Hi Oshiro and all other members, What nice topics and discussions have you here!
Thanks for sharing the working conditions of state school teachers in Sao Paolo with us. It sounds awful that students can carry guns or buy drugs on the campus!!! Can't principals,teachers or security guards do anything about it at all?! How about the Minister of Education in Brazil(if you have one)?What does he/she say about that? Aren't there any laws/regulations against carrying arms or using/ dealing with drugs on the campus? I know sometimes,well actually most of the time,the authorities turn their eyes away when they need to do something about it because it's out of their hand or control...:( But if none wants to take some actions,things are going to get just worse,aren't they?Plenty more innocent children and adults are going to get hurt or killed because of their indifference...:( As for the 3rd topic,some countires implement it to the curriculum because they hope to teach children,especially boys at earleir stages of their lives the basic skills to be independent or helpful in the future as a wife or husband. I myself find it quite disturbing when some men at the age of late 30's or early 40's told me they are still single because they aren't qualified enough to be good husbands for their girlfriends...LOL Sorry,it's actually rather sad,isn't it? Best rgds, Claire On Apr 24, 3:02 pm, Rafael Oshiro <[email protected]> wrote: > Now my opinion about topic #3. > > 3. Cooking and housework should be taught at all schools. > I disagree at least in brazilian scenario, firstly because we don't even > have a good level of basic education. Of course I cannot generalize it but I > believe in most of state school that I know, it happens. > Secondly: Recently the government included Spanish in the school curriculum > and, in my opinion, it has been done just for political reasons. Doing that, > the current political party can say to brazilian citizen, they are getting > the education better. I know the majority of the students here don't learn > even basic English language in school. > And finally, the investments that would be directed to cooking classes > should be focused to schools infra-structure and raise the teacher salaries. > > Best regards > Oshiro > > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:10 AM, pln471 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > Here are some other topics to sharpen our writing skills and to let > > other members get to know us better. > > > Please choose one different topic at least from the list below,and > > write down at least 3 reasons why you agree/disagree. > > > 1Private school are usually better than state schools. > > > 2All school should let children wear whatever they want at school. > > > 3Cooking and housework should be taught at all schools. > > > 4Physical education should be optional. > > > 5Girls study better without boys in the class. > > > 6School summer holidays should be shorter. > > > 7Boys study better in a mixed class. > > > Thank you in advance for your participation! > > Best regards, > > Pln- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
