NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/soc/culture/canada/8730

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From: [e-mail] (Robb Nebbe)
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Subject: English Education
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It seems to me that all the public schools in Quebec should be in
French since it is a French speaking province and elsewhere they
should be in English. If either minority _has_ to have their
children educated in their own language then they should send their
children to a private school. Of course the French schools should
start teaching English very early and vica-versa for the English
schools.

I would say that if parents can send their children to a English
public school in Quebec then they should consider themselves
lucky.

This isn't anything new. In Switzerland which has 4 national
languages of which 3 are important (Swiss German, French, and
Italian) The parents don't have much of a choice. If the parents
chosen to live in a German speaking area then their children will
go to a German school unless the parents are willing to pay for a
private school education. The exception is in areas which have a
large linguistic minority( > 40% ). In these areas the school is either in
language of the majority or it is bilingual and uses both languages
as teaching languages.

The American community in Geneva does just fine. They either send
their children to a French speaking school or a private school in
English.

Robb