Fr 139 Education
Reading Questions

Nadeau and Barlow, Ch. 13 Elite Education

1.  What are some the immediate differences Nadeau & Barlow noticed between French teenagers and North American ones?

2.  How is the French education system generally designed? 

3.  What is the Bac?  How does it differ from the U.S. SAT? 

4.  How does the State ensure that elementary and secondary education is uniform all over France?

5.  What is the difference between a university education and an education at a grande école? 

6.  What are some of the characteristics of a French university?

7.  What does one have to do typically to get into one of the grandes écoles?