这一代年轻人正面临着前所未有的挑战，他们理应获得一个资源充足的教育环境，而非一个资金匮乏的教育体系。1968年法国学生运动中，最著名的口号便是“让想象力掌权”。在战后经济稳步增长的背景下，当年的青年们憧憬着建立一个摆脱父辈社会束缚的平等社会。如今，近五十年过去了，经济环境已大不相同，全国数万名参与罢课的学生们所追求的目标则更为现实。正如他们打出的一幅标语所言：“我只想操心数学考试，而非自己的未来。”
A generation facing unprecedented challenges deserves better than an underfunded education system One of the most famous slogans in France’s May 1968 student protests declared “” (Power to the imagination). In a postwar context of steady growth, the ’68ers dreamed of shaping an egalitarian society, freed from the social constraints of their parents’ generation. Nearly five decades on, in a very different economic climate, the goal for most of the tens of thousands of pupils disrupting schools across the country is more modest. As one placard on display had it: “I’d like to be worrying about my maths exam, not my future”.
周二，数十万名抗议者涌上街头，其中不乏家长和教师，这一庞大的规模充分反映出民众对多年预算削减的强烈不满——这些削减措施导致了校舍破败、班级人数过多以及师资严重短缺。此外，学生们还抱怨缺乏应对夏季频繁热浪的资源，致使五、六月份的教室酷热难耐；同时，大学录取过程中那种不透明且由算法主导的筛选机制也引发了诸多不公的质疑。
A huge turnout of hundreds of thousands of protesters on Tuesday – a number that included many parents and teachers – confirmed the depth of resentment at years of budget cuts leading to crumbling school buildings, overcrowded classes and chronic staff shortages. Other complaints point to a lack of resources to deal with the now frequent heatwaves that make classrooms intolerable in May and June, and the unfairness of an opaque, algorithmically driven selection process for universities.