"Long live the Republic, long live our teachers, long live our school".
The Blues of football spoke for a good cause on Saturday, the day before the start of the school year.
In a video message from the Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports, several players from the world champion France team are indeed addressing French students, a tribute to a whole profession, a whole corporation, and of course to Samuel Paty, the history teacher beheaded in mid-October.
Long live the Republic!
Long live our teachers!
Long live our school!
The message of the French football team ⚽️
to all our students.
For the return to school on Monday and the tribute to Samuel Paty: pic.twitter.com/bz1qvqBMQa
- Jean-Michel Blanquer (@jmblanquer) October 31, 2020
“Today, you are in class, you sometimes discuss with your classmates, you don't always agree, but more often than not, you are happy to be together, to find your teachers, to learn », Declaims Antoine Griezmann, first in line.
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“Going to college or high school seems normal to you.
But that hasn't always been the case in history… And it still isn't the case elsewhere in the world.
Going to school is a chance.
A chance that the French Republic offers you through its teachers, ”continues Olivier Giroud.
“Your teachers do the most essential of jobs.
They chose it because they want to impart knowledge to you that will later allow you to choose your own path.
They teach you to be responsible adults.
This transmission is part of the values of our Republic.
Freedom, equality, fraternity, ”says Léo Dubois.
"Our school is what brings us together"
Steven nzonzi
Benjamin Pavard, Clément Lenglet and Raphaël Varane continue by giving substance to the country's motto: “Freedom, because it is through school that you will become free.
To be free is to learn to think for yourself based on verified facts, knowledge and logic.
(…) Equality, because you are welcomed at school without any distinction and because you have the same rights and the same duties as the other students in your class.
(…) Fraternity, because at school, each one discovers what the other can bring him.
Fraternity is telling each other that we want to do things together. ”
Steven Nzonzi, French captain Hugo Lloris and Corentin Tolisso add: “Our school is what brings us together.
(…) Our school makes us free and equal citizens.
(…) Our school is our common pride. ”
A great initiative from the French Football Federation (FFF) and its players.
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