France's baccalaureate: The hardest high school exam in the world?
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For many French people, passing the national end-of-high-school exam, known as the Baccalaureate or Bac, is an important rite of passage. The French love to brag about the Bac and how tough it is because that implies that French schoolchildren are smart. But with so many people passing the diploma, has it lost its value? The government recently completely reformed the Bac to make it a "springboard to success". Time will tell whether it retains its egalitarian - albeit stressful - appeal.
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France: We have the hardest high school exam in the world
China, Korea:
It used to be really hard. But its easy today. The level of education has fallen dramatically in france.
10th board exam
India
@@NannoLove india chuthmarani country
@@NannoLove india ma math easy hotha ha dushra desh aayo sa
"The bac has never been canceled!" 2020 had it canceled 😂
And so has 2021. 🤣🤣🤣.
In Romania it wasn't canceled even in 2020 and 2021
@@cddum4992 :'l
The video is 4 years old
"Young people are attached to the idea of a final exam."
No, we're not.
😂😂
The difference between the bac, a levels and act is that with the bac and a levels you dont pass you dont leave school. ACT and SAT is optional. Some states in the us do have exit exams though
yeah in New Jersey. we have Exit Exams. we also have exit Exams for Junior High too. :/
Mrc le corona il sauve des vies
Mdr de fou
Oui
When my French husband tried to explain to me how hard his exam was, as a Chinese, I just smile at him.
Of course, everything that might be hard, Chinese peoples do it harder and they're very strong at this. Typical of French that like to complain nowadays :P
wOw fLeX
I mean right now nearly everyone passes the baccalauréat, it's almost given to any student who listens in class.
However, at least the bac isn't some multiple choice questions.
Well, I took and passed the bac back at the end of the 90s. I got 18/20 in maths. ~ 2 years ago, I took the Chinese Gaokao exam for fun (only the maths exam), and I smiled. If my memory serves me right, it is easier than the French maths exam I took as a Terminal S student. I know that the Chinese like to brag but come on... Now, honestly, the Baccalaureate is more accessible than in the past. To compare apples with apples, we should compare Classe Préparatoire Maths Sup/Spé (France) and the equivalent curriculum in China.
Also a difference between le bac and some other exam around the world is that it's not multiple-choice questionnaires like I think the USA have and maybe Korea too. I'm not saying their exams is not hard (especially for Korea) but there is a difference in the way that you learn and how you can anticipate the questions. A lot of questions don't have one answer and I think that's what makes it "hard".
Yes
So you're saying there is no MC for math or science problems? French markers must rly love doing their job hahahaha
Bac2021 vous êtes là ?
Oui xD
Mdrrrr gravee ouais
Bac2022 la..
5eme 🌚
harder than SAT but nothing compared to Gaokao
SAT is easy, and Gaokao is nothing compared to ENEM
@@Thiago-pc7vk ENEM is harder than Gaokao ? In what subjects ? because I've never heard of ENEM, if you can tell me please 🙂
The "Bac" was not created by Napoleon. Before the revolution, university students took the examination to become a bachelor of letters at the end of their first year. When schools were reopened after the revolution, the baccalaureate was shifted back to the end of school to become the entrance exam for the new University of France. But there were still bachelor's exams at university for those studying theology and law, before they went on to graduate with a licence.
English Intl Baccalaureat gave me PTSD. Got held back after mental health issues from transferring in 3e. Had to pass the brevet first
Imagine being in a third world country who has the same education system as France and the teachers are not well formed to do their work so you find yourself stuck..
Makes sense for "recommended career for each student" though.
These terms are so beautiful.
BAC used to be hard. 40 years ago. Today, its a breeze if you are an average student.
Lol, I was in my twenties, and I told my aunt that "wow, today, I just felt like I was in K-12 again!"
And my aunt was like, "Oh. Um... I have no idea."
