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Thread ID: 116794	2011-03-20 21:16:00	Glide Time, or some other time?	tuiruru (12277)	PC World Chat

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1187822	2011-03-20 21:16:00	Last night on TVNZ there was this (tvnz.co.nz). Seems it was first signaled about six months ago (www.ourlanguages.net.au), so why the fuss now? Some might say, "Why the fuss at all?", bur I'm probably being unkind.	tuiruru (12277)
1187823	2011-03-20 21:41:00	Samoan is not an official language in NZ. If you wish to learn or teach it that is perfectly fine with me but like countless other hobby activities you do it at your personal expense not on the taxpayer.	CliveM (6007)
1187824	2011-03-20 21:58:00	Samoan is not an official language in NZ. If you wish to learn or teach it that is perfectly fine with me but like countless other hobby activities you do it at your personal expense not on the taxpayer. x10	johcar (6283)
1187825	2011-03-20 22:43:00	Samoan is not an official language in NZ. If you wish to learn or teach it that is perfectly fine with me but like countless other hobby activities you do it at your personal expense not on the taxpayer. Maybe it is not as simple as that, after all I presume pupils are not charged for text books at school if they opt to study German, French, Spanish or Japanese etc (at least I wouldn't think so, but you never know in this Rogernomics age).	Terry Porritt (14)
1187826	2011-03-21 21:15:00	I would have thought that if you wanted your children to speak your own language - whatever that may be - and you are passionate enough about keeping your own culture alive and want your children to know all there is to know about your own culture and language, then it should be, initially, your responsibility, not the schools. I have known many parents from many different European countries who, without help from the schools or anyone else, teach their children their language and culture. These people want to see their children with some appreciation of their culture and so make certain that their children learn about where they come from and all about their culture. If you are passionate enough about your own culture then it will not be an issue as to whether the government supports your culture by whatever means. If you want your children to know about where you came from and for them to learn the language, then you are the best person to teach them. If you are looking to the government to do it for you, then you obviously do not care enough.	Roscoe (6288)
1187827	2011-03-21 22:26:00	Maybe it is not as simple as that, after all I presume pupils are not charged for text books at school if they opt to study German, French, Spanish or Japanese etc (at least I wouldn't think so, but you never know in this Rogernomics age). Quite right, we don't want people paying for what they get. Seems ther are huge numbers who leave school bing unable to read or write, so lets give them more books.	Cicero (40)
1187828	2011-03-21 22:46:00	Things may have changed but we always paid for our text books at school. Otherwise they belonged to the school. What's wrong with each lesson being printed off and the children keeping each one in a folder? With very young children they could colour the pictures and learn the words. I am sure many of the parents would be able to help there. If they are involved there is usually more interest in knowing what the children are learning. I research and print off anything I am using for a student.	Marnie (4574)
1187829	2011-03-21 23:03:00	Things may have changed but we always paid for our text books at school. Otherwise they belonged to the school. We too, paid for our textbooks at school. And when you had finished with them you could onsell them. There was a big market for second hand textbooks. Perhaps they still do that?	Ulsterman (12815)
1187830	2011-03-21 23:32:00	Well, this is the 40s and 50s in UK, we never paid for text books or exercise books like the one below . School education was virtually totally free, unlike NZ . We paid an annual school fund fee of 5 pounds, and a very few out of school hours activities attracted a fee, but most outings like trips to Stratford Theatre, or tours around Oxford University, or to a stately home :) etc were free .	Terry Porritt (14)
1187831	2011-03-22 00:59:00	It was a long time ago but I seem to remember paying for textbooks then perhaps getting our money back when we handed them back. We did have to pay for our own writing books and stationery. It makes me wonder why use cannot be made of computers for learning languages. There are some language programmes available.	Bobh (5192)
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