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A hillarious argument for non-Western English teachers-JAD

 
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in_seoul_2003



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:46 pm    Post subject: A hillarious argument for non-Western English teachers-JAD Reply with quote

"filipino americans score the highest on the SAT Verbal in America out of any ethnicity.

i think filipinos would be good. sucks they were colonized by spain for so long, but i guess if a benefit of getting colonized by a western country means they can teach english in korea, then i guess at least something good came out of it."

Ummm.... the Philippines was indeed colonized by Spain, BUT Spain was not then, and is not now, an English speaking country so how on earth would colonization by a non-English speaking country qualify one to teach English? 400 years of Spanish colonization would be about as good for English speaking in the Philippines as it would be in Mexico.

This poster seems to be misplacing the source of the relative proficiency in English of Filipinos. The fact is that the Philippines was also colonized by America in 1896. And they, not Spain, was the result of the English we now see in the Philippines.

I don't care if Filipinos teach English but, man, what a silly argument. Can you guess who made it?


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Newbie



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Could it possibly be the same guy who thinks we'd be entertained by seeing a 60 year old raped; or thinks that we actually give a rats ass about whom white girls are dating?

I wonder what color the sky is in his world.


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in_seoul_2003



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Newbie wrote:
Could it possible be the same guy who thinks we'd be entertained by seeing a 60 year old rapes; or thinks that we actually give a rats ass about whom white girls are dating?

I wonder what color the sky is in his world.


Indeed. Ironically, for this posters argument, the Anglicisation of the Philippines didn't begin until Spanish colonization ended, and that was Just Another Day in the long history of Filipino colonization.
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hari seldon



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:36 pm    Post subject: Re: A hillarious argument for non-Western English teachers-J Reply with quote

in_seoul_2003 wrote:
"filipino americans score the highest on the SAT Verbal in America out of any ethnicity...
You won't find any statistics to support the claim because it's untrue. It's a lie.
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Rumple



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:24 am    Post subject: Re: A hillarious argument for non-Western English teachers-J Reply with quote

hari seldon wrote:
in_seoul_2003 wrote:
"filipino americans score the highest on the SAT Verbal in America out of any ethnicity...
You won't find any statistics to support the claim because it's untrue. It's a lie.


And hari defies you to prove otherwise. Laughing
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beachbumNC



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i kicked the shit out of the SAT verbal and i'm just a whiteboy from tobacco country.



the math section was a different story...
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in_seoul_2003



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:57 am    Post subject: Re: A hillarious argument for non-Western English teachers-J Reply with quote

Rumple wrote:
hari seldon wrote:
in_seoul_2003 wrote:
"filipino americans score the highest on the SAT Verbal in America out of any ethnicity...
You won't find any statistics to support the claim because it's untrue. It's a lie.


And hari defies you to prove otherwise. Laughing


I wouldn't defy it because I didn't make it. The quote was lifted from Just Another Day in another thread.

Perhaps, if he's not to busy fantasizing about white women, he can swing by and explain to us how 400 years of Spanish colonization would translate into good English skills.
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suneV



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:10 pm    Post subject: Re: A hillarious argument for non-Western English teachers-J Reply with quote

in_seoul_2003 wrote:
Rumple wrote:
hari seldon wrote:
in_seoul_2003 wrote:
"filipino americans score the highest on the SAT Verbal in America out of any ethnicity...
You won't find any statistics to support the claim because it's untrue. It's a lie.


And hari defies you to prove otherwise. Laughing


I wouldn't defy it because I didn't make it. The quote was lifted from Just Another Day in another thread.

Perhaps, if he's not to busy fantasizing about white women, he can swing by and explain to us how 400 years of Spanish colonization would translate into good English skills.


I'm sincerely praying for the sake of his eternal soul that he has something better to do. And I'm not even slightly religious.
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Rumple



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:23 pm    Post subject: Re: A hillarious argument for non-Western English teachers-J Reply with quote

in_seoul_2003 wrote:
Rumple wrote:
hari seldon wrote:
in_seoul_2003 wrote:
"filipino americans score the highest on the SAT Verbal in America out of any ethnicity...
You won't find any statistics to support the claim because it's untrue. It's a lie.


And hari defies you to prove otherwise. :lol:


I wouldn't defy it because I didn't make it. The quote was lifted from Just Another Day in another thread.


You're not hari. Hari said "it's untrue. It's a lie." and I said "and hari defies you to prove otherwise" in reference to hari's statement, not yours.
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CentralCali



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I want to know how Filipino-Americans' skills on a test in America relates to the skills of Filipinos from the Philippines.

I'd also like to know how the OP missed the roughly 100 years of colonization of the Philippines by the United States.
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hari seldon



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CentralCali wrote:
I want to know how Filipino-Americans' skills on a test in America relates to the skills of Filipinos from the Philippines...
We both know it has absolutely zero relevance.
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