France
In France, the equivalent grade is the troisième or "3eme" and it is the final school year before high school. Students prepare an exam, called "Brevet National du Collège " (BNC). Then, if they succeed, they will get their first certificate.
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Famous quotes containing the word france:
“France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war!”
—Charles De Gaulle (1890–1970)
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets or steal bread.”
—Anatole France (1844–1924)
“Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in nineteenth-century France and England, or twentieth-century Russia and America.”
—Lillian Hellman (1907–1984)