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whisky-dave wrote:
In any case, the vast majority of all school kids are British - having
been born here.

Wrong, the vast majority of children ARE NOT British.
Lots of countries have higher brith rates than Britain.

Children born in another country are whatever nationality they are. If
born in the UK, they are British.

But are your refering to the world or the universe .

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...rn-parent.html.

That's England, in London it's differnt again, and east London again.

if you're brave enough take a photo/video with audio of a playground in
an East London School. You'll find that even those parents who's
children born in London are speaking the same langauge as their parents.
Previously when they were in the miniroty foreign parents use to
encourage their children to speak English, this is less nowerdays. Most
of my friends are NON english but they speak Englsh.

Of course you could find a school to suit your view. But that doesn't mean
it applies to all schools.

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