Even m&ds in Mudland know which language is useless. No wonder Sinkieland does not give a fuck about the national language.

[A Singaporean]

 

[syed putra]

This is just a chinese propaganda.

 

[winners]

I think whoami is not going to like this, but personally, I think the world will have no choice but to get to embrace China going ahead. However, only if Winnie will be replaced with a more level headed and not power hungry leader, China can then be slowly accepted by the world community. For the benefit of those who don't have the Straits Times subscription, here's the text.

KUALA LUMPUR - Seven-year-old Damian Mikail Mohd Khairul Anwar sometimes thinks out loud in Mandarin, making his mum chuckle.
The boy, who is from a conservative Malay family, is attending a Chinese vernacular school in Subang Jaya, in Selangor, where all of the subjects are taught in Mandarin, except for Bahasa Melayu, English and Islamic studies.
Vernacular schools, which use Chinese or Tamil as the medium of instruction, are also funded by the government.
"I want my son to be accepting of others. What better way than to let him go to a Chinese school and learn Mandarin? This is also to prepare him for his future, seeing how China is the biggest economic player," Madam Asmah told The Straits Times.
"I know we can send him to a tuition centre or enrol him in a course, but he won't be able to master it (Mandarin) in terms of speech, reading and writing. If he enters a Chinese school, he will be using the language in his everyday life and he would be able to broaden his mind," she added.
Madam Asmah appears to have no regrets whatsoever about the decision, saying that not only has her son's ability in the language improved so has his behaviour and the family's relationship with the general Chinese community.


"We don't speak Mandarin, so we have trouble helping our son with his homework. But our Chinese neighbours are always so quick to jump in to help. There's also a Chinese uncle who would help Damian brush up his skills by speaking to him every day," she said.
"Knowing their language is like going the extra mile to get to know them and because of that, they're willing to go the extra mile for you. Damian is also very punctual and disciplined now. I'm grateful," she said.
Damian is part of a growing number of Malay students who are attending Chinese vernacular schools.
In reply to a question in Parliament on Nov 11, Education Minister Radzi Jidin disclosed that more non-Chinese students are enrolling in Chinese vernacular schools, with Malays making up 15.33 per cent of the number in 2020, an increase from the 9.15 per cent in 2010.
National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) secretary-general Harry Tan believes interracial marriages has been partly responsible for more Malay students in Chinese schools.
"It could also be that the parents see that there is a prospect in learning an extra language. With China being the new economic giant, they feel that job prospects can be better. In addition, many parents view the strength in the vernacular schools is in mathematics," he told The Straits Times.
Parent Action Group for Education president Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim said the failure to fulfil the demand for Mandarin teachers at national Malay-medium schools could have also contributed to the trend.
Former deputy education minister Teoh Nie Ching said the lack of Mandarin classes in Malay-medium national schools was due to the high cost of training teachers.
"Chinese language is getting more and more popular among the non-native speakers. Many Malay-medium national schools have asked for Mandarin classes to be opened.
"At the moment, Mandarin teachers are receiving their training at Beijing Foreign Studies University for five years before they're required to undergo another training to prepare them to be a teacher. The government pays for their tuition fees and living expenses there. This is very costly," she said.
"We can definitely train teachers to teach Mandarin as a second language locally to reduce the cost of training them overseas. But (there's) no such plan yet," she said.
More on this topic
More Malaysian Malays studying in Chinese primary schools today versus a decade ago
Malaysian Muslim students hold protest against Chinese education group over Jawi writing
The subject of vernacular schools has always been a hot-button issue in Malaysia, with many politicians and non-governmental organisations using them as a political tool.
There have been repeated calls for them to be abolished. Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Senator Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal, who is also Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia's youth chief, was among the latest to make such a call.
On Aug 26, just days before the country's national day, he said his party's youth wing continued to support abolishing vernacular schools because they did not produce students with a "strong national identity".
He later backtracked and said vernacular schools should be nationalised.
Over the years, several lawsuits have also been filed by Malay NGOs, seeking to declare the existence of such schools as unconstitutional.
But Madam Rashitha A. Hamid, who has enrolled her nine-year-old daughter in a Chinese vernacular school, said there was no reason for such schools to be closed because, at the end of the day, the only difference was the medium of instruction.
"We still learn English and Bahasa Melayu in vernacular schools. Perhaps some Malay extremists feel insecure. When you talk about togetherness, it lies within us. There's no guarantee that Malay-medium national schools really promote unity. I'm speaking from my personal experience," she said.

Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/s...-sending-their-children-to-chinese-vernacular

 

[syed putra]

I think whoami is not going to like this, but personally, I think the world will have no choice but to get to embrace China going ahead. However, only if Winnie will be replaced with a more level headed and not power hungry leader, China can then be slowly accepted by the world community. For the benefit of those who don't have the Straits Times subscription, here's the text.


Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/s...-sending-their-children-to-chinese-vernacular

China was doing fine before Nazi Xi came to power.
He even planned the ouster of Bo Xilai, the favourite to be leader.
Chongqing became prosperous because of Bo even if its situated inland. It had proper public housing.

 

[whoami]

I think whoami is not going to like this, but personally, I think the world will have no choice but to get to embrace China going ahead. However, only if Winnie will be replaced with a more level headed and not power hungry leader, China can then be slowly accepted by the world community. For the benefit of those who don't have the Straits Times subscription, here's the text.


Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/s...-sending-their-children-to-chinese-vernacular

Tere is no harm learning foreign languages. One of my nephews took up Mandarin as a 2nd language. Its always an asset. But at home speak ur mother tongue i.e. Malay.

 

[syed putra]

If speak chinese maybe can get discount in geylang.

 

[Leongsam]

More important to learn Maori so that you can understand why it's OK to eat each other.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/115818497/why-learing-te-reo-maori-is-important

Maori cannibalism widespread but ignored, academic says
14:43, Jan 31 2009


Maori cannibalism was widespread throughout New Zealand until the mid 1800s but has largely been ignored in history books, says the author of a new book released this week.

Paul Moon said his new book, This Horrid Practice, looked at the Maori tradition of eating each other in what was a particularly violent society before Europeans arrived in New Zealand.

Cannibalism lasted for several hundred years until the 1830s although there were a few isolated cases after that, said Professor Moon, a Pakeha history professor at Te Ara Poutama, the Maori Development Unit at the Auckland University of Technology.

He also said infanticide was also widely practised because tribes wanted men to be warriors and mothers often killed their female daughters by smothering them or pushing a finger through the soft tissue of the skull to kill them immediately.

He said the widespread practice of cannibalism was not a food issue but people were eaten often as part of a post-battle rage. Enemies were often captured and killed later to be eaten or killed because of a minor transgression.

"Rather than disposing of the body it was prepared to be eaten,'' he said.

Part of the practice was also to send a warning to other tribes.

"One of the arguments is really if you want to punish your enemy killing them is not enough. If you can chop them up and eat them and turn them into excrement that is the greatest humiliation you can impose on them.''

Prof Moon said historians often said Maori were not cannibals and based their findings on European standards.

"The amount of evidence is so overwhelming it would be unfair to pretend it didn't happen. It is too important to ignore,'' said Prof Moon.

The head of the Maori Studies Department at Auckland University, Professor Margaret Mutu, who had not read Prof Moon's book, said cannibalism was widespread throughout New Zealand.

"It was definitely there. It's recorded in all sorts of ways in our histories and traditions, a lot of place names refer to it.

"It was part of our culture.''

She said Maori cannibalism was not referred to by many historians because it was counter to English culture.

"You will get your English-based historians who come out of an English culture who don't understand it and avoid it because they don't understand it.
"If you don't understand it you're risking misinterpreting it badly if you try to address it.''

Prof Mutu said she knew of no Pakeha historians who knew how to balance parts of the Maori culture they could not see an equivalent to in the English culture.
"If you don't understand the things you are talking about you take one hell of a risk.''

She said Prof Moon did not understand the history of cannibalism and it was "very, very hard for a Pakeha to get it right on these things especially when they don't know how to interrogate it from within the culture and interrogating it from within the culture means interrogating it from within the language.

"He is braver than I would be,'' she said.

- NZPA

 

[nightsafari]

More important to learn Maori so that you can understand why it's OK to eat each other.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/115818497/why-learing-te-reo-maori-is-important

Maori cannibalism widespread but ignored, academic says
14:43, Jan 31 2009


Maori cannibalism was widespread throughout New Zealand until the mid 1800s but has largely been ignored in history books, says the author of a new book released this week.

Paul Moon said his new book, This Horrid Practice, looked at the Maori tradition of eating each other in what was a particularly violent society before Europeans arrived in New Zealand.

Cannibalism lasted for several hundred years until the 1830s although there were a few isolated cases after that, said Professor Moon, a Pakeha history professor at Te Ara Poutama, the Maori Development Unit at the Auckland University of Technology.

He also said infanticide was also widely practised because tribes wanted men to be warriors and mothers often killed their female daughters by smothering them or pushing a finger through the soft tissue of the skull to kill them immediately.

