Published On: June 17th, 2011|

France 24 – Gaëlle Le Roux

“On Thursday, French students will put on their thinking caps when they sit down to take the much-feared “philo” exam, as most French students call it, which stands out among the other subjects not just because it starts the week-long round of testing, but also because it’s the longest. For four gruelling hours, every student in their last year of “lycée” is asked to respond in writing to one philosophical question.”(more)