La Greve grave, or, Freefallin'

In case you know what that means...yes...France is, once again, on strike. All of it. Everything. No railways. No public service. No school.
No school = no credits.
no credits = I don't graduate early.
You're Welcome.
Thank France.

Ce lundi 26 janvier 2009, les dirigeants syndicaux appellent à la grève de tous les services publics et demandent la mobilisation du privé lors de la manifestation prévue le 29 janvier 2009 partout en France.

La journée de grève et les manifestations sont un “cri de colère” contre les mesures jugées insuffisantes par les organisations syndicales pour le plan de relance économique du gouvernement.

Il faudra s’attendre à une mobilisation plus importante encore que par le passé.

OR

This Monday January 26, 2009, the trade union leaders call with the strike of all the public services and ask for the mobilization of private at the time of the demonstration envisaged everywhere on January 29, 2009 in France. The day of strike and the demonstrations are a “cry of anger” against the measurements considered to be insufficient by the trade-union organizations for the economic revival program of the government. One will have to still expect a more important mobilization than in the past.

so...more than in 2005 when people were out of school for 3 months, you may ask...yes, friends, that is exactly what that means.

Pensons tout de suite à la reconduction de la grève pour gagner !

La grève du 29 janvier sera très suivie, certes. Mais nous le savons, elle ne suffira pas à obtenir satisfaction sur nos très nombreuses revendications, face à un gouvernement extrêmement solide et déterminé. Pour gagner, nous devons l'être autant, dans la solidarité et avec l'espoir de changer le cours de l'histoire ! Lors des AG du 29 janvier, votons la reconduction immédiate !

Let us think immediately of the renewal of the strike to gain! The strike of January 29 will be very followed, certainly. But let us know, it will not be enough to obtain satisfaction on our very many claims, vis-a-vis an extremely solid and given government. To gain, we must be as much in solidarity and with hope to change the course of history! At the time of AG (apres greve--after strike) of January 29, let us vote the immediate renewal!

So, when it is over, i could potentially be in a completely different school system anyway...

haha

this trip is starting to be just funny...