He said the widespread practice of cannibalism was not a food issue but people were eaten often as part of a post-battle rage. Enemies were often captured and killed later to be eaten or killed because of a minor transgression.

"Rather than disposing of the body it was prepared to be eaten,'' he said.

Part of the practice was also to send a warning to other tribes.

"One of the arguments is really if you want to punish your enemy killing them is not enough. If you can chop them up and eat them and turn them into excrement that is the greatest humiliation you can impose on them.''

Prof Moon said historians often said Maori were not cannibals and based their findings on European standards.

"The amount of evidence is so overwhelming it would be unfair to pretend it didn't happen. It is too important to ignore,'' said Prof Moon.

The head of the Maori Studies Department at Auckland University, Professor Margaret Mutu, who had not read Prof Moon's book, said cannibalism was widespread throughout New Zealand.

"It was definitely there. It's recorded in all sorts of ways in our histories and traditions, a lot of place names refer to it.

"It was part of our culture.''

She said Maori cannibalism was not referred to by many historians because it was counter to English culture.

"You will get your English-based historians who come out of an English culture who don't understand it and avoid it because they don't understand it.
"If you don't understand it you're risking misinterpreting it badly if you try to address it.''

Prof Mutu said she knew of no Pakeha historians who knew how to balance parts of the Maori culture they could not see an equivalent to in the English culture.
"If you don't understand the things you are talking about you take one hell of a risk.''

She said Prof Moon did not understand the history of cannibalism and it was "very, very hard for a Pakeha to get it right on these things especially when they don't know how to interrogate it from within the culture and interrogating it from within the culture means interrogating it from within the language.

"He is braver than I would be,'' she said.

- NZPA

My conjecture is that cannibalism for the Maori's was more about warfare than diet. If my memory is not as scrambled as it sometimes is, I remember something about stealing the defeated warriors "skills" or "energy". In other words, they didn't make a total meal out of the defeated, but ate a couple of parts or so to gain some of his attributes.

 

[syed putra]

It could be due to the harsh weather. Other polynesuan groups do not behave like this.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Why no emphasis on engrand language as 1st language and cina as 2nd language like in singkieland? That way can deny mudlanders singkieland education unless they pay full fees like in kangaroo land?

 

[syed putra]

Why no emphasis on engrand language as 1st language and cina as 2nd language like in singkieland? That way can deny mudlanders singkieland education unless they pay full fees like in kangaroo land?

Hullo. Know which language is national language first. Cannot berbual, swim back to hainan island,

 

[Nice-Gook]

More important to learn Maori so that you can understand why it's OK to eat each other.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/115818497/why-learing-te-reo-maori-is-important

Maori cannibalism widespread but ignored, academic says
14:43, Jan 31 2009


Maori cannibalism was widespread throughout New Zealand until the mid 1800s but has largely been ignored in history books, says the author of a new book released this week.

Paul Moon said his new book, This Horrid Practice, looked at the Maori tradition of eating each other in what was a particularly violent society before Europeans arrived in New Zealand.

Cannibalism lasted for several hundred years until the 1830s although there were a few isolated cases after that, said Professor Moon, a Pakeha history professor at Te Ara Poutama, the Maori Development Unit at the Auckland University of Technology.

He also said infanticide was also widely practised because tribes wanted men to be warriors and mothers often killed their female daughters by smothering them or pushing a finger through the soft tissue of the skull to kill them immediately.

He said the widespread practice of cannibalism was not a food issue but people were eaten often as part of a post-battle rage. Enemies were often captured and killed later to be eaten or killed because of a minor transgression.

"Rather than disposing of the body it was prepared to be eaten,'' he said.

Part of the practice was also to send a warning to other tribes.

"One of the arguments is really if you want to punish your enemy killing them is not enough. If you can chop them up and eat them and turn them into excrement that is the greatest humiliation you can impose on them.''

Prof Moon said historians often said Maori were not cannibals and based their findings on European standards.

"The amount of evidence is so overwhelming it would be unfair to pretend it didn't happen. It is too important to ignore,'' said Prof Moon.

The head of the Maori Studies Department at Auckland University, Professor Margaret Mutu, who had not read Prof Moon's book, said cannibalism was widespread throughout New Zealand.

"It was definitely there. It's recorded in all sorts of ways in our histories and traditions, a lot of place names refer to it.

"It was part of our culture.''

She said Maori cannibalism was not referred to by many historians because it was counter to English culture.

"You will get your English-based historians who come out of an English culture who don't understand it and avoid it because they don't understand it.
"If you don't understand it you're risking misinterpreting it badly if you try to address it.''

