France Punishes Students Who Block High Schools
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There is social anger in France. For one month, students have blocked high schools. They are angry about changes in society.
Now there will be sanctions. This means punishment. The punishment is for students who block the inside of schools.
Teachers also have a problem. Classes stopped during the blockades. Now schools must find time for the missed lessons. This is difficult.
On one Friday, there was more trouble. Police said 41 high schools were blocked. Police also detained 154 people. This means police took them and held them for a short time.
A government official called Laurent Nuñez gave these numbers. He works for the French government and talks about safety and order.
The government wants calm in schools. But many students still want to protest. The situation in France is not finished yet.
Vocabulary15 words
- social anger
- strong unhappy feeling many people share about society
- blockade
- stopping people from entering a place
- sanction
- a punishment for breaking a rule
- detain
- to hold someone and not let them go
- protest
- showing you are angry about something in public
- official
- a person who works for the government
- high school
- a school for older students
- classes
- times when students learn in school
- lesson
- one part of learning in school
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- calm
- quiet, with no trouble
- situation
- what is happening now
- police
- people whose job is to keep order
- punishment
- something bad given for doing wrong
- rule
- something you must do or not do
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1. Because of social anger 2. 41 3. They must find time for missed lessons
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There is social _____ in France. For one month, students have _____ high schools. They are angry about changes in society.
Now there will be _____. This means punishment. The punishment is for students who block the inside of schools.
Teachers also have a problem. Classes stopped during the _____. Now schools must find time for the missed lessons.
On one Friday, there was more trouble. Police said 41 high schools were _____. Police also _____ 154 people.
A government _____ called Laurent Nuñez gave these numbers.
The government wants _____ in schools. But many students still want to _____.
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