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Friday, 10 September 2010

Another negative French school review??

'Sit down and shut up - that's the French school way'

British lecturer Peter Gumbel believes that the French education system damages children’s self-confidence. Telegraph Expat finds out why his new book is causing such a fuss.

Peter Gumbel certainly doesn’t shy away from controversy. The British-born journalist and lecturer, who has lived in France since 2002, has just published a book which has sent ripples through his adopted country. Called They Shoot Schoolchildren, Don't They?, the book is a hard-hitting analysis of the French education system - an institution which, Gumbel argues, breeds anxiety and under-confidence amongst its pupils.

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