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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Lets not foget, I know some people would like to, that children born to immigrants will grow up learning english and so won't have a problem at school.
Sorry, was that too obvious?
me283, sorry, I mean JackB, so easy to get you two mixed up, your son said he hadn't learnt much at school because the teacher was dealing with other kids?
Hell, that's school for you.
I didn't learn much in some lessons because of the less intelligent kids.
Thankfully, we had things called school books, which we were supposed to learn from, rather than being dictated to by a teacher and just regurgitate things parrot fashion, but hey, maybe your school doesn't do that.
What did the head teacher say when you discussed it with them?
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Xaccers, for a start who is me283?
I was speaking about a problem in schools with children who don't speak English. I've read some stories of teachers resorting to sign language to try and communicate. If the class are supposed to be listening to the teacher and she breaks off to try and explain what she's talking about to some other children, where does that leave the rest of the class?
You make school sound like it's a case of sitting at a desk reading all day. When I went to school we communicated with our teachers.