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28 hours ago · France
France’s other schools problem – the teens violently smashing up their old primaries: ‘They think it’s not worthy of respect – so they trash it’
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to France. The first report grouped here was at 11 Oct 2026, 05:00 UTC. The headline in use is “France’s other schools problem – the teens violently smashing up their old primaries: ‘They think it’s not worthy of respect – so they…”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The phenomenon of pupils wrecking equipment and setting fire to classrooms predates the current crisis. Is it rooted in poverty, social media peer pressure – or just plain boredom?
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