[Ilugc] [OT] self taught programmers vs programmers with degrees
- From: vamlists@xxxxxxxxx (Vamsee Kanakala)
- Date: Mon Jun 30 16:02:43 2008
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
the biggest hindrance to Tamil medium students is that they are afraid
of people making fun of them for trying to learn english. An
atmosphere created by politicians who keep insisting that Tamil be
medium of instruction (while making sure that their
children/grandchildren study in english medium).
Well, let me get my rant in too. When I first moved to Chennai, I was
taken aback by the fact that _none_ of the bus stops have any signs in
English! I mean, come on, you love your language and all, all power to
you, but why trouble poor outsiders by not even writing the damn bus
stop name in English?
I see the same problem with the traffic cops - they put up these huge
boards with instructions on changed directions _only_ in Tamil! I'm all
for native language lovin', but this is ridiculous.
V.
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