Word: baccalaureat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...boys and the almost audible straining of their minds. Beset with bourrage (cramming), they wearily carve on their desks such mottoes as "Work is a sacred thing; better not touch it," and with good reason. Most French lycées span seven years, the goal being two baccalaureat exams for university entrance at the level of U.S. college sophomores. But getting educated is a lot tougher at Louis-le-grand. It now specializes largely in three postgraduate years for boys aiming to enter the much harder grandes écoles, particularly the Ecole Normale Supérieure, France...