Emmanuel Macron: the funny secrets of his former teacher: Femme Actuelle The MAG

What can President Emmanuel Macron and writer Edouard Louis have in common? At first glance, not much, but the similarities between the two men, aged 43 and 28, are nevertheless numerous. By bringing their Two French youths in Picardy (between Amiens and Vimeu) a few years apart, Hervé Algalarrondo evokes a common destiny: "Tear themselves away from their city, their childhoods, their families" for “Flee to the capital” and finally, "fulfill their personal destiny and make a name for themselves. ” For his book, Two French youths, published on January 20, 2021 by Grasset, the journalist, who has long worked for the Obs, crisscrossed Picardy, which he knows well, found the former teachers of Emmanuel and Edouard, but also “Very close or old friends”, to finally discover “The little-known stories and dreams of our young Rastignac.” And the confessions of the current head of state's former professors are tasty to say the least.

"My little encyclopedia": the nickname given to Emmanuel Macron by his former teacher

"After his very slight delay in learning to read, Emmanuel will, on the contrary, excel throughout his schooling in Picardy", writes Hervé Algalarrondo. “For that an essential reason (…) He, him, a private tutor permanently available, Controller (his darling grandmother, editor's note), still and always (…) Alain Brard 'was lucky', that's how he puts it some thirty years later, to have Emmanuel as a student at the primary school on rue Delpech and he remembers it very well. (…) Alain Brard liked to put glue on the pupils, who had to find the answers at home: ‘When he came back, he always had them all. He said, I did this with my grandmother. She was in the cultural bath. "Alain Brard called Emmanuel" my little encyclopedia ":" He read a lot, brought books to class, everything interested him. His culture was significantly above average. In French he was excellent, the texts he wrote were very rich. "" His only weakness? Mathematics. If we can however speak of "weakness"… since the future President was still bringing home 18/20 in this matter.

"In 20 years, he's the best student I've had"

Despite his level, Emmanuel Macron has never jumped from class. His former teacher Alain Brard explains: “At the time, the teachers were not very supportive. And then Emmanuel was born quite at the end of the year, he would have been almost two years early. " The teacher, obviously very complimentary about the husband of Brigitte Macron, who was herself Emmanuel's former French teacher, adds: “In twenty years at Delpech, he is the best student I have had, the one who marked me the most. After his visit, when there was a very good element, we said to each other among colleagues, he is strong, but not as strong as Emmanuel (…) He did not roll mechanics, like some cracks. He was a good, curly kid, not very tall, who couldn't stand his classmates not doing like him. He asked, what can we do to make others understand better? " Alain Brard concludes: It didn’t surprise me that he became President. And I do not have not more surprised by his relationship with Brigitte. After class he always had a question, he was talking almost on an equal footing with me. But with respect. ”

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