Clément Bénech, national repudiation

Fresh out of the «Institut» mold, young Romain d'Astéries is about to start his first school year, his mind full of pioneering pedagogical concepts that he's just waiting to apply. When a bug turns everything upside down.

After successfully passing the competitive exam to join the French National Education System, Romain d’Astéries has only one thing on his mind: to go teach in French Guiana. Coming from a fairly well-off family, he wants to break with family traditions and the prevailing conformism. There’s no better way to do that than to head as far away as possible to put his new teaching methods to use.

With a strong application under his belt, Romain d’Astéries had it all planned out: he applied to a little-known school that was looking for teachers. He’s already telling his friends how he plans to trek through the jungle in the footsteps of the garimpeiros and travel down the fl