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herman · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:42 pm Post subject:

AsiaTraveller,

Either he 1) blew his cover, 2) somehow thought of himself as his friend and switched to first person accidently, or 3) he cut and paste from his friend's e-mail.

Good you pointed out the inconsistency; I was a bit confused myself.
But just take it easy!

AsiaTraveller · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:24 pm Post subject:

herman,

I'm taking it very "easy." I always do. Especially when we're having fun.

Cool

prplfairy · Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 102

So he was trying to pass off his problem as that of a "friend" and wasn't careful enough to conceal it in all his posts. Who cares?

ChrisRose · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 427 Location: Hong Kong

The point raised about international schools / finacle and social issues is a very valid one.

However it is more that just international schools, it is EMI / CMI.

Yesterday, as I waited for the lift, a Chinese female student buckling under the weight of new text books got in.

I always peek at the books students are carrying. All the books were in chinese. So chances are she goes to a CMI school.

One one hand, I was impressed with teh appearance of quality fo the books, although you can't judge a book by it's cover.

I thought what a hard working student, so much to read. Then I pondered, in a CMI, she probbably just studies English as a subject.

Whilst she will have excellent subject knowledge, judging by the number of books she is carrying..... she may find herself restricted to work in a supporting role in her carreer .

The reason being that fluent English is now a true social divider.

This beign said , I do not under estimate the value and importance of Mandarin, nor do I know anythign about her abilities in English.

Just I find it sad that the EMB don't allow students themslevels to choose the medium of instruction in schools.