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Re:42 (school) by sebcat on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @05:35AM (#18281988)
> This seems to resonate well with the culture of piscines at 42

I do not understand this. What does "culture of piscines" mean? I assume it's not literally pool culture.

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Re:42 (school) by sildar on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @05:53AM (#18282059)
Piscines are intensive multi-days coding sessions that are predominant in these schools (selection for entry is done with those sessions as well).

This is to encourage the "get shit done" mantra of these schools.

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Re:42 (school) by baud147258 on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @10:58AM (#18283910)
It equates to (more or less) the method of teaching to swim by throwing them in a pool: swim or drown. In 42's case, it's code something or fail your class, but without any (or much) guidance, mostly in self-taught way.
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Re:42 (school) by onion90 on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @05:40AM (#18282010)
I think it refers to the culture of the first selection phase which is called 'la piscine'
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