https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/22/how-france-got-so-lazy/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:23:17 -0400<![CDATA[The aim of French schools isn’t to impart the wonder of learning, according to Gumbel, but to learn to endure an achingly competitive system. French children are taught to parrot, not to analyze—to memorize endless passages and vomit them out. The ones who survive get filtered out to lead the government and the private sector. The ones who don’t are ridiculed shamelessly.]]>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:25:49 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/22/how-france-got-so-lazy-n100356