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Monday, March 19, 2007 11:18 PM

CERES


There's been a lot of comment in UK newspapers about the necessity of learning Mandarin but I thought this piece from Sian Griffiths in the Sunday Times March 18th summed it up well.

'There are 300 state schools already teaching Mandarin and goodness knows how many private ones. Several have made it compulsory, including the fee-paying Brighton college -where even three-year-olds get classes in Chinese -Kingsford community state school in east London and Oxford high school. The last is building two sister schools in Shanghai -one of which is a campus complete with mini Oxford colleges. Felicity Lusk, the head teacher, is planning exchange visits for her Oxford girls.

From being an exotic rarity a few years ago, every other family you now speak to has a child starting the subject. It's a revolution in our curriculum, and last week a report for the government added to the momentum by suggesting Mandarin should be an option for all seven-year-olds.'

Now I've just got to get learning it myself.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007 1:02 AM

FILLYGIRL

Operative: "Its worse than you know..." Mal: "It usually is."


I would like to try to speak it, but I know writting it would be very hard. Joss is soo smart!



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...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007 1:24 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.


I remember reading somewhere last year that Mandarin is one of the fastest growing languages on the planet. I had considered learning Spanish, but I am leaning toward Mandarin now.

Anyone else learning?

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007 1:37 AM

DARKFLY


dude don't you get it apart from JOSS having an IQ of 3000 he also has the power to influence governments its probably cause he found out the government were hiding something.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007 1:53 AM

CERES


Or it's River - she's playing with their brains

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