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To: skip2myloo
"And why can't these people speak English - it is the official language of their native coutnry."

Again, you are assuming that this kid was his student, when all that the story says is that Mayfield taught English for non-English speakers, and that the kid who accused him of assault was a student at the school Mayfield taught.

Your predisposed prejudices fail to take into consideration the fact that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of other students in that school who come into contact at one point or anoher with teachers other than their own.

By the way, Hindi, not English, is the official language of India. India has 18 major languages, and 844 different dialects. India's constitution ordained that English can ALSO be used for official purposes.

141 posted on 02/15/2004 10:45:14 AM PST by Luis Gonzalez (The Gift Is To See The Trout.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez
According to the CIA fact Book ( http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/in.html#People ) - only 30% of the people speak Hindi.

"English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language."

You're right, I'm assuming the kid was Mayfield's student, not only because of the fundamental accusation, but because of the subject Mayfield taught, combined with the fact that when interviewd the parents had to speak through an interpreter.

Maybe that's an unreasonable assumption.

Are you stating factually the kid was not Mayfield's student ??

Does it really matter ??

153 posted on 02/15/2004 11:12:50 AM PST by skip2myloo
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