The number of underage french girls who are suicidal and hurting themselves is rising extremely fast. Experts are worried.

kwero@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 19 hours ago

vorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 2 hours ago

France has objectively not great schools but also very high inequality of access to the top schools:

And choosing your path in life is a very early choice and most if not all alternatives to the path to the top are dead ends (not literally but it takes a lot more time to catch up which costs extra money that people may not have): https://www.franceinfo.fr/societe/education/parcoursup/parcoursup/manque-d-informations-choix-trop-precoces-inegalites-quatre-chiffres-a-retenir-d-une-etude-sur-l-orientation-des-jeunes_7289151.html

Sorry all the sources are in French, DeepL does a good job usually, if you have questions I may be able to shed some light on stuff.