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French students are blocking schools and demanding more teachers, better facilities and shorter days. The student protests continue to spread while police violence draws criticism. Al Jazeera's Natacha Butler reports.

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Mohammed Yassien4 days ago

The kids that don’t want to be at school, take them out and pay them well to learn a trade. You save on them being at school and you make space and they will be unable to be replaced by AI.

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They would have all that if they deported all the illegals out of their country and spent the money on French citizens

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