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Why did the French decide to go down in grade number (12-1) than go up in number like we do here in the US?

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Why did France decided to use a 20 out of 20 system instead of the normal letter grades?

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Why doesn't France let you retake your le bac like America does for SATs? Why do French students give up going back to school if they don't pass?

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I believe French Students are more prepared for the world. They focus on life skills and preparing for their future while american schools are based on many different useless topics and standerized testing. College classes are less in France and school systems are a lot simpler and more controlled. I personally think that French students are more likley to succeed with steady jobs and stable lives.

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If American schools followed the example of others around the world, I beleive school would be a much better learning environment for it's students. Giving more freetime, yet more responsibilities, would probably be better for schools here in the U.S. Less cramming in information and more leisurly learning would be, in my opinion, more effective.

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I believe that the French base their school life to much around one big test, but I do like that they have more life based classes in school

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I feel that while France's schools are often more rigourous, America is worse. American schools do not have breaks and they are constantly trying toshove information into our brain, which is unfair. We are trying to balance life, school, and growing up all at the same time. Also, American fails to realize that their methods do not work, because have one of the worst school systems in America.

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Since we have a worse ranking for education, how come our government has not thought much about changing our school system? We could probably be better if our school system had more breaks and focused on different things like future life skills.

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Why hasn't America changed their school system? Does America think this will benefit us?

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Why do French schools learn about real life problems and how to deal with stress? In my opinion the American schools should teach us the same things, so that as we are growing up we can know how to cope with out feelings and what we should be doing.

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How did they realize longer breaks would help their students? Did they build off of Finland's idea, or did they realize it on their own?

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How did they come up with the idea of having a grade out of 20 instead of just a letter

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Most schools in France have a lunch break that is about 2 hours to eat and relax there mind. There studys are hard. I thing that many places should have something like that.why did the United states decide not to do something like that?

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2 years in high school is mandatory, and some students go back for a third year. Could students go back for a fourth year? If so, what would it be centered around?

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Why is the grading system out of 20 in France? Is that easier than having systems of letter grades like American schools do?

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Colette is on the right track. I think that the French students take long breaks to relax their brains like the Fins do. The Fins take breaks and their close to the top academically. Like in 2006.

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Think of this analogy:

If a student studies for hours on end without breaks, it is likely that she or he might become tired, lose focus, and retain less and less information (even if they study their notes dozens of times.)

If another student studies periodically and takes several breaks, they are less fatigued and have more time to repose and let concepts "sink in" her or his brain. They might go over their notes fewer times than the first student, but the way they study is much more efficient than the way that the first student does.

In this analogy, the first student represents American education, and the second student represents French and Finnish education. This is why I think that France and Finland have more academic success than America does.

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I feel like French and European schools in general are better then American schools. For example American schools give their students way too many chances at success. This doesn't prepare american students for their future life. In life you don't have many different chances/redoes.

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During school hours, why do they get such a long break? Is it for academic reasons, religion, or do they just have it?

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Why do French schools focus on people and life skills more so than other countries?

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Is this standard of rigorous education and concentration on life skills upheld in other countries of Europe? How does France compare with Germany, Spain and others?

It seems that France is lacking in post-secondary education. Is it common for French students to leave for other countries' schools?