To respond to a past email (Antonio Menezes?) re education levels in Goa during Portuguese times, any reasons why Goans were particularly "reliable and efficient" over other people from the Indian subcontinent, in the context under which the observations were made by Metcalf?
Also, does "education" only mean "literacy"? Or, does it also include "attitudes, behaviours, body-language, thinking-patterns" and other attributes that cannot be learnt at school but are picked up from the environment under which one is brought up? Cheers, Gabriel. --- On Mon, 15/12/08, Frederick "FN" Noronha <[email protected]> wrote: > Goans, especially, seen as reliable > and efficient, > provided subordinate staff across a wide range of > occupations, as cashiers, > clerks, surveyors, typists, caterers, and the like, working > under European > district chiefs. -- India in East Africa, p 181. Thomas R > Metcalf. Start your day with Yahoo!7 and win a Sony Bravia TV. Enter now http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/?p1=other&p2=au&p3=tagline
