jimihendrix1
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Both my 6 years old nephew, and 4 years old niece, are Bilingual. Their father, is from Sweden, and they can speak, and understand one, as well as the other.
About a month ago, my nephew started saying something to his dad, and his dad coudnt understand him, and he asked my nephew? What are you talking about, and he informed him, he has been teaching himself Finnish, with the help of the computer. Now the little fucker, is becoming pretty darn good at speaking, and understanding, Finnish.
Though, really, kids are smarter, than many give them credit for. At least many are. Mozarts uncle, was already jealous of him, when Mozart, was 3 years old, so he would lock up the sheet music, in a safe at night, and at 3 years of age, Mozart would sneak downstairs, and copy the musical notation, by candlelight. So at age 3 Mozart, could already read music, and completely understood it.
I went to a Catholic school, in the 60s-70s. Early on, if you wanted to be an alter boy ( Of which I didnt ) you had to learn the mass, in Latin.
It was Mandatory to take Latin, in 9th-10th grades. We also had some really good teachers. Most of the Nuns, and Priests, are PHD, and they would hire anyone that either was working on a Masters, or already had one. My 6th grade teacher, sister Elerita, was a PHD in Math. Chemistry teacher was a PHD. Her nickname was Bugger. She got seen, feeding a bugger, to the fish. Goes to show you everyones got something!!!!!
My wife is from the Philippines, and worked in both Singapore, and Cypress, as a live in caregiver. She started when she was 18-28. Her first employers were Chinese, both dentists, living in Singapore, and she had to learn to understand them. Which was a combination of Mandarin, and English, which is what most of the Chinese, in Singapore speak. Then, she went to Cypress, and had a Greek employer, so she had to pick up on that ect. And not counting her native Tagalog, she can speak, and understand 3-4 different dialects of Filipina. Basic Filipina is called Tagalog. And many of the other dialects,, are nothing like Tagalog.
I myself?? I speak East Kentucky!!! Hillbilly that is!!!! She says my penmanship, looks like a 1st grader.
Im also 100% against stopping teaching people, how to write Cursive. WTF???? I dont know who started that idea, but its a bad one.
About a month ago, my nephew started saying something to his dad, and his dad coudnt understand him, and he asked my nephew? What are you talking about, and he informed him, he has been teaching himself Finnish, with the help of the computer. Now the little fucker, is becoming pretty darn good at speaking, and understanding, Finnish.
Though, really, kids are smarter, than many give them credit for. At least many are. Mozarts uncle, was already jealous of him, when Mozart, was 3 years old, so he would lock up the sheet music, in a safe at night, and at 3 years of age, Mozart would sneak downstairs, and copy the musical notation, by candlelight. So at age 3 Mozart, could already read music, and completely understood it.
I went to a Catholic school, in the 60s-70s. Early on, if you wanted to be an alter boy ( Of which I didnt ) you had to learn the mass, in Latin.
It was Mandatory to take Latin, in 9th-10th grades. We also had some really good teachers. Most of the Nuns, and Priests, are PHD, and they would hire anyone that either was working on a Masters, or already had one. My 6th grade teacher, sister Elerita, was a PHD in Math. Chemistry teacher was a PHD. Her nickname was Bugger. She got seen, feeding a bugger, to the fish. Goes to show you everyones got something!!!!!
My wife is from the Philippines, and worked in both Singapore, and Cypress, as a live in caregiver. She started when she was 18-28. Her first employers were Chinese, both dentists, living in Singapore, and she had to learn to understand them. Which was a combination of Mandarin, and English, which is what most of the Chinese, in Singapore speak. Then, she went to Cypress, and had a Greek employer, so she had to pick up on that ect. And not counting her native Tagalog, she can speak, and understand 3-4 different dialects of Filipina. Basic Filipina is called Tagalog. And many of the other dialects,, are nothing like Tagalog.
I myself?? I speak East Kentucky!!! Hillbilly that is!!!! She says my penmanship, looks like a 1st grader.
Im also 100% against stopping teaching people, how to write Cursive. WTF???? I dont know who started that idea, but its a bad one.
