Topic awaiting preservation: Canadian language policy for dogs...

This would be fun, if it wasn't so sad.. (oh, wait.. it still kind of fun).


A blind english student in Canada is suspended from class since he's speaking french with his guiding dog!
Apparently only the english language is permitted in the classroom..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3874819.stm

Not that I know why he should talk to his dog during class, but this is still very eerie.. You have to wonder what kind of moron would try to enforce such a rule under these circumstances...



(Edited by Nimraw on 07-08-2004 09:16)

The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action.
We have done so.
Now Tyberius Prime expects him to start complaining that we removed his 'free speech' since this message will replace all of his posts, past and future.
Don't follow his example - seek real life help first.

Insanity..

Anyway, it's fixed. They backed off. His dog can go to class

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040708.wxdog08/BNStory/National/

Amerasu |

When I heard this yesterday I couldn't believe it. Muddled thinking at its finest. "Made in Canada EH!" lol.

Perhaps the best line. (amerasu link above)

quote:

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Prof. McIntyre, a law professor and director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa, questioned the university's argument that it was compromising the success of its English-immersion program. ?That sounds pretty dogmatic to me.?

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What the story doesn't capture is what the student was actually saying in French.

Roughly translated it went something like this:

"Good boy. Now drop another steaming pile of turd on Prof. Higgin's Desk. Ah...there you go....good pup"

I got this from a reliable source.

I'm thinking about teaching this doberman im gettin in a few weeks in German. Comes in really handy around crowds because then he only understands German. And very few people could manipulate him them.


-=BmF=- Clan

quote:

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The University of New Brunswick has always insisted English must be the only language spoken during its five-week summer programme.

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Isn't programme a French word? Or is that a typo?

They really mention it's in Canada a lot, don't they? Excessively, IMO.

Also, in every movie involving a University I've ever seen, it's mostly just people sitting down then writing notes for the entire course of the class--how would a blind individual be able to write notes? On a computer? What if they were 1 key to the left by accident--hell I make that mistake being able to see my keyboard and what I write!

As a small side-note: that dog knows more French than I do--and I spent 4 years learning it in school.

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Hey, I talk to my dog all the time and my professor doesn't seem to mind, but then again...maybe there is a reason for that?