Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France

SO THE OFFICIAL VERSION IS THIS, THOUSANDS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS FRANCE ARE ABSOLUTELY LIVID ABOUT FALLING EDUCATION STANDARDS AND A SEVERE LACK OF TEACHERS AND OVERCROWDED HOT CLASSROOMS, AND SO ON FRIDAY THEY DISRUPTED OVER SEVEN HUNDRED SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE RIOT POLICE CLASHED WITH PROTESTERS IN CITIES LIKE PARIS AND STRASBOURG AND NANTES, WHERE ONE HIGH SCHOOL SUFFERED OVER TWO MILLION EUROS IN DAMAGE FROM A FIRE, AND IN BELFORT A SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE AFTER AN OFFICER WAS CHASED AND BEATEN, AND THE EDUCATION MINISTER CLAIMS THE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY NON-STUDENTS, WHILE POLICE SAY THEY SEIZED PETROL BOMBS AND AN AXE, SO NOW THE JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS PROSECUTORS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO MAKE PARENTS LIABLE AND PAY FOR REPAIRS.

YOU ARE GOING TO THINK I AM MAKING THIS UP BUT IN FRANCE RIGHT NOW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE VIRTUALLY SHUT DOWN OVER SEVEN HUNDRED SCHOOLS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, AND IT MATTERS IMMENSELY BECAUSE IT COMES JUST SIX MONTHS BEFORE A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND THINGS HAVE ESCALATED INTO FULL RIOT POLICE CLASHES, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE KIDS WERE PROTESTING OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS AND A LACK OF TEACHERS BUT NOW A HIGH SCHOOL IN NANTES HAS TWO MILLION EUROS IN DAMAGE FROM A FIRE, AND IN BELFORT A SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD WAS ARRESTED FOR SUSPECTED ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE AFTER AN OFFICER WAS BEATEN IN THE STREET, AND POLICE SAY THEY SEIZED PETROL BOMBS AND AN AXE, SO NOW THE EDUCATION MINISTER CLAIMS NON-STUDENTS HIJACKED THE PROTESTS, AND THE JUSTICE MINISTER WANTS PROSECUTORS TO MAKE PARENTS PERSONALLY PAY FOR ALL THE REPAIRS.

Over 700 schools in France faced disruption and violent clashes as student protests over education standards and teacher shortages spread nationwide.

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