Like other high school students in the world, French students need to take a college entrance exam. The first subject is philosophy, which is different from other countries who often place language as the first subject.
“Je pense, donc je suis.” I am very interested in their questions.
This year, their questions are:
For general test:
- La science peut-elle satisfaire notre besoin de vérité ?
2. L’État nous doit-il quelque chose?
3. Le commentaire de texte, un extrait de La Condition ouvrière de Simone Weil
For STEM majors:
- La nature est-elle hostile à l’homme ?
2. L’artiste est-il maître de son travail ?
3. Le commentaire de texte, un extrait du livre IX des Lois de Platon.
I have to give up question #3, because I never read La Condition ouvrière or Platon, Lois, livre IX. How shallow I am!
It seems both questions are about laws. The questions intend to test students’ judge on law and human rights, I suppose?