[romanP]

kenmore kenmore:

I keep saying it.. its the erosion of Canada. if we allow this type of thing to happen we will have a country that has a history nobody can remember and fragmented subcultural groups who have no allegiance to Canadian values. There are far too many people who are here ( and have been for years) who can't speak English or French and don't bother to because they don't have to. We have to take a stand or else we will be asking school boards to teach English.. getting way out of hand

So, tell me, how much Iroquois or Algonkian can you speak? No one ever taught me these languages in school. I feel that I'm missing a large part of Canadian history because of it.

[EyeBrock]

romanP romanP:

kenmore kenmore:

I keep saying it.. its the erosion of Canada. if we allow this type of thing to happen we will have a country that has a history nobody can remember and fragmented subcultural groups who have no allegiance to Canadian values. There are far too many people who are here ( and have been for years) who can't speak English or French and don't bother to because they don't have to. We have to take a stand or else we will be asking school boards to teach English.. getting way out of hand

So, tell me, how much Iroquois or Algonkian can you speak? No one ever taught me these languages in school. I feel that I'm missing a large part of Canadian history because of it.

I'm sure you can pick up a book and learn these on your own coin. If you were an immigrant we'd pay for it though...

[ShepherdsDog]

mots....one of the few words I know in Cree.

[EyeBrock]

I could run a good course in Mancunian English. Bollocks to yer 'ead you full-on wanker! Laters.

[romanP]

EyeBrock EyeBrock:

romanP romanP:

kenmore kenmore:

I keep saying it.. its the erosion of Canada. if we allow this type of thing to happen we will have a country that has a history nobody can remember and fragmented subcultural groups who have no allegiance to Canadian values. There are far too many people who are here ( and have been for years) who can't speak English or French and don't bother to because they don't have to. We have to take a stand or else we will be asking school boards to teach English.. getting way out of hand

So, tell me, how much Iroquois or Algonkian can you speak? No one ever taught me these languages in school. I feel that I'm missing a large part of Canadian history because of it.

I'm sure you can pick up a book and learn these on your own coin. If you were an immigrant we'd pay for it though...

I'm sure I could. That's not the point. kenmore says we lose our culture and history if we start learning other languages, which is not only patently false, it also ignores so many languages that are a part of Canadian history, of which most Canadians don't know even one word.

[bootlegga]

Lemmy Lemmy:

But if they're in Mandarin-immersion, they ALREADY KNOW English. I agree, way too many new arrivals don't learn English or French, but that's not what this thread is about. It's about IMMERSION programs. It's about "language OF instruction", not "language instruction".

Excellent point, however, it's lost on many in this thread.

[DerbyX]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Lemmy Lemmy:

But if they're in Mandarin-immersion, they ALREADY KNOW English. I agree, way too many new arrivals don't learn English or French, but that's not what this thread is about. It's about IMMERSION programs. It's about "language OF instruction", not "language instruction".

Excellent point, however, it's lost on many in this thread.

Facts and bigotry rarely go together.