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2006-09-06 Europe

French teachers plan strike as education goes back to basics

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Posted by Fred 2006-09-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oh. For a minute there I thought it meant, y'know, teachers of French...

Posted by Crutle Thromoper7421 2006-09-06 00:36|| 2006-09-06 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 "Like Britain's Tony Blair in 1997, the two leading candidates for next year's presidential elections have put education at the top of their manifestos."

We in the UK know what's been done. Teching is now more PC bollox than ever, and all that's happened is grade inflation. i.e. you get an A**++WOW for spelling your name correctly on the top of the test paper.

In fact Labours legacy is that of manipulating statistics.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2006-09-06 10:06|| 2006-09-06 10:06|| Front Page Top

#3 The Train Ride (aka-The Short Mystery)

Sitting together on a train, traveling through the Swiss Alps, are a
French guy an American guy, an old Greek lady and a young blonde Swiss
girl.

The train goes into a dark tunnel and a few seconds later there is the
sound of a loud slap.

When the train emerges from the tunnel, the Frenchman has a bright red
hand print on his cheek. No one speaks.

The old lady thinks: The Frenchman must have groped the blonde in the
dark, and she slapped his cheek.

The blonde thinks: That Frenchman must have tried to grope me in the
dark, but missed and fondled the old lady and she slapped his cheek.

The Frenchman thinks: The American must have groped the blonde in the
dark. She tried to slap him but missed and got me instead.

The American thinks: I can't wait for another tunnel, so I can smack
that Frenchman again.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-09-06 12:45|| 2006-09-06 12:45|| Front Page Top

#4 My standard post for anything ala francais:

"I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French."

---Charles de Gaulle

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-09-06 17:12|| 2006-09-06 17:12|| Front Page Top

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