizations?

End of the first day of the bac exams in a particular context. This Monday, they were 530,000 high school students to work on the specialty tests before the other sessions scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. These ordeals were marked by the teachers' strike against the pension reform. But concretely, were they disturbed by the mobilization of teachers and supervisors? Europe 1 went to the Lycée Montaigne in the 6th arrondissement of Paris to meet the final year students.

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A smooth test

In front of the establishment, everything finally went well, with an end of the bac test quite classic this Monday. Smiling, patting on the back, hugs, the students are happy to have passed this first exam serenely. Like Maëlle, who does not hide her joy at having fallen on a subject that she considered easy in maths. "The event went really well and I finished the subject in two hours. But suddenly, I took the opportunity to take an hour to read myself well, "says the high school student at the microphone of Europe 1.

During this first day of the event, no delay because of transport is to be deplored, even if some had a little scare like Arthur. "Normally I take the bus but there wasn't one because of the strikes. So, it was a bit complicated. I was a little scared but finally I took the metro that was next door. I was a little stressed but I arrived on time, "decompresses the terminal at the end of the event.

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"Impossible to penalize my students"

On Monday, there was also no teacher on strike in this Parisian establishment. Many have nevertheless been torn between the desire to mobilize and that of not disturbing the baccalaureate of their students. Isabelle, a math teacher, supervised the exam. "For me, in any case, it was not possible to consider penalizing my students," admits the teacher. But a little nod may have crept into the subject of economic and social sciences that Emilia and Malvina comment. "How has collective action been transformed in democratic societies? It wasn't unbelievable," they admit. Any resemblance to current events would be purely fortuitous.