An Interview with Maria Jordan on the French and Venezuelan Education Systems // Part 2: Primary School

Maria Jordan is an educator and a Spanish teacher in Bordeaux, France

Building upon Maria Jordan’s observations on the similarities and differences and between pre-schools in France and Venezuela, Maria continues on to compare and contrast her experiences with primary schools in both countries up until high school.  

In primary school in France, there is an emphasis on writing in perfect cursive. There is such a strong focus from an early age in France that often students will stick with cursive into high school where it is no longer required of them, many even into adulthood.  

Growing up in Venezuela, Maria learned cursive as a kid but stopped using this style of writing around 13 or 14 because there was much more liberty to choose in that sense in Venezuela. Conversely in France, many people learn cursive as a requirement for so long that they do not get out of the habit and stick with this type of writing. A large portion of the French population writes in cursive which is very indicative of the education system and the emphasis placed on cursive early on.  

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