is a French philosopher who teaches in high school and college, and the founder of several Montessori schools. She regularly speaks on French radio stations France Inter and RTL, as well as on the podcast she started in 2020, “Philosophy is sexy”. She's also the author of When You Kant Figure It Out, Ask a Philosopher: Timeless Wisdom for Modern Dilemmas (Little, Brown Spark, 2019).
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For the following youngsters, aged 20 to 23, the pandemic has posed a range of professional difficulties. How has this multifaceted crisis affected their ambition? Were they ever forced to give up, adapt, or did it only strengthen their resolve... Philosopher Marie Robert reacts to their stories. Here, Paméla explains how her frustration at not being able to travel reinforced her desire to leave.
Find the other testimonies and Marie Robert’s thoughts here:
➤ Laurie, 22, nursing student.
➤ Mathias, 20, wildlife protection student.
➤ Gaëlle, 23, graphic designer.
➤ Justine, 21, social and economic administration student.
Testimony collected by Samuel Lacroix
Commentary collected by Anne-Sophie Moreau
Paméla, 22, business student:
“As soon as possible, I'd like to go and live abroad again”
“I'm 22 years old and study at the Skema Business School in Lille. I'm currently on a gap year, doing an internship in logistics, in Geneva.
I really would have loved to do an internship outside the European Union – in January 2020 I had already gone to Shanghai for my next semester, but had to come home prematurely due to Covid. I loved the few weeks I spent there. It was my first time abroad and made me realise just how little I knew about the world, how much I wanted to venture beyond what I know. As soon as possible, I'd like to go back there, and also discover other countries – something I wasn't particularly interested in before the pandemic. For me it's a matter of personal and professional interest: I think that the fact that someone has found a way to travel despite the opening and closing of borders could reflect a certain determination in the eyes of a recruiter. For me, it was hard being cooped up at home after discovering a country that had made me want to t
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