MONTREAL – As a requirement for many universities in Quebec, tens of thousands of students have started their annual protest internships to complete their degrees.
Quebec students must spend at least 100 hours protesting some social cause they heard about on Twitter in addition to blocking major traffic arteries and yelling a lot.
“This year, I decided to take the austerity internship to get the sufficient credits to graduate.” said UdeM sociology student Catherine Fournier while holding a sign that read ‘À bas l’austérité’. “This is the only place where my degree will teach me about about unlawful arrest, groupthink and slogan-making. These are real skills I intend to apply in my everyday life when I don’t get my own way.”
The topics students can protest-intern on range from refusing to pay the nearly-free Quebec tuition fees to protecting the endangered brown marmorated stink bug.
“I’m doing my co-op by demanding a moratorium on fossil fuel developments,” explained Concordia student Craig Boudreau. “I’m not exactly sure what that means, but I intend on appearing that I’m passionate about it so I get extra credit.”
At press time, a riot broke out after angry students determined that they were being exploited as unpaid protesting interns.
