"We hate home school / We've lost control ..."
chant children and adults in a cover of the Pink Floyd song,
Another Brick In The Wall,
renamed
Another Window
on Zoom. .
Retweeted Sunday by Jean-Michel Blanquer, this mobilization came at the right time in the French debate on keeping schools open despite the multiplication of cases of Covid among teachers and children.
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Such is taken who believed to take.
The Minister of National Education, who had already received a volley of green wood on the networks for this stroke of humor, was lectured by the creator of the video.
An activist for maintaining classes in the classroom in California, Ifat Orgad was quick to respond to the minister via a post on Twitter.
"
I'm really glad Mr. Blanquer enjoyed my song
," she explained on Monday.
However, this message applies to the situation we are experiencing in California, where our teachers are already vaccinated.
Which is quite different from the situation in France.
"
Posted on March 16, 2021 on YouTube, this parody video was produced in order to “
wake up the authorities and show them the frustration of parents and students,
” explained the author at the microphone of
France Info
.
California schools, all closed since the start of the health crisis last March, are just starting to reopen by district, thanks to major vaccination campaigns.
Giant vaccinodromes
Across the Atlantic, the United States are giving an impressive boost to their vaccination campaign, prioritizing the teaching staff as well as other professions.
In total, the country already has nearly 150 million people immunized.
In California, local health authorities are leading the battle with several giant vaccinodromes, including one installed in the parking lot of Disneyland Park in Anaheim.
On February 25, the state announced that 16-year-olds could also be vaccinated as early as April.
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A strategy very different from that of France, currently counting 11.95% of people having received a first dose against 29.4% in California.
Nurseries, schools, colleges and high schools were gradually reopened last May, while teachers are still not among the people who can be vaccinated.
On January 4, Jean-Michel Blanquer had however hoped to see the actors of this very exposed profession receive their first dose "
by March at the latest
".
A promise postponed by President Emmanuel Macron, traveling to a vaccination center in Valenciennes on March 23, at least "
by the end of April
".
