A review by kikiandarrowsfishshelf
The Class by Francois Begaudeau

4.0

I read this after seeing the movie. It is wonderful to read a book that presents an unromantic view of a classroom (and too see that copiers are not out to get my school in particular. It apparently is a global problem). The Class seems to be a rather honest account of what occurs in a classroom and in schools in general. The book is forthright in showing when teachers and students make mistakes. It does help to have some working knowledge of French, if just to understand why teachers are upset when a students uses "tu" and not "vous". A knowledge of football (soccer) helps as well. The style is different, but the reader gets use to it very quickly.