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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Hell no. I'd expect the BBC to put their own slant on it using the information available. The girls may not have wished to give interviews for example.
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Well I would. They show a bias towards the "
immigration is good" line of thought in my view. But it seems the headmaster did talk to the press, but the BBC either didn't interview him or chose not to report his comments. After what the Mail had said, if there was a different side to the story, and if it was to report on the story at all, I think the BBC had a duty as our publicly funded broadcaster to present both sides of the matter. There is no reason why the other children should have given interviews. They do of course have a right to their privacy if they and their parents want it. (And how do you know they were girls?)
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
You know of other cases where a local rag claims toy guns sold for £1.99 can kill or paralyse, where complaints have been raised by someone who just read the article and wished to set the record straight over the facts?
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We know it happens, but no one complained over the reporting of this case. And the anti-racist lobby is not normally reluctant to make capital out of those it thinks are racists.
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Are you not prepared to believe that the 14 year old is both a liar and a racist? If not, why not? Many 14 year olds are liars, many are racists, many are both. What's special about this girl that she can't possibly be either?
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I didn't say she couldn't possibly be either, and indeed I allowed for the fact that she could be, but you are not even willing to give her the benefit of the doubt despite the police, who take "hate crimes very seriously" dropping the case and no one saying that she was wrong in her assertion of the launguage barrier, not even via the BBC. Innocent until proven guilty in your eyes?
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
I've been put to work with a girl who had speach issues, she never spoke, the reason I was put with her was to try and bring her out of her shell because of the type of person I was, I wouldn't make fun of her, or ignore her, I'd coax her to speak, and it worked.
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That's very laudable, sincerely. May I ask in what capacity have you been working with her?
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Originally Posted by xaccers
What better way to help people if they have poor english skills to learn english than to work with english pupils in a discussion task? Or do you think they should integrate by being segregated in class? Would that be better?
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Integration into mainstream education is all very well for those with poor English skills, but it doesn't help the academic education of those who already speak English proficiently enough to understand the lesson. I don't believe segregation in schools helps community cohesion or integration, but schools are already becoming segregated anyway.
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That a 14 year old's comments led to her being arrested for a "hate crime" is depressing example of the political correctness affecting this country. Even if your preferred version of events is true, shouldn't this have been dealt with by a reasonable teacher or the headmaster alone? Did the school really need to involve the police?
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Originally Posted by freezin
Please clarify: If she had been honest, ie that she was expected to discuss a subject with a group of 5 others, only 1 of whom could speak English, do you think she acted reasonably in asking her teacher if she could change groups?
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