All good fun, but the cut doesn't exist
(NEWSER) - French schoolkids are saying "non" to a shortened summer, with young people nationwide joining wildcat strikes and staging walk-outs to denounce plans to cut a month of vacation time. Which is all very French, notes the Independent , except that the plan doesn't exist—the education minister merely called for discussion of the country's unique scholastic timetable. Try telling that to students: For some, this is a wonderful chance to rage at Sarko. For others, as one student says, it's simply "a good excuse not to go to school." More»
