Schools During The French Revolution

Chasing their dreams, French politicians introduced middle schools where French was to be taught. But this was not enough for them. The decree of 2 Thermidor stated that all the dialects were to be haunted down. But this decree didn’t last long, only a week after it was declared the law was repealed.

The efforts of politicians brought only disappointment. Population showed resistance, schools found it impossible to teach French due to lack of funds and teachers. In short, the language policy of the Revolution was neither consistent nor uniform, and was not always repressive of regional languages.

In 1799, famous Napoleon Bonaparte became a king through coup d’état. Trying to restore the order and authority, Napoleon restored the economy and financial situation of the country. He left the school to the church, which started teaching Latin once again. Those several efforts to promote French failed. French in schools decreased gradually, and in fact there were more Lain teachers than French. The State once again created organizations to keep watch over the French, Academie Francais was re-established, and simplicity alongside with distinction became the order of the day. All of this prevented the evolution of the language. The only thing that changed was the

The idea was liberal since everyone was welcome to come and learn French. Despite this, everyone who attended these schools were conservatives, since the French was based on the orthography of Academie francaise and the grammar written by the head professor of the Academie francaise or to the famous Grammaire française published by Royal Council of Public Education. Whole French speaking world used this book, that didn’t take into account the fluctuations of everyday language. Several attempts to simplify spelling failed, and standard modern French was established in 1850 when everybody in France started using middle class