Bérengère Dubus responded to Aïcha that she acknowledged the initial inequalities related particularly to the parents' education level, their command of the language, and the books read to the children. However, she rejected the idea of addressing these gaps by preventing certain students from progressing or lowering the overall level. According to her, if students were no longer differentiated by knowledge and common tests, dossiers, schools, social codes, and relationships would carry more weight, benefiting those who already possessed these codes. Dubus presented the progression of studies from one generation to the next as the principle of republican merit and suggested that Aïcha could pass on to her children what her parents had not been able to give her. She warned her against elected officials who, in her view, were mocking her, and stated that while Aïcha was losing school days, the students from the Catholic private schools she mentioned continued to study. Dubus added that Aïcha's life could be easier than her parents' lives, and her children's lives could be easier than hers, if she did not give up. Finally, she wrote that those who told her she could not go as far because of her starting point were lying to her and that her future was not already written. #Éducation #MériteRépublicain #Inspiration (translated)
