Bracieux nine
college students received the National Order of Merit for their project around
the port of yellow reflective
vest.
Thursday, June 16,
Hubert school in Bracieux has hosted prestigious guests. Valerie Goff, academic
director of the department and Alain, Chief of Staff of the prefect, had
traveled to greet the “amazing work and smart" 9 students.
For over a year,
these college students and their history teacher, Romaric set up a project on
the promotion of wearing safety vest. “We were surrounded by
two professors of the college and then we got a grant from the Highway Safety
to help us finalize the project," says Camille, a student participating in
this production.
As a reward, they
received the National Order of Merit awarded by the medalists and departmental
chairman, Jean-Claude. “Now we will communicate this production to the national
jury of the Order of Merit in Paris. We truly support this project because it
is in time and we will do everything for it to go away, "says Jean-Claude.
Eight panels on a
wall tell the story of the yellow vest over the centuries. It is amazing
project Romaric and 9 of his students. “It was a kind of timeline incorporating
the yellow vest in paintings and texts of our history book" says Camille.
"A Citizens'
Agenda"
But basically, the
idea germinated in the head Romaric. The teacher wanted to start a project that
echoes an internal problem in college. “Many students ride bicycles or off the
bus without wearing a yellow vest, he says, so we already wanted to trigger
awareness in them.”
In depicting
characters from the middle Ages coating the yellow vest, Romaric has
integrated this item in history to "create a reflex" for these
college students. Professor promotes another type of prevention, bypassing the
awareness campaigns it deems ineffective.
This production,
own students, allowed them to “take ownership history “, adding a touch of
humor to the illuminations of the Middle Ages. What, hopefully, to get the
message to their peers.
