LL-L "Education" 2011.02.16 (01) [DE-EN-NDS-NL]

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From: "dealangeam" <atdelange at iburst.co.za>
Subject: LL_L "Education" [EN_NL]

 Dear Lowlanders,

Roger Thijs wrote:

There is still a significant (even increasing) drain of Dutch kids to
Flemish primary schools at the Dutch_Belgian border. See below.

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.

I have a few questions which i could not find information on the website to
answer them:

(1) What does the acronym HLN for the newspaper means?

(2) What is the fundamental reason for educating elsewhere, better curricula
or better functioning of schools?

(3) Although only hinted at in the HLN site, what is the consequences of
immigrant children attending Dutch and Flemish schools?

Here in South Africa the situation is much worse.

(1) Before ca. 1850:

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.

(2) Between 1850_1910:

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.

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.

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.

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.

(3) Between 1910_1948

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.

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.

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.

(4) Between 1948_1991:

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.

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.

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.

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.

(5) 1993_2010

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.

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

* government control even before apartheid

* employed mother tongue learning in education.

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

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.

White people voted with their feet. More than 1 million emigrated to North
America and Australasia.

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.

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".

Best wishes,

At de Lange

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From: Hannelore Hinz <hannehinz at t-online.de> <hannehinz at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Education" 2011.02.15 (01) [EN-NL]

An all' Lowlanners.

As ick mi de WEB-Sied ankeek, is mi de smucke "Ranzen" upfollen; ja, dor
hebben de Kinner männigmal ehr Last mit.
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.

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.
Wiel Dr. J.G. keinen PC nich hett,  nu up diss' Wies' Dank un ein hartlich
Gräuten an all' Lowlanners.

*Tornüster, *Ternüster m.
1. Packsack, Mantelsack: *Tornüster*; (jem., der über Land will) *packt
sinen Ternüster: Tornüster* Ranzen
der Soldatenn und *Schulkinder* allgem.;
Rda.: ein schlechter Mensch *is den Düwel ut 'n Tornüster hüppt*; ein
Scheinheiliger *deit, as wenn he de Unschuld ut 'n Tornüster hüppt is.*
2. Schelte für eine alte Jungfer: *oll Tornüster; dat is oewer 'n Tornüster.
*3. Zs. Zeitschrift für Volkskunde.: *Schaul-, Seelentornüster.*
Tornüstermaker m. jem.,  der Tornüster herstellt; *de Bull is 'n
Ternüstermaker *zeugt  künftige Lederlieferanten.

Künn je sien, männigein kann noch wat bidragen.

Best Gräuten ut Swerin (bi Snei un Küll).

Hanne

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