The Bac exam is is also found in north African countries except Egypt..and it is really hard since it covers all subjects taken in high schools such as foreign languages philosophy history and geography religious sceiences, etc...and you have to answer questions in forms of paragraphs essays and mathematical analysis
sounds like stress - what you do not want in your kid.
They should ask more current-events questions.
Because Stanford students actually read SO much (including daily articles about business, technology, government, and international issues).
Five majors.
Rolland Garros.
Have Portuguese, Arabic, and Russian.
The Baccalaureate is really tough but is quite cool for the Francophone Nations.
However the Gakao from China is still is the most complex Leaving exam in the world.
I disgress with the situation that you are discussing on this channel on this 2020 TV Channel.
Maybe for a junior-high student.
Life is crazy.
You mean we have to choose wisely or widely?
However I took the University exams back in the year 2003 and the year 2004 and the year 2005.
If there is an international school that teaches the french bac outside of france, lets say korea, will they still teach everything in French?
Gone the chapter titles.
:x
Ahahahahha d'ou c'est le plus dur du monde??? C'est donné le bac
t'as eu le bac quand?
C'est sûr que si tu l'as eu cette année ça à pas dû être très dur pour toi
At 4:13 he's saying that he stressed out because he didn't do anything all year, not that he didn't do anything all year because he was stressed out haha 😭
Passed them years ago. Used to be 2 exams. Bac 1 et Bac 2. Complete waste of time.
My grandma is a dragon, monkey, and piggie.
She's like, "Ugh... I don't even know if I'll be alive when you finally get a career."
so, how can i escape time?
The ‘hardest exam in the world’. As a French person doing the French exams, they’re not even a third as difficult as the English A levels, let alone the Chinese and Indian exams smh.
They used to be challenging and were known to be so not what they have become "just a paper".
even American AP exams are harder now lol, I transferred from school in france to a school in the US & optional classes like AP Chemistry and AP Physics C are more difficult than the classes in France. then again, the required classes and SAT for graduation are a lot easier than the ones in France - it's the optional classes that are harder.
What about kenya's highschool national exam(kcse)....you will know what exam is....
It's actually not that had if you compare it with other countries.
Kcse is considered somewhere between GCSEs and A levels in difficulty around the level of an AS level in the UK. But the Bac is considered equal to the IB Diploma and A levels. I say IB first because it also requires a breadth of knowledge while A level requires specialization in 4-3 subjects. All KCSE, A levels, IB and the French Bac are taken at 18 but KCSE is significantly easier. That's also why European countries need you to take a foundation year if you only have KCSE while they recognise the rest.
@@reagancapwell685 ouch you got him!
Come to India , study icse . Real fun would come there , you would get goosebumps whole night by just seeing first page of physics book. We study 11 subjects and give there exams in just 1 year . Each subject has 15-18 chapters and almost you have to study 300 pages !!!. History , geography , science- physics , chemistry ,biology , maths , English first language , are all compulsory .
Which Board are you talking about ? CBSE has only 5 subjects in AISSCE.
icse student here and it aint hard
I think they don't know about IIT in INDIA .
And upsc.. Is hard of you Indians if I'm not wrong
As a Moroccan engineering student studying in France, i can totally tell that moroccan Baccalaureate is by far harder than the French one in Mathematics and physics. I had to spend a year at engineering school doing things i had already done during high school.
But that is sad that in developping countries, the level isn't recognized at all.
Au Maroc ce n'est pas si compliqué que tu le dis (ana mghribi).
Tu es dans quelle école d'ingénieur ?
Quand ? Dans les années 60, 70, 80 etc ?
When? In the 60s, 70s, 80s etc?
@@michellemobakeng5938 pretty much every year
in france we say "the bac is watter" but yes it s the hardest exam in the world xd
I hope that this will be imposed in the Philippines.
