Compulsory Maori for teachers

[Banditbandit]

You sure about that?
I say teach him how to bark like a dog, say "Seig Heil" and to make gang signs...

You think he should learn German ???? But that's no use since they lost the war ..

[tigertim20]

What a wasste of money. What use is that going to be? Much better to make Mandarin a compulsory cause for students. Thats a language that will actually be of use in their future. Wish I could have learned it at school.

But compulsory maori? About as useful as learning Egyptian hieroglyphics.

I have to agree, and Ive been syaing the same thing for years. I can see why they might want us to learn about maori culture, it is part of our past so fair enough, but I dont see the need to learn the language.

[{.bLanK}G_o_D]

Before we start thinking about teaching a second language, how about we teach our kids to speak English properly first?
I'd rather teach my kids Klingon!

Fucking darkies are getting more cheeky every year.

[nzmikey]

In other news, Shrek the sheep died last week. His Hangi will be held tomorrow.

Does that mean i get a week off so i can morn him & the other crap that goes on ??

[brendonjw]

Back in school my intermediate teacher taught us Spanish instead of Maori as she could see it being a lot more usefull in the real world and doing business (this was a school in south auckland as well) and I have to agree with her, something like Spanish, Manderine or French would be a lot more useful in todays world. If a language was gonig to be made compulsary i would say one of those would be the better ones. As a side point most the other students who dont have english as a first language seem to get on fine at school so i dont see why we have to force teachers to learn Maori..

[superman]

How many more people who get degrees to become teachers are going to run away now...

[imdying]

How many more people who get degrees to become teachers are going to run away now...

I wouldn't think very many, and probably no loss. Bullshitting and taking the mick out of the natives aside, it's hardly the end of the world.

[XxKiTtiExX]

You sure about that?
I say teach him how to bark like a dog, say "Seig Heil" and to make gang signs...

Sounds very, very familiar!!!!!

[The Stranger:Me]

I hope they are in jobs earning enough money to support whitey in his old age ...

Tongue in cheek I see. You better hope that last whitey is one rich mother fucker cause he's going to have one hell of a dole, treaty settlement and DPB bill to pay. Best you look after them well whilst you got the chance.

[MSTRS:Me]

Sounds very, very familiar!!!!!

You spend a lot of time outside courthouses?

It's actually quite an achievement, you know. Being tri-lingual and all. Two spoken AND sign language as well.

[XxKiTtiExX]

You spend a lot of time outside courthouses?

It's actually quite an achievement, you know. Being tri-lingual and all. Two spoken AND sign language as well.

I saw an article in regards to the brainless twat that barked and did the old sieg heil at the judge lmfao

[spookytooth]

it will be the Polynesian workers (Māori and Pasifika) who will be paying taxes money .

Now theres a sentence i have never seen before and don't expect to see again in a long time

[The Stranger:Me]

Ok, speaking as one who speaks only one language, so I can't says I'm all knowledgable in this area.
But as I see it the world is about communication. The pen being mightier than the sword etc.

Does it do any harm to expand one's ability to communicate? Different languages have different ideas and concepts and allow to communicate ideas in different ways. Is this bad?

Some people communicate with their fist - they tend to wind up in jail. Why not allow for and provide an alternative way for them to communicate that doesn't rely on fists? Would that not be better for both the perp, the victim and the community?

Now not being a rocket surgeon and all, but I strongly suspect that ANY knowledge and ANY learning is in general good for the brain. So on this front can it really be bad to learn another language? I tend to think not and I can't say I've ever regretted gaining knowledge or understanding and I'd like to think learning keeps me sane and rational.

So one can argue the merrits of learning different languages, but in the end is it not generally beneficial that people learn this one anyway?

So to all you whiteys out there bleating about this - are you sure it's not a knee jerk racism bleat?

[schrodingers cat]

What next FFS?

Next they'll expect teachers to be competant users of English

Right, off to slap some aloe vera on my neck - must have caught too much sun

[Shadowjack]

Next they'll expect teachers to be competant users of English

If it hadn't been in the context shown above, and not to be picky, but:
competent?

And has far as the thread goes, what's with all the negative reaction to learning one of NZ's official languages? It couldn't possibly be fear of the unknown, surely, because we are talking about our neighbours, friends, and families, aren't we?