School is at once a place of hope, but it's also a laboratory that exposes our differences.

It is not just family that must transmit values, but school also.

School was always a major player in my personal journey. It allowed me to open up to the world, and also social mobility. It allowed me to enrich myself, to read, learn and understand.

The fact of leaving one's country, one's family, one's roots, can be painful. My father had already found his place, but for us, for my mother, it was very difficult to get our bearings.

Compared to some of our neighbours, it's not frowned upon to be a mother and work in France.

When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had successful paths - many have had a difficult, chaotic path.