😂 Try IIT-JEE... Everything else will look peanuts
UPSC xd
😂😂 After trying both of this exams they'll give up on their lives!! xD
Lmfaoo yess
"hardest high school exam" ? I think they forgot IIT-JEE in India and Gaokao in China
There are French communities around the world for example in Bagdad.
This video is 30 years late.
An idea is having umbrella terms like
- "Biological Sciences,"
- "Physical Sciences,"
- "Computer Information Systems,"
- "French, Social Studies," and
- "French, Language Arts."
Stand out in recruitment.
Down with the Harvard buddies.
JEE NEET ?! ANYONE'S FROM INDIA?
Yep lol. These exams are so easy compared to here. I gave gre without studying and i was like wtf? Half of the questions i solved in my mind. Lol
Je pense qu'il faut faire la meme chose que Canada. On a tout nos cours puis a la fin d'année on a un examen en chaque cours. C'est super facile mais ca depend de les cours que vous choisit. Ca vous prepare pour touts que tu veux. Si tu veux être un prof tu choisi les maths ou si tu veux être vétérinaire tu fais tes science et la zoology. Et c pas super difficile de changer ce que vous voulez faire plus tard. C triste de voir tout ces enfants qui passe pas le bac parce que il y a trop de stresse ( a cause de tout le monde des dernière 200 années) mais en le Canada en stresse juste un peu seulement si vous n'etes pas un étudiant super. Jai beaucoup plus des criticisme pour l'education national mais c bon pour maintenant.
aussi désolée pour les faut d'orthographe
donne une like si vous êtes d'accord avec moi
On a aussi ça en France, mais c'est à l'université.
Le Bac est là pour s'assurer qu'on sache faire un minimum de tout (Maths, Physique, Biologie, Sport, Philosophie etc.).
Par exemple moi j'avais pris la filière scientifique pour le lycée, donc j'ai eu mon Bac S, et par contre à l'université j'ai décidé d'aller en fac d'anglais parce que c'était plus facile.
Mais j'ai toujours en tête les principes de physique que j'ai appris et ça peut me servir assez souvent dans la vie de tous les jours.
Can you translate pls.. I was keen to know what you wrote but its in French 💀
@liam1610 liam1610 oh thank you so much stranger :).. Well I'm a Canadian too but I'll start learning French this year..
Still I really appreciate your gesture.
Once again thanks
It's too much arrogance for those who failed.
Man shut up commenting 85 times
HI
Bonjour
imagine being french
yeah imagine *sweat in french*
There are a lot of sweet French please 😩
Five-majors for males (because of Rolland Garros).
Terminal Romance?
Plus d’égalité maintenant
The worst educational system in history!
Indian education system is gross too lmao.. My friend studies there.. Lmao sh-ty fr
FRENCH BAC IS EASY... EDUCATION LEVEL IS RIDICULOUSLY LOW
Wrong.
@@jeaneloi4624 sorry to break your superiority dream... French education level is ridiculously low
stop the cap you got a lot a things to learn to pass the bac
ok einstein
I'm sorry, it's not. I bet that education exams in South Korea and others have there share of "tough"
I once studied in Zambia and 🤣 yea it was toughhhhhh. At 12 I would study as though I was passing my Bac
Seriously
Yes exactly, you’re french student ?
YAY.
Cool commercials without California memories.
Retake the failed.
Reset the statistics.
Cambridge be like :🤦♂️🤣🤣🤣
these annoying asians in the comments, literally nobody cares if your tests are harder
L makes sense (white knight).
Is Bac[k].
LeBron reinactment.
Are you sérieuse ...
What about study in china or japan 😐😐
Lmao thats what I was saying lol
They have questions with answers to choose in Japan !! The answers is literally in front of their eyes it’s not that hard we don’t have this in France 😃
@@leafranc3394 va au Japon tu verras la pression 😂😂
Le Bac the hardest exam in the world ?😂😂
Are you french?
“Very most stressful”? I guess English isn’t her native language.
Because they have to compete with Africans...
The worst educational system in history!