This article examines the letter that the pupils of an occupational high-school wrote to the President during the riots in 2005. The study shows that this political act was induced by several factors, including the political climate, the school context, the characteristics of the actors concerned, and certain logics on which the media function and of which they were largely unaware. Three positions regarding this letter are highlighted. The analysis shows that the way in which a political statement is made by actors with little political involvement varies within certain limits, depending on the situation.