Prof Mutu said she knew of no Pakeha historians who knew how to balance parts of the Maori culture they could not see an equivalent to in the English culture.
"If you don't understand the things you are talking about you take one hell of a risk.''

She said Prof Moon did not understand the history of cannibalism and it was "very, very hard for a Pakeha to get it right on these things especially when they don't know how to interrogate it from within the culture and interrogating it from within the culture means interrogating it from within the language.

"He is braver than I would be,'' she said.

- NZPA

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism_in_China
In ancient China, for instance, human body parts would appear on Imperial menus.

At the height of the frenzy of China’s Cultural Revolution, victims were eaten at macabre “flesh banquets”, but 50 years after the turmoil began, the Communist Party is suppressing remembrance and historical reckoning of the era and its excesses.

https://www.google.com.sg/amp/s/m.h...ibalism/story-6hbxXBtvWf9LSIS0yaYlIM_amp.html

 

[syed putra]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism_in_China
In ancient China, for instance, human body parts would appear on Imperial menus.

At the height of the frenzy of China’s Cultural Revolution, victims were eaten at macabre “flesh banquets”, but 50 years after the turmoil began, the Communist Party is suppressing remembrance and historical reckoning of the era and its excesses.

https://www.google.com.sg/amp/s/m.h...ibalism/story-6hbxXBtvWf9LSIS0yaYlIM_amp.html

Maybe Maoris are related to chinese since their ancestors came from taiwan.

 

[Nice-Gook]

Maybe Maoris are related to chinese since their ancestors came from taiwan.

Chinese are related to Tamils according to DNA studies but donch noe how and where and where they strayed becoming cannibals

but ,then Susumu Ohno, a renowned linguist and classicist, came along and popularized the theory that Japanese was overwhelmingly influenced by Dravidian languages, particularly Tamil, brought to these shores some 2,000 years ago during the Yayoi Period (500 B.C. to 300 A.D.), when the Japanese began
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinio...language-influenced-by-tamil-the-war-goes-on/

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Hullo. Know which language is national language first. Cannot berbual, swim back to hainan island,

And yets m&ds now going to cina schools...national language indeed

 

[frenchbriefs]

These parents should come to sg and apply for citizenship,PAP would love them!!!

"I want my children to be accepting of others, especially China because China is an upcoming economic power"

Monayy Monday monnnayyyy. Monnnnay!!!!!!

Nobody likes the Chinese lol,not even Chinese themselves,they only want Chinese money......

Don't sell urself short,learning Chinese just for the sake of money....being a Chinese is filthy and most Chinese have superficial materialistic chinky mindsets.....I rather u sell ur body than pick up a uncouth coolie language.

There's no kids in the world that wants to learn Chinese language out of pure love or interest....Japanese yes,tons of people want to learn Japanese,or French or German hell even russian,more people wants to speak Russian

The only kids learning Chinese are those forced by their dumbass parents who are only concerned with one thing......

 

[ChristJohnny]

It is useless ... doesn't mean that you learned another language like English will makes you smarter. m&d with an IQ of 80++ will forever be a follower - a sad truth but truth nevertheless.

IQ and Race

 

[frenchbriefs]

It is useless ... doesn't mean that you learned another language like English will makes you smarter. m&d with an IQ of 80++ will forever be a follower - a sad truth but truth nevertheless.

IQ and Race
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They don't learn another language to be like them,they learn another language so u can suck up to the people with more money and hope some of that bling bling rubs off on u.

If Africans had tons of money we would all be speaking Afrikaans.

 

[amransan]

i just glad the country i in Mandarin is not necessary
here we all speak English to communicate
if i were to apply for a job HR never ask me if i can speak mandarin hehehe

cheers!

 

[whoami]

These parents should come to sg and apply for citizenship,PAP would love them!!!

"I want my children to be accepting of others, especially China because China is an upcoming economic power"

Monayy Monday monnnayyyy. Monnnnay!!!!!!

Nobody likes the Chinese lol,not even Chinese themselves,they only want Chinese money......

Don't sell urself short,learning Chinese just for the sake of money....being a Chinese is filthy and most Chinese have superficial materialistic chinky mindsets.....I rather u sell ur body than pick up a uncouth coolie language.

There's no kids in the world that wants to learn Chinese language out of pure love or interest....Japanese yes,tons of people want to learn Japanese,or French or German hell even russian,more people wants to speak Russian

The only kids learning Chinese are those forced by their dumbass parents who are only concerned with one thing......

My uncle told me he want his son to learn Mandarin not cos hes proud of the language but to ensure he wont be short change by cheena sinkies.