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So you've got nothing to add. Again.Yeah mate. That was your whole post.
You responded. What was the point?To what? Your suggestion? Or to your statement about education?
You're just another virtue signaller who considers Aboriginals to be nothing more an anthropological exhibit. Shame on you.To point out how ridiculous you were being.
But that was the point. To get a reaction.
Good times.
Shut up then.Great, so happy to tell all the whining non entities upset about Australia day to shut up then?
Dunno what celebrating the founding of a prison colony in NSW has to do with Australia but I think you are right about increasing High School graduation rates. So we should make sure we teach English as a second (or third) language in remote indigenous communities and teach "Aboriginal English" which is a local dialect usually, in areas where local blackfellas no longer speak traditional languages when young indigenous kids start their schooling.Maybe there could be a trade off. Increase Aboriginal high school graduation rates in return for a change of date.
I've worked alongside an Indian fellow, an engineer,
So Indian engineer gets best job in the world.Last I heard he'd moved to Sydney to work on a chocolate factory floor.
Its literally the reality.Really.
And when they leave school, what sort of work is going to be available to them if their horizons have been broadened enough for them not to want to live in isolated communities any more?
One of the most difficult thing facing immigrants when they try to find work in Australia is a lack of aptitude for the language. Fully qualified doctors and engineers end up in low paying service or factory work because they can't communicate effectively. I've worked alongside an Indian fellow, an engineer, who managed a power station in his home country, but his accent was so broad he was virtually incomprehensible at times. Started out in a customer service role in utilities based on his experience with the subject, couldn't hold that down because people would hang up thinking they were talking to someone in India and couldn't understand what he was saying, and then he was moved to an entry-level admin position. Last I heard he'd moved to Sydney to work on a chocolate factory floor.
And your "solution" to keep Aboriginal kids in school is to teach them in a language which is not applicable to the outside world? What choices will they have, post-schooling?
I suppose we can hope they're good enough at kicking a footy around to open some doors.
Shut up then.
I'm not saying don't teach them how to use English properly. Only an idiot would think that. But if you want anyone to learn English properly then teach them in the language they learned first
You just did.Silly little Balatron, Im rather happy with Australia day. I'm not running around like a half blind gerbil with a bachelor of origami whining about "invasion day"
In what writing?
You are whining about it. Australia Day includes all the debate about Australia Day. Part of the bewdy of living in Orstraya meds.Silly little Balatron, Im rather happy with Australia day. I'm not running around like a half blind gerbil with a bachelor of origami whining about "invasion day"
In what writing?
Dunno. Not a linguist. Maybe something like:
Australia Day includes all the debate about Australia Day.
On the sherry early today mate?
Do you use your avatar to clean up after you speak?Thats the flog version.
Do you use your avatar to clean up after you speak?
You are a pustulent irrelevance enswathed in presumptive pomposity.Dont tell me, another Arts grad bitter with life.
Dunno what celebrating the founding of a prison colony in NSW has to do with Australia but I think you are right about increasing High School graduation rates. So we should make sure we teach English as a second (or third) language in remote indigenous communities and teach "Aboriginal English" which is a local dialect usually, in areas where local blackfellas no longer speak traditional languages when young indigenous kids start their schooling.
This more than anything else will encourage indigenous kids to stay at school for the duration.