After the high school graduates last Thursday, it’s the turn of the best former middle school students this Thursday, July 16. More than a thousand of them were in the gardens of the Departmental Administrative Center in Nice. A 100-euro bonus is their reward for passing their exams with flying colors.
“We need you, you are the greatest hope of the department… and of France.” Eric Ciotti lavished superlatives upon the large audience that listened to him. The President of the Alpes-Maritimes department declared himself proud to stand “in front of the best of this 2015 Brevet des collèges.” For him, the reward granted to future high schoolers is only fair. It represents, he says, “the fruit of your personal work throughout the whole year.” Thus, he commends their “seriousness,” which fully justifies this merit-based reward.
The deputy then associated the parents with the success of the young students. Present in large numbers, their long and joyful applause interrupted Eric Ciotti when he began thanking them for the support provided throughout the school year. “They instilled in you the value of hard work,” he declared, not without provoking some discreet laughter among the adolescents.
The Top of the 2015 Class Honored
Among the 1,468 students who achieved the highest honors, the ones with the best averages made the trip. Morgane Storey, with a shy smile, was applauded by the crowd for her perfect score of 20/20. Glory moment also for the youngest male and female laureates. Barely 12 years old and not at all intimidated by the final middle school exam. 16.3/20 for Eliot Sarrut, 17.97/20 for Aniela Frigara, neither more nor less. “A big congratulations to them,” praised the official.
While awaiting potential cold sweats during the start of high school, parents always had their hands full. First with the fan racket handed out to get some air under the oppressive heat and, most importantly, with the camera to capture their offspring and their diploma for family posterity.
