Lost in translation?

[jennielynn1970]

No, google can take responsibility for it, and you, can take that insult and shove it...Im not the one post stalking around here trying to look smarter then people I dont agree with.

Ugh. Oh please.

[jennielynn1970]

Isn't it amazing how much more connected the world has become? Think about it:

1. A Mexican folk song is in a schoolbook in Bosnia Herzegovnia

2. The lyrics are actually translated for the kids to understand

3. We, in American, can read about parents' outrage!

I thought that the fact it was in Bosnia was a really interesting fact. I know we push multicultural learning and tolerance in our schools, I wonder how much it's done in other countries now?

I'm sure there are some schools here that wouldn't be too happy that their kids were learning a song about a pot smoking cockroach either, but it's still funny to think about.

I know they do folksongs here, and my one friend teaches elementary music and does that as part of her curriculum. She said folksongs are a way to learn about customs and traditions, and so many of today's children don't know the history of the USA. I also loved doing that in library. We'd read John Henry, and then listen to some of the folk songs as well.

[jennielynn1970]

This may be the Dog House, but play nice.

Sorry... I was trying to find the word "ignorant" but it didn't translate, lol. That was the closest I could get. It was initially supposed to be a comment about his Arab being written backwards, not the person, but when I couldn't get what I wanted translated, I took the closest I got. Oops.


Sorry Blue.

[blue]

Clean up on Isle 5.