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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: "dealangeam"
<<a href="mailto:atdelange@iburst.co.za">atdelange@iburst.co.za</a>><br>
Subject: LL_L "Education" [EN_NL]<br style="">
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Dear Lowlanders,</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Roger Thijs wrote:</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal">There is still a significant (even increasing) drain of Dutch kids to
Flemish primary schools at the Dutch_Belgian border. See below.</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Thank you for the information. It shows that Dutch parents are voting
with their feet. The various levels of the Dutch government do not deliver what
they should.</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">I have a few questions which i could not find information on the website
to answer them:</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">(1) What does the acronym HLN for the newspaper means?</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">(2) What is the fundamental reason for educating elsewhere, better
curricula or better functioning of schools?</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">(3) Although only hinted at in the HLN site, what is the consequences of
immigrant children attending Dutch and Flemish schools?</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Here in South Africa
the situation is much worse.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">(1) Before ca. 1850:</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">There were no native schools according to European or Asian fashion in
seven of the nine provinces. The existing schools among the Bantu (blacks) were
bush schools lasting a few months to initiate the youth into adulthood. There
were no sources of information (clay tablets and paper books) other than word
by mouth.</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">(2) Between 1850_1910:</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">i) The Boers, entering these seven provinces, had to build their own
schools, using their own meagre resources. The only books which they had, were
the bible and few elementary textbooks, all in Dutch and originating from Holland. The curriculum
was the three R's.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">ii) A few missionaries, mostly from Britain
and Germany,
tried to set up clinics and schools at their missions. Their main battle was
with ignorance concerning health and education. The majority of the remaining
native peoples knew only by mouth of the efforts of white people to care for
health and education.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">iii) European immigrants, wanting to have a cut in the booming mine
industry (diamonds and gold), also did not care about health and education
until some of them became parents. </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">iv) The British_Boer war (1899_1902) had a devastating effect on health
and education. The British in their imperialistic frenzy and the immigrants
("uitlanders") in their fortune frenzy cared mostly for their own
children. They had no passion for the Boers, Bantus and Khoisan peoples.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">(3) Between 1910_1948</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">i) The former four provinces of South Africa was cemented into a
union. The Afrikaans speaking people began to demand health and educations
services from the government. At first this was denied. So they had to build
Afrikaans hospitals and schools once again using own resources. The result was
a snow ball effect because of well educated children becoming adults too. The
work ethic in these hospitals and schools was of very high standard, comparing
with the best of Europe and America.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">ii) In 1926 Afrikaans became the second official language of South Africa.
The led to a upsurge in all walks of life for Afrikaans speaking people. Books
in Afrikaans experienced a boom wherever language was needed. Afrikaans
universities began to introduce courses in the various Bantu languages,
providing them with dictionaries and grammar textbooks.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">iii) The Afrikaans speaking people began to encourage Bantu and Asian
peoples to do the same in their own mother tongues. However, they believed that
the fortune of the English world would be better for themselves. The defeat of Germany in WWI
and WWII convinced them. Meanwhile, many of the Afrikaans speaking people
admired the rising of the German empire in a world controlled by the greedy
using English as lingua franca. Hoever, most Afrikaners did not marvell at the
German atrocities in their uprisings.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">(4) Between 1948_1991:</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">i) This is the era of apartheid. All Afrikaans institutions were
functioning well in all walks of the nation. The term blacks became common for
indigenous people as well as dark skinned peoples (like Indians and Malaysian)
from other parts of the world.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">ii) White health and education became formidable as of a result of
Afrikaans and English as the two legs it walked upon. Afrikaners wanted the
same for blacks, having had the experience what mother tongue services did for
a country’s welfare. That is why the name Apartheid was transformed into
Separate Devlopment. The whites built thousands of black schools and even
universities and colleges for black people. However, black people believed that
their fortune lies with the English language. African literature suffered as a
result of it.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">iii) Then the Afrikaner nationalists began to loose their mind in the
early 1960's. Fear was the main reason. International trade, industry and
science using English began to dominate the world as never before. It seemed as
if the Afrikaans language were about to be set on the stake once again.
