Hi J. Colaco, MarshallIt's certainly good to know some of us are products of these highly regarded "Institutions" and I am sure you will agree with me that we should all respect these "institutions". I am very much lost, to see why educated people, try to discredit "Institutions" like Loyola for one's personal dislike for another, one's personal feeling should be kept personal, one should not blame the "Institution" for one's short comings of others.I am no fan of Dr. Barad or any one else on goanet and I absolutely have no problems if Dr. Barad is a doctor by profession or not, but I take it very personal when some body tries to discredit an "Institution" like Loyola, my village or Goa. If you have read my posts you will realise that.I still stand by what I said, Selma has no right to discredit an "Institution" like Loyola for her personal dislike for Dr. BaradBest regardsFreddy Agnelo Fernandes On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 08:13:18 -0400 "J. Colaco " wrotewrt the Freddy Fernandes post on this subjectJC1: I am delighted to learn that Freddy benefited from Loyola HighSchool, Margao. Loyola is a well known Jesuit institution like myalma mater St. Vincent's, Poona. Jesuits have done brilliant stuff foreducation in India and many other parts of the world. Thanks toindividuals like Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier, millions ofpeople have benefited. Education was and remains the key to breakingthe 'caste-barrier' in India. The main reason why so many casteistshate Francis Xavier. More about this at:http://www.colaco.net/1/sfx.htm (esp page 2)Freddy Fernandes also wrote: "Dr. Barad is a doctor by profession andI am sure he did not buy his degree or trying to bullshit hiscreditiantials like our elite Education Minister:"JC2: I am not sure about any 'elite' Education Minister or hisqualifications. Aires Rodrigues may or may not be right about him.WhenAires speaks, I automatically doubt - even though he may be right thistime around. Accordingly, I prefer to wait for the Minister to explainhimself.JC3: I am pretty confident that UG Barad is NOT a doctor 'byprofession'. I could be wrong about this and stand corrected if thatis indeed the case.JC4: There are three possibilities why the speaking of Konkani in anEnglish medium school may have been punished.a: The chaps spoke English poorly (as is common among the guys in Goa- not the girls) and needed language immersion techniques.b: The Konkani itself was badly spoken.(this is common too)c: It is INDECENT to speak in a different language in company whichmay not understand the language. It is quite embarrassing when in apublic meeting (in the West) with professionals from differentcountries, some desis insist on speaking to you in Hindi or Kannada. Ihave got past this nonsense by responding to the Hindiwallas inEnglish or not at all. Mercifully, I do not understand too muchKannada - si I can quite easily shrug my shoulders.BT W: At St. Vincent's (Poona): In class, we all spoke English. On theplay ground, we spoke English, Hindi or Marathi. At home, my parentsspoke to me in Portuguese, Konkani and English.I remember managing quite fine - and never being fined for anything.We knew that it was impolite to speak in 'tongues' while in thecompany of strangers. So, we adapted to the circumstances.BTW2: The polite and courteous Konkani my parents spoke and which, Ibelieve, I speak is quite different from this hyperSanskritisedS-Konkani that has been imposed upon post 1970 Goan students. Itsounds like an awful sounding nasal variety of a badly spoken dialectof Marathi with a tinge of an equally badly spoken dialect fromMangalorean Konkani. In short, it sounds quite rude and so differentfrom the polite Konkani spoken by the present Goa CM Digambar Kamat.I would fine myself if I spoke that rude sounding S-Konkani even to myself.good wishes to all.jc
