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whisky-dave writes
On Monday, 11 May 2015 13:44:17 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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whisky-dave wrote:
But less than 20% of those in School are British (In london)
You been reading the UKIP leaflets again?
No, haven;t read a single leaflet from any party.
Because even if you mean non
white, it's rubbish. Those figures would be different for each school.
of course they are differnt for differnt schools.
You should check out a few of the local muslim schools see how many
white faces you see.
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.
The discussion is obviously about school kids in the UK. Most kids in
school in the UK have been born here
But are your refering to the world or the universe .
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...hildren-born-i
n-England-has-foreign-born-parent.html.
That's England, in London it's differnt again, and east London again.
note that the third quoted is one or both parents foreign born - so lots
have at least one UK born parent
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.
And you know that how?
People can be bilingual you know, I used to teach in the Leeds/Bradford
area. Lots of the schools in Bradford have a high number of pupils with
a Pakistani heritage. Mostly at least 2nd/3rd generation they all spoke
at least two languages - Pakistani and English. I can't think of one
child (this was secondary) who couldn't speak perfectly good English -
around school they would mostly use English, though with their friends
they would tend to use both.
It's not the kids who don't learn English very well, it's the first
generation migrant parents who might not, especially if they live in a
big ethnic community (like those British people who move to France/Spain
etc. and never really learn the local language very well)
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Chris French