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Kitty Sayers
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- 1UK and France teach protest rights very differently, writer argues●As Kitty Sayers argues, the UK's relationship to protest & the French attitude are very different & likely down to the m
Writer Kitty Sayers argues that Britain and France hold sharply different attitudes to protest, rooted in how schools teach it: in France, the right to protest is part of the political curriculum, while in the UK it is not. The claim has drawn attention among readers debating protest culture and civic education in the two countries.
- 2Why French students protest while British students stay quiet▼Angry French students take to the streets. British students don’t – and I think I know why
A Guardian opinion piece by Kitty Sayers, a journalism master's student, argues that French students take to the streets in protest while British students largely do not. Drawing on her upbringing in France, she credits the French education system, which teaches children about the nation's revolutionary roots and the state's responsibility towards its citizens, for fostering a culture of protest.