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French high schoolers' accelerated political awareness: 'I quickly realized I had to arm myself intellectually to avoid being discredited'

French high schoolers' accelerated political awareness: 'I quickly realized I had to arm myself intellectually to avoid being discredited'
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These are their first protests, debates or experiences in activism. For many young people in France, the high school movement has coincided with a heightened political awareness that has transformed their daily lives, six months ahead of a presidential election in which most of them will not be a...

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