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johnslat
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Old saying: you can lead a horse to water . . . . . . 
مكنك قيادة الحصان الى الماء ولكن لا يمكنك أن الشراب
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John |
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Zara461
Joined: 17 Nov 2012
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Location: 007-Kingdom
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| Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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Old saying: you can lead a horse to water . . . . . .
مكنك قيادة الحصان الى الماء ولكن لا يمكنك أن الشراب
Regards,
John |
Well, john, the new saying in the Magic Kingdom is:
You can Lead a camel to water, but you can't make him drink ! 
BTW, the Arabic translation you have used does not reflect the correct meaning of the proverb, it shoul be:
يمكنك قيادة الحصان الى الماء، لكنك لا يمكن أن تجعله يشرب الماء |
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johnslat
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Dear Zara461,
"BTW, the Arabic translation you have used does not reflect the correct meaning of the proverb"
That's it - I'm suing Google
Maybe one problem is that there's so little water in Saudi to lead them to.
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John |
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D. Merit
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| I was actually hoping someone would share a few tricks of the trade, i.e techniques and methods to get the Saudi student engaged and interested. After all, they are always saying "Teacher, it's not my fault", so obviously we are doing something wrong. |
In my ten years in gulf Arabia I've been struck, frankly, by how keen Arabs are to pass the buck.
Both students and colleagues seem to expend a lot of time playing the blame game.
People often seem to find it impossible to just say 'I was at fault there.' |
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scot47
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| Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 7:08 am Post subject: |
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| Denial of personal responsibility is at the core of the Saudi Worldview. "I did not do it. God did !" |
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