tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post116073210352082156..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: You're NickedKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1161799968673028342006-10-25T19:12:00.000+01:002006-10-25T19:12:00.000+01:00Please tell me this is satire or some kind of work...Please tell me this is satire or some kind of work of fiction!<BR/><BR/>Sadly, once again, truth is stranger than fiction... <BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6047514.stmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1161796153309404662006-10-25T18:09:00.000+01:002006-10-25T18:09:00.000+01:00DocBud,The Welsh scenario does sound odd I admit a...DocBud,<BR/><BR/>The Welsh scenario does sound odd I admit and the Welsh language is a bit 'lite', to use a modern techno derivation, in words for certain things and yes I know it sound very weird BUT since the schools were quite exclusive, due to the language rules, the level of education obtained was, apparently, very high. Certainly when compared to most schools in the surrounding area. Apparently those who worked in Bristol found it worth commuting across the bridges every day rather than have their offspring in schools in Avon.<BR/><BR/>The information may bo wrong now but it was certainly the case about 10 years or so ago.<BR/><BR/>As for my "thirdly" ...<BR/><BR/>a. My education was so poor I can't count.<BR/><BR/>b. My age is such that I can't count any more.<BR/><BR/>c. I thought of something else as I wrote and forgot to go back and change my first line.<BR/><BR/>d. I thought of something else as I wrote and could not be bothered to go backa and change the first line.<BR/><BR/>e. it is a test of Ken's readership to see if anyone notices.<BR/><BR/><BR/>You can pick one or more of a. through e. - they probably all apply.<BR/><BR/>Now, had I gone to a Welsh school ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1161783876118053682006-10-25T14:44:00.000+01:002006-10-25T14:44:00.000+01:00"Please tell me this is satire or some kind of wor..."Please tell me this is satire or some kind of work of fiction"<BR/><BR/>Alas,no. This is what George Orwell was warning us about in his book '1984' albeit 12 years later than he suggested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1161782301639850862006-10-25T14:18:00.000+01:002006-10-25T14:18:00.000+01:00By the way, Grant, when I received my education en...By the way, Grant, when I received my education entirely through the medium of English, other than French and Latin, "two observations" tended to preclude the use of "thirdly".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1161782075251652612006-10-25T14:14:00.000+01:002006-10-25T14:14:00.000+01:00Quite clearly, English people mad enough to want t...Quite clearly, English people mad enough to want to move to Wales would not be refugees. If the school they choose for their offspring is Welsh speaking then they would be obliged to bring their children's Welsh proficiency up to the required standard at their expense before they could attend the school so as not to disadvantage the existing pupils.<BR/><BR/>I can't imagine why any English person would want to endure the hostility of living in Wales and to saddle their children with a useless language when they can move to parts of England where the education is of a very high standard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1161780736522307642006-10-25T13:52:00.000+01:002006-10-25T13:52:00.000+01:00Two observations.Firstly is is clearly absurd to f...Two observations.<BR/><BR/>Firstly is is clearly absurd to follow through with any prosecution based on the story as presented so far. Or indeed any variant of it come to that. The other students were probably quite pleased to get rid of someone who did not speak their language.<BR/><BR/>Secondly Codie's parents SHOULD be prosecuted for lumbering her with such a silly name.<BR/><BR/>Thirdly some of the English only arguments might be considered a bit suspect when a number of English parents move to Wales mainly to have their offspring educated using 'the medium of Welsh' on the basis that the education available is better. <BR/><BR/>Does that make them refugees? Would the exisiting student have problems with newcomers who only speak English?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1161763976554467932006-10-25T09:12:00.000+01:002006-10-25T09:12:00.000+01:00Please tell me this is satire or some kind of work...Please tell me this is satire or some kind of work of fiction!<BR/><BR/>I'm having trouble believing it!<BR/><BR/>I don't want to believe it!Oswald Bastablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1161729552785939722006-10-24T23:39:00.000+01:002006-10-24T23:39:00.000+01:00All children in mainstream, state schools should b...All children in mainstream, state schools should be able to receive instruction in English.<BR/><BR/>Every pupil in such a school should have the right to receive instruction in English without the standard of teaching being impaired by the presence of pupils (or teachers for that matter)incapable of adequately conversing in English.<BR/><BR/>For children of refugees, the state should provide free, accelerated English teaching to bring them up to scratch. This benfits the the children and their future classmates.<BR/><BR/>For voluntary immigrants, they should pay for private English lessons to bring their children up to a certain standard before their children can be admitted to state schools or pay for private education in their own language. The latter is clearly less desirable from an integration perspective but could be appropriate in certain circumstances (e.g. the child has nearly finshed school and intends to return to home country) and far be it for others to prescribe (nanny) immigrants in to how best lead their lives when this doesn't impinge on the rights of others, as sending a non-English speaking pupil to an English state school does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1161707013394798922006-10-24T17:23:00.000+01:002006-10-24T17:23:00.000+01:00"Her crime?Refusing to sit with a group of Asian s..."Her crime?<BR/><BR/>Refusing to sit with a group of Asian students, because some of them didn't speak English."<BR/><BR/>Just as a small point of clarification, the article indicated that her crime was not so much REFUSING to sit with Asian students as REQUESTING to be seated with English speaking students. That, at least, is the impression I got from the article. Evidently, that request was enough to brand her as dangerous hate-monger in need of confinement. The world has taken an ominous turn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1161693571794739592006-10-24T13:39:00.000+01:002006-10-24T13:39:00.000+01:00What's the betting that, although it's clearly obv...What's the betting that, although it's clearly obvious the poor girl has been 'punished' enough, the school will force her into a week's worth of internal exclusion? I can just see it happening.<BR/><BR/>Christ, they expect us to be omnilingual now? What the fuck next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1161689895285205392006-10-24T12:38:00.000+01:002006-10-24T12:38:00.000+01:00Without a word of a lie, this kind of thing makes ...Without a word of a lie, this kind of thing makes me want to vomit blood! If I were a member of that girl's family I'd be seeking legal advice on suing/prosecuting everyone involved in that debacle. <BR/><BR/>The scuffers commit an abhorrence against a young girl for allegedly daring to commit thoughtcrime against a minority yet they can't be ar$ed to even turn out when someone is being robbed, burgled or beaten. <BR/><BR/>I notice also that the rules don't apply to 'minorities'. Has anything been done about the rabble who were inciting murder outside Westminster Abbey last week? Nah. Thought not. <BR/><BR/>I've had enough of this toilet of a country. This isn't nannying it's beyond that - it's plain despicable. I'm off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com