This is the last great stress of school life.
The one who will condition the summer holidays of 710,000 candidates.
But especially the one that opens up to higher education.
Like every year, it was war, this Tuesday, to obtain the results of the Bac on the Cyclades platform, which delivered the mentions and the notes.
And if it is liberating for the greatest number, obtaining the precious diploma can also be accompanied by frustration for some high school students who had other ambitions.
“I have maintained my average between 14 and 16 for two years but, in the end, I only have the mention fairly well”, notes Clément, 18, new general bachelor in a high school in Voiron, in Isère.
He underperformed slightly in Management and Management and Digital Science, with a score of 11 on the day of the test.
He was turning 14 in the year.
He was aiming at least for the mention above.
An observation shared by Laé in the Gard, who had no mention: “I expected at least the mention quite well, even well with luck.
Especially given the effort put into my revisions.
I didn't think I had failed my exams, ”says the frustrated 17-year-old.
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Philosophy got the better of Maxence, in Paris, who misunderstood the subject “Do artistic practices transform the world?
» and obtained the mark of 8. More than the mention, he aimed much better in this subject.
For Elie, in La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée), it was a bad choice of specialty in first that deprived him of the mention bien: “Engineering Sciences were not made for me.
I had 7/20 with a coefficient of 16, it's brutal.
I'm disappointed "
The disappointments of the Grand Oral
On the BAC program since Jean-Michel Blanquer's reform in 2021, the Grand Oral, a 40-minute test, has not been successful for all graduates.
Mathis came across the following subject: “Optimizing your cash flow, a necessity?
".
The 18-year-old high school student was 11 and he did not have a mention: "I had a difficult first year, I had a school phobia, I had to take distance courses with the CNED, with very little support…” The disappointment is deep.
“All grades from the first year are not counted for the baccalaureate.
There is no particular sport to increase your average.
It can be disabling.
»
The precious sesame in her pocket, Fiona also returns with bitterness from her test of the Grand Oral.
She had to explain how literature can help express her sensitivity.
Its main support: La vie invisible, by Addie Larue.
She imagined at least having the average: “I did not think that the jury would put me down to this point.
I had succeeded in my presentation”.
Despite the score of 9 and the disappointment, she will continue in what she loves and begins an LEA license in English and Spanish at the start of the school year.
Family expectations
Those who were lucky enough to see their results on time didn't take long to announce the news to their parents: "There is always the fear of disappointing loved ones and many can feel it" comments the same Mathis.
Especially when the family tradition is the mention very well.
This is the case of Léa, a high school student in Limoges, who “only” obtained the mention bien.
She is not devastated, far from it, but her sister, her brother, her father and her mother all had the honors in the baccalaureate.
So the bitterness is present: “I'm a bit of an intruder (laughs).
I fail at 15.5, I'm really not far off.
I really expected this mention, I asked for my copies to understand.
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In the meantime, Léa was counting on celebrating this Tuesday evening a well-deserved vacation and a diploma (despite everything).