Re: Canada: an education superpower
 

I think that's about right. It's like thinking Flanders and Wallonia are both Belgium; people in one or both of them might disagree but the rest of the world will go along with it.

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Really? That sounds a smidge anecdotal/Geoff-hunch to me- how can you generalise like that? Stability of maintaining a job is way less in Canada
I presume you meant status...again- justify that comment please

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I like the statue idea personally.

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Very odd that...I had Stinkypup quoted but it was showing Snowy. I over-typed Snowy with Stinky and Snowy still showed up.

I edited again to say that I definitely had Stinky in there but Snowy was showing up and guess what. This time Stinky did show up. :confused:

Re: Canada: an education superpower
 

Yeah- the Stinky virus seems to be embedding on quite a few PCs at the moment- I would run an antivirus programme and that should clear me off the site.....


You wish :lol:

Re: Canada: an education superpower
 

I'm a UK teacher and have neither statues or status!

One of my cleverest kids recently asked me if Venice was a country, so I really don't think that their grasp of geography is any better than their Canadian counterparts! (Not my fault though.... I'm history not geography!!)

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I have some children who attended school in Canada. They complained relentlessly about history saying there really isn't any; it's the Plains of Abraham every year. I asked how come, since there's so little history, they didn't score 100% every time but that was thought unhelpful.

They did their parents proud, all getting through high school without being pregnant, but none of them knows Greek and only one Latin so I don't know that you could say they're educated.

Re: Canada: an education superpower
 

That rang a bell, (Canadian educated). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice

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I'd love to give her the benefit of the doubt but I really don't think she was referring to historical Venice! 😂
Top marks for combining the humanities though!!

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Not sure I'd be much help with the Greek and Latin... ancient languages aren't my strong point!
I am a little twitchy about the lack of history in schools, but my poor son gets enough history edutainment at home to last him a lifetime!

Re: Canada: an education superpower
 

I don't know about Canada but here a kid who gets out of School with basic literacy and numeracy is definitely a winner.

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My wife is a teacher and I put her on a pedestal. Is that like being a statue?;)

Teaching in Canada is generally better paid than in the UK. It is thus a sought after career. Whether society at large regards teachers as having higher status in Canada vs the UK I couldn't say. My wife's experience in teaching in the UK (2000-2004) leads her to believe that teachers are more highly regarded in Canada.

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You only need 3 languages English, Football and Love.

After getting an "E" for GCSE french I have never deviated from that.

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:sad_smile:

What was I saying about UK teachers having low status?

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iirc, I achieved "unclassified failure" in French at the CSE level. I suppose my teacher might have been surprised that, shortly thereafter, I married a unilingual francophone with whom I then had the marginally enlightened children.

Re: Canada: an education superpower
 

I have 3 children in Primary school in Ontario and I have been somewhat disappointed with what I feel are gaps in their education here. They are entering grades 4 and 5 and have not been taught history other than pioneers (no actual historical events), no handwriting and no computer studies at all. My eldest did all those things by Year 1 in the UK.