13-year-olds told to pen own suicide notes in grim homework assignment

This teacher is getting an F for ... everything. An unnamed French instructor has been suspended after asking 13- and 14-year-old students to pen their own suicide notes for homework. It's a bit grim, even by French standards. "You've just turned 18 and have decided to end your life," read the assignment. "In setting out your self-portrait, you describe all the disgust you feel for yourself." One of the parents — who collectively complained about the project to school authorities — said her son's evaluation from the teacher read simply, "Not precise enough." [Source]

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