Furthermore, the vast majority of black nationalists embraced English to
empower the development of blacks.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">iv) Fear for losing their foothold in the world because of losing their
mother tongue in worldly decisions, the worst possible decision was made in
1976 _ Afrikaans were to be used by force as second language of instruction in
black schools. All hell broke loose with Soweto
at the centre.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">(5) 1993_2010</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">i) Pres De Klerk, after getting the majority in votes in a national
referendum, unbanned the ANC, other freedom organisations and the communist
party as well as setting political prisoners free. It had to be done because
the country was on the verge of imploding. Most fortunately, Mandela was of the
right stature and character to lead the country through these dangers. He had a
respect for the cultures of all the peoples as well as that evolutionary
transformations were far safer than revolutionary changes which the communists
insisted upon.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">ii) Although almost never commenting on it, i think he was very worried
about the control which the communists gained on many of the leaders in the ANC
en labour unions. Although the new constitution proclaimed it otherwise, these
communistic ANC leaders began to target the white schools, especially the
afrikaans ones, because these schools resisted</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">* government control even before apartheid</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">* employed mother tongue learning in education.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">iii) After Mandela, the policy of affirmative action (with Mebeki as president)
created havoc in all of departments of government. 7 out of 10 workers
had to be black, irrespective of their competencies. Mediocrity and even
ignorance began to rule. Mother tongues, even of most blacks, were ignored by
communicating only in African English</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Roger, to end this exposition, getting back to your message, education
and mother tongues are now in grave danger here in South Africa. Like in the early
1900's, it is English, English, English everywhere forced upon the people's
throat. What is worse, English is used as a cover up for incompetency and
ignorance. Civil unrest is increasing like measles in black townships because
the ANC cannot deliver. Large strikes have become endemic because worker unions
fight for "decent" (excessive salaries compared to world standards)
jobs rather than jobs for the workless.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">White people voted with their feet. More than 1 million emigrated to North
America and Australasia.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Even more worse, millions of illegal immigrants from countries north of South Africa
flooded our country. They amount now to about 12% of all inhabitants. They
don’t care for education, language or culture. That is the reason why their
countries went down the drain. They want to become rich, even using shadowy and
illegal means. To accomplish this, they use a kind of pidgen English. Their
greed is the fundamental reason for the local Xenophobia a few years ago. It is
showing signs of flaring up soon again.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Tertiary educational institutions and employers know the reason why our
country is sliding downwards. The three R's as well as work ethics is at a
lower ebb than the past eighty years. Is there hope for lasting improvement?
Not as long as the ANC rules government and BEE (Black Economic Empowerment)
directs business. Their lusts and greeds cannot be braked or turned around.
This is not a racist opinion. It is sober forecast based on the ignorance and
incompetency of the ANC. Jacob Zuma voiced it recently, causing an upheaval:
"A vote for the ANC is a vote for heaven".</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">At de Lange</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: Hannelore Hinz <a href="mailto:hannehinz@t-online.de" target="_blank"><hannehinz@t-online.de></a><br>
Subject: LL-L "Education" 2011.02.15 (01) [EN-NL]<br>
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An all' Lowlanners.<br>
<br>
As ick mi de WEB-Sied ankeek, is mi de smucke "Ranzen" upfollen; ja,
dor hebben de Kinner männigmal ehr Last mit.<br>
Ok ick güng dunnmals mit 'n Tornüster in de Schaul. De Dierns un de
Jungens ehr Tornüster wieren ünnerscheidlich, ja, un de Tornüster wier ut
echt Ledder. Tau Wintertied sünd wi Gören bi Snei un Küll up den'n
Tornüster sitten gahn un von de lütten Bargen rodelt. Un wenn ick later den
Tornüster tau Huus upklappte, wier Snei mank de Bäuker un binah Däuwedder in de
Schaultasch. <br>
<br>
Nu heff ick wedder bi Wossidlo/Teuchert nahslagen, un so jichtensbi hett je
Dokter Jürgen Gundlach (85) bannig väl Tauarbeit för dit Wark makt, un den'n
heff ick för ein Week in Wismer besöcht. Ick vertellte em von LL-L un nu sall
ick all' Frünn'n gräuten , ja hei freut sick un wier hen un weg (begeistert),
dat noch so väl för Plattdüütsch makt ward.<br>
Wiel Dr. J.G. keinen PC nich hett, nu up diss' Wies' Dank un ein hartlich
Gräuten an all' Lowlanners.<br>
<br>
<b>Tornüster, </b>Ternüster m. <br>
1. Packsack, Mantelsack: <i>Tornüster</i>; (jem., der über Land will) <i>packt
sinen Ternüster: Tornüster</i> Ranzen <br>
der Soldatenn und <b>Schulkinder</b> allgem.;<br>
Rda.: ein schlechter Mensch <i>is den Düwel ut 'n Tornüster hüppt</i>; ein
Scheinheiliger <i>deit, as wenn he de Unschuld ut 'n Tornüster hüppt is.</i><br>
2. Schelte für eine alte Jungfer: <i>oll Tornüster; dat is oewer 'n Tornüster.<br>
</i>3. Zs. Zeitschrift für Volkskunde.: <i>Schaul-, Seelentornüster.</i> <br>
Tornüstermaker m. jem., der Tornüster herstellt; <i>de Bull is 'n
Ternüstermaker </i>zeugt künftige Lederlieferanten.<br>
<br>
Künn je sien, männigein kann noch wat bidragen.<br>
<br>
Best Gräuten ut Swerin (bi Snei un Küll).<br>
<br>
Hanne</p>
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