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feelgood · 03-01-2006, 04:34 PM

It's a problem. I don't give a shit whether or not you guys think I'm feeling threaten, just because somebody can't speak a language properly shouldn't be allowed in the country where English and French is the main language.

I'm in a group project at my school and it started out as myself, another english speaking Canadian, a Chinese student and a Russian student. For some reason, the Russian and the Canadian guy dropped out of the course, leaving me alone with this Chinese girl. I quickly discovered that she was very useless because of her poor english skills. She told me that this course was the only course she registered for and is spending most of her free time (BS) trying to read the textbook, totaling couple pages per night along with her fulltime job. She has a hard time trying to keep up with the instructor with what he is saying and I noticed that when he ask her question about a specific topic, it takes her like few minutes to simply understand his english, put it into context before answering it. Most people would quickly answer the question if they knew the answer. She knew the answer but she had no clue as to what he was talking about and had a hard time trying to spill out her answer in english. I find it hard to believe that my own school accepted her application simply because she finished her english course.

I even once had a Chinese co-worker telling me "Did you take a scream shot?" kept saying "scream shot, scream shot, scream shot" Couple of other guys had a hard time trying to figure out what the hell he was talking about. I finally figured out he was talking about "screenshot" He kept saying the letter N like it was M.

If I recall, one of the requirement to enter the country was to either speak english or french right? So, why the hell is our own government letting immigrants in that can't even speak either language properly? Same goes for colleges and universities. If you can't speak or read English very well, how the hell are you gonna get through life in this country? Everything is written or spoken in either English or French.

Basic knowledge of either language is not enough, you need to know how to do it properly.

03-01-2006, 04:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	It's a problem. I don't give a shit whether or not you guys think I'm feeling threaten, just because somebody can't speak a language properly shouldn't be allowed in the country where English and French is the main language. I'm in a group project at my school and it started out as myself, another english speaking Canadian, a Chinese student and a Russian student. For some reason, the Russian and the Canadian guy dropped out of the course, leaving me alone with this Chinese girl. I quickly discovered that she was very useless because of her poor english skills. She told me that this course was the only course she registered for and is spending most of her free time (BS) trying to read the textbook, totaling couple pages per night along with her fulltime job. She has a hard time trying to keep up with the instructor with what he is saying and I noticed that when he ask her question about a specific topic, it takes her like few minutes to simply understand his english, put it into context before answering it. Most people would quickly answer the question if they knew the answer. She knew the answer but she had no clue as to what he was talking about and had a hard time trying to spill out her answer in english. I find it hard to believe that my own school accepted her application simply because she finished her english course. I even once had a Chinese co-worker telling me "Did you take a scream shot?" kept saying "scream shot, scream shot, scream shot" Couple of other guys had a hard time trying to figure out what the hell he was talking about. I finally figured out he was talking about "screenshot" He kept saying the letter N like it was M. If I recall, one of the requirement to enter the country was to either speak english or french right? So, why the hell is our own government letting immigrants in that can't even speak either language properly? Same goes for colleges and universities. If you can't speak or read English very well, how the hell are you gonna get through life in this country? Everything is written or spoken in either English or French. Basic knowledge of either language is not enough, you need to know how to do it properly. __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war Last edited by feelgood; 03-01-2006 at 04:39 PM..