The fight to make the French language kinder to women took steps forward, and back, this week. Warning that the well-being of France and its future are at stake, the government banned the use in schools of a method increasingly used by some French speakers to make the language more inclusive by feminizing some words.…
In the French language, steps forward and back for women
By JOHN LEICESTERMay 8, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this April, 26, 2021 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron talks with a pupil during a visit with French Education, Youth and Sports Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, right, in a school in Melun, south of Paris. The ministry of education this week banned the use in schools of an increasingly widespread method to make French more inclusive by feminizing some words. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
FILE - In this April, 26, 2021 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron talks with a pupil during a visit with French Education, Youth and Sports Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, right, in a school in Melun, south of Paris. The ministry of education this week banned the use in schools of an increasingly widespread method to make French more inclusive by feminizing some words. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
Georgia passes a bill to teach high school students about crypto
March 12, 2021
The lower chamber of Georgia passed the bill in a vote of 169:2 on March 8.
The bill has been forwarded to the Senate for further deliberation.
If the bill becomes law, high schoolers will start studying crypto in the 2021-2022 school year.
The Georgia House of Representatives has passed a bill that will see state education officers introduce crypto studies in the high school curriculum. A report unveiled this news on March 12, noting that the lower chamber of Georgia passed this bill on March 8. Out of the 171 representatives, only two voted against the bill. Reportedly, six Republican candidates sponsored this bill on March 1, and public records indicate that it has been forwarded to the Senate for further consideration.