[sammyg2]

Just as a summary, the french kids want a guaranteed job for life, even if they don't perform. They don't like the idea that they can get fired for not performing so they riot and burn.
Sounds reasonable, on some other planet.

When I was that age I got a job as a millwright and I worked my butt off doing the things the older guys didn't want to do. I made a point of working harder and faster than them, basically I earned my position. The company didn't want to fire me because I was worth as much as the other guys but my wage was a little lower. In a few years I was promoted to foreman and had the older guys working for me. If the french kids can't work hard and earn their keep, they don't deserve a job.