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Article #1286Re: Federal hirings: 71% francophone, promotions: 68% francophone
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Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 21:11
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 21:11
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> > before I started taking Spanish classes. And then move onto the
"Romance
> > Languages" retarded stepchild.....German. I've never heard such a
brutal
> > sounding language, although there are a few very interesting
> characterictics
> > to it.
> >
> Look, you just commented on your top rant with the bottom and answered
your
> own question.
>
> If you would have learned French in your youth, you would have saved
> thousands of dollars today learning Spanish, it would have taken a
fraction
> of time to learn.
Or the Government could have made it possible for me to learn Spanish or
German or Italian instead. Languages that I am actually interested in. I
have never had any real desire to learn French. What's the cost of putting
30 kids into a French class......with only 10 of them actually wanting to be
there? It's a huge waste of money in my opinion. Many people don't even
want to learn a second language. (Or third, or fourth....) I would guess
that with the money being put into French Classes across Canada, schools
could teach a fairly wide variety of languages to students who actually want
to learn them. Opt in, Opt out.
> But alas, in your minds French is useless.
Nope, not really. All languages can be useful. But forcing them onto
people who really don't want to learn IS a waste.
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