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o sure isnt. in indian schools (english medium). English is compulsory thru out. then we have our local language, and a foreign language or an ancient indian language(sanskrit), meant to be taken to earn required credits to get promoted to the next grade level. i took Sanskrit, and i failed 2 times. my scores: 32/100 then i improved with 36/100, and then somehow a whopping 95/100. go sanskrit! and on the matter of britich or american english, i think the Indian variant is the BEST! at least we know how to spell "color", our color is "colour". and unlike the Americans we dont have so many "z" in our words. Surprizingly it isnt Americanz. the way things are going all the damned S's will be removed and replaced with "Z's". And it is only an issue of time before they are called Americanz.
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Languages are compulsory in Britain up to the age of 14, I believe. It's usually a choice between French and German, though you might get Spanish and occasionally Italian. And of course if you're at an indenpendent school you often learn Latin and Greek. I would suggest it might be more useful to teach English properly first (of whatever "flavour" ), since lots of British kids don't seem to manage that.
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This is my home town, the site is the official government one, so don't expect too much, I'm still looking for better.
Jozi It's not too bad, but I have decided not to link to one page only, so you can play around & see what's up - there's news stuff, events, places to go, accommodation guides etc etc etc (Oz, ye might want to keep in mind that SABMiller [previously SAB; South African Breweries] is the second largest beer producer in the world & guess what - they're in Jozi! We sometimes go for tours etc....) EDIT: This one's for tourists and gives info on a few other places to visit, like Cape Town, Durban & Zululand and I think Zimbabwe is mentioned (but I wouldn't recommend going there right now, though the tourist industry & especially Vic Falls has been largely untouched by the political turmoil in that country, the problem is there is no fuel in the country - their oil price has been increased yet again with more than 100% - so it might be difficult to get around if one is looking to go on a Safari) Taxi to Soweto (This is the 3rd time I'm editing, co's the fnucked up link is not playing with me - gonna smash the freggin screen in )
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05-07-2003, 06:24 AM | #225 |
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If anyons's interested, this is my area:
Canterbury and the island (though it's not really an island) where I live: Thanet "Joburg is soap opera capital of SA", eh? Well, you learn something every day
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Durban is pretty close to it though. Hun, ye don't know Durbs until you've been in a Riksha (that picture of the guys in the very bright clothes pulling what looks like a buggy / wagon). They pull it while you sit in it & then the guys jumps in the air, which tilts the riksha back & it feels like yer gonna land on yer head Quote:
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God's Window
God's Window is probably one of the most beautiful places in SA (in Mpumalanga, the East of the country). It truly has the right name, the view is absolutely breathtaking... If you use the 'previous' and 'next' buttons there are other pics as well of different places in SA (especially nice if you're into camping, hiking etc) See why I love my country......
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Coney, hun this is for you - I keep forgetting to post the link of the place we were for Easter Weekend, so here it is (just 2 motnhs down the line )Kloppenheim Anyway, I said I would, so now I did - not my fault they were busy constructing the site. BTW - did you get the second e-mail I sent this morning (it has a Powerpoint show as attachment, so if ye can't open it it'd be a shame - I think ye'll appreciate that one)
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