 Parents to ask B.C. school district to consider Mandarin immersion A group of parents in Richmond, B.C., will be taking a proposal for Mandarin immersion to the school board on June 29.Commentsview comments in forum You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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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...
Learn what ever you want but if its not French or English don't expect my tax dollars to pay for it.
"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?
"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.
"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?
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).
"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.
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.
Just imagine the huge advantage these people would have if they knew another language. I hope they go ahead.
"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.
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?