[Newsbot]

Title: Parents to ask B.C. school district to consider Mandarin immersion
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: WDHIII
Date: 2009-06-27 09:38:33
Canadian

[KorbenDeck]

"According to the group's proposal, "Richmond children will be most successful if they have the ability to communicate and understand the fellow citizens of our city."" Correct me if I am wrong but shouldn't "citizens" of the city be able to speak english?

[Brenda]

$1:

"Like my parents who immigrated to Canada to give us a better life, who knows if the tables might turn? We might immigrate back to Asia to give her a better opportunity, right?"

That is your own personal choice. Not for the schooldistrict to teach your children the language of your parents. That's up to you. Ya think my kids got taught English in Holland BECAUSE they were going to move to Canada? I don't think so either...

[martin14]

If you have ever been to Richmond, you would realize how wrong you are.

[kenmore]

There are only 2.... repeat 2 official languages in the Country .. English and French.. There is nothing wrong with learning any language, but it should be a private paid for course and not a school board cost. I am sure there are resources that one could avail themselves or their children of to learn Mandarin..
Learn what ever you want but if its not French or English don't expect my tax dollars to pay for it.

[saturn_656]

KorbenDeck KorbenDeck:

"According to the group's proposal, "Richmond children will be most successful if they have the ability to communicate and understand the fellow citizens of our city."" ?

How about English immersion instead?

[sandorski]

I wouldn't Oppose it. China will only become a ever larger Trading Partner. Best to be able to Communicate.

[commanderkai]

$1:

Patrick Kam told CBC News he hopes the program is in place in time for his now one-year-old daughter to start.

"Like my parents who immigrated to Canada to give us a better life, who knows if the tables might turn? We might immigrate back to Asia to give her a better opportunity, right?"

Wrong. Just wrong. If the tables turn, too bad. You came here because the the cards you were dealt allowed you to come to Canada. Her possibly leaving is not Canada's problem.

[saturn_656]

commanderkai commanderkai:

$1:

Patrick Kam told CBC News he hopes the program is in place in time for his now one-year-old daughter to start.

"Like my parents who immigrated to Canada to give us a better life, who knows if the tables might turn? We might immigrate back to Asia to give her a better opportunity, right?"

Wrong. Just wrong. If the tables turn, too bad. You came here because the the cards you were dealt allowed you to come to Canada. Her possibly leaving is not Canada's problem.

So he thinks that the Cansdian taxpayer should foot the bill to teach his daughter Mandarin so SHOULD she ever go back to China she would have better "opportunities"?

Um NO?

[KorbenDeck]

martin14 martin14:

If you have ever been to Richmond, you would realize how wrong you are.

I know I am wrong I go to Richmond a lot. It seems to me that spending money to create a new immersion program so that immigrants do not have to learn English in order to communicate is a bad idea. The solution is not to have children learn a foreign language its to have the people who speak a foreign language in Canada learn English (or French depending on where you are).

[sandorski]

commanderkai commanderkai:

$1:

Patrick Kam told CBC News he hopes the program is in place in time for his now one-year-old daughter to start.

"Like my parents who immigrated to Canada to give us a better life, who knows if the tables might turn? We might immigrate back to Asia to give her a better opportunity, right?"

Wrong. Just wrong. If the tables turn, too bad. You came here because the the cards you were dealt allowed you to come to Canada. Her possibly leaving is not Canada's problem.

Ya, I agree. There are legit reasons for such a Program, but that is definitely not one of them.

[Donny_Brasco]

kenmore kenmore:

There are only 2.... repeat 2 official languages in the Country .. English and French.. There is nothing wrong with learning any language, but it should be a private paid for course and not a school board cost. I am sure there are resources that one could avail themselves or their children of to learn Mandarin..
Learn what ever you want but if its not French or English don't expect my tax dollars to pay for it.

$1:

The proposal notes that a Mandarin program would be ineligible for government funding, so a "not-for-profit parent group" would fundraise to support the program.

Just imagine the huge advantage these people would have if they knew another language. I hope they go ahead.

[Donny_Brasco]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

commanderkai commanderkai:

$1:

Patrick Kam told CBC News he hopes the program is in place in time for his now one-year-old daughter to start.

"Like my parents who immigrated to Canada to give us a better life, who knows if the tables might turn? We might immigrate back to Asia to give her a better opportunity, right?"

Wrong. Just wrong. If the tables turn, too bad. You came here because the the cards you were dealt allowed you to come to Canada. Her possibly leaving is not Canada's problem.

So he thinks that the Cansdian taxpayer should foot the bill to teach his daughter Mandarin so SHOULD she ever go back to China she would have better "opportunities"?

Um NO?

Here is an idea, how anout readin the article before you get your white sheets in a knot.

$1:

The proposal notes that a Mandarin program would be ineligible for government funding, so a "not-for-profit parent group" would fundraise to support the program.

[Donny_Brasco]

KorbenDeck KorbenDeck:

martin14 martin14:

If you have ever been to Richmond, you would realize how wrong you are.

I know I am wrong I go to Richmond a lot. It seems to me that spending money to create a new immersion program so that immigrants do not have to learn English in order to communicate is a bad idea. The solution is not to have children learn a foreign language its to have the people who speak a foreign language in Canada learn English (or French depending on where you are).

Am I the only one who read this article?

$1:

The proposal notes that a Mandarin program would be ineligible for government funding, so a "not-for-profit parent group" would fundraise to support the program.

[Scape]

They need Punjabi as well. In BC, Mandarin, Cantonese and Punjabi is spoken far more then French or German.