Damn It! Bin Laden Died Five Years Ago!
/ DR Several years ago, when I was doing some research on bin Laden, I learned he was
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Tell Elle to end its practice of racist skin-whitening and apologize
I was pleased to read the following email this morning. The Asian community being much more organized than any of the different communities we have in France, I do believe that Asians in Britain could serve as showing us the way towards better awareness of the different forms of embedded racism. There is no doubt that their experience tells us how to combat racism.
Read moreWhat if in reality the present financial crisis dated back to the independences?
Meanwhile, some southern nations, somehow affected too by the credit crunch that first took roots in the United States, seem to take advantage of the situation.
Read moreFrance Wrestles With Its 2 Tiers of Higher Education
“But in the future the grandes écoles will also have to be more like the colleges of Oxford or Cambridge. Autonomous, but part of a federal structure with a university. The grandes écoles are famous for their teaching, but we need to find a way to help them be more productive with research.”
Precisely because most grandes écoles are so professionally oriented, their students conduct very little research, another factor that keeps even the best of them from showing up on international measures of performance
Silly policy is a silly game
/DR This man is silly. His game of chance however sometimes looks like the policy led Over keep up decadron
Read more– What shall we remember of the 2010 summer holidays?
The everyday life of the travellers during the trip was regularly illustrated on the website of the association http://roadtreep.over-blog.com/ , thus giving to the unfortunate ones spending their summer holidays in Paris the opportunity to share a bit of the excitement coming out of the Road Tree’P initiative.
Read moreJourney to the Land of delights
As an Algerian girl who came to France some twenty years ago, I have always enjoyed the traditional dishes of my mother as well as the French gastronomy. As a result, I have become a real “foodie”.
Read moreTop French Schools, Asked to Diversify, Fear for Standards
There is a serious question about how to measure diversity in a country where every citizen is presumed equal and there are no official statistics based on race, religion or ethnicity. A goal cannot be called a “quota,” which has an odor of the United States and affirmative action. Instead, there is the presumption here that poorer citizens will be more diverse, containing a much larger percentage of Muslims, blacks and second-generation immigrants.
Read moreExperience of a “beurette” in England as a French teacher assistant
I used to think that secularity was the best option at school, but my experience there made me seriously reconsider my opinion. I would never have thought it could work well.
Read moreSadia presents an initiative from the heart: Road Tree’p!
Among all the people I know in the nineteenth district of Paris Sadia Diawara is without doubt one of the best models for the younger generation.
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