On Tuesday, October 6, early in the morning, a police car was seen on Boulevard de la Victoire as a yellow bin moved toward the entrance of Insa, an engineering school in Strasbourg. Around fifty people had gathered to block the institution, using gates and pallets to create barriers. Many wore masks and scarves to conceal their faces. A small woman passing by the crowd remarked, "Well, it's started!" Camille, a student at Insa and a member of the student union Poing levé, explained that the mobilization was meant to show unwavering support for high school students, whom she described as "our little brothers and sisters." She added that the students were standing up because they wanted to ensure that high school students would continue their studies after them. Beside her, Axel, another Insa student, expressed nervousness: "We are writing the history of this engineering school." Camille noted that even during the May 1968 protests, there had never been a mobilization at Insa. "Our parents are indignant," she said. A few hundred meters away, the same scene of yellow bins was repeated, with the entrances to the Lebel Institute, the chemistry faculty, and the Patio all blocked. First-year bachelor's students Pia and Léandre expressed concern after having been pursued by the police earlier in the morning. Léandre said, "We are mobilizing peacefully, and on the other side, it's direct repression. For us, it has become a normality. But our parents are indignant at seeing the government only repressing us." Pia feared that the mobilization would not lead to any change "even though the whole of France is mobilizing." For this biology student, the movement could not end before "a serious budget proposal for the renovation of high schools" and a real increase in the budget for the National Education. Pia indignantly stated, "We are mobilizing and we learn that more teacher positions will be eliminated. The government mentions the elimination of the one-euro meal for all at university restaurants. It's a disgrace!" She added, "A government that listens to us is more of a dream." At the Marie Curie High School in Strasbourg, it was not students or high school students blocking the entrance but a dozen teachers wearing white scarves on their arms. They had planned to exchange with their mobilized students that morning. A teacher explained, "It is important to listen to them and to tell them that we share their concerns and some of their demands." Shared objectives included the number of students per class, the condition of the building, Parcoursup, and the lack of teachers. A teacher added, "It is a sense of unease that has crystallized over the past ten years among our students." Colleagues expressed astonishment "by the government's response, which only represses youth." Another mobilized teacher said, "I'm glad to see that the young people are not letting themselves be pushed around. It has been too long since we have not been heard." The teachers questioned whether classes could soon resume and what their expectations were regarding the movement. For the entire group, the days ahead seemed very uncertain: "Today, returning to normality no longer seems possible," estimated a teacher. "But the hope for change seems unrealistic. Hope has been killed a long time ago. A government that listens to us is more of a dream." At the same time, in the city center, dozens of students blocked the annex of the Fustel High School in Coulanges, which was scheduled to open on October 6, including to host preparatory class courses. Young people sat to study together while others discussed the day's mobilization. The mobilization had already had the effect of closing most of the Strasbourg high schools, as in many French cities. A situation that nevertheless testifies to the government's anxiety in the face of this movement it had not anticipated.