I thought at first this was just the standard scaremongering about English speaking pupils in London, but it’s more blatant than that.
Usually, they just take London, which is going to have a high number of kids with ESL and act as if it’s representative. Now they’ve just pulled out all the schoolswith a high number and focused on them.
What exactly do they mean by “English” anyway?
English speaking?
Born in England?
There’s no official definition of an “English” person, but from the headline (and knowing the Express) I suspect they mean “white British”. More thinly veiled racism.
If you’re English when English is your first language, then there are 250mil across the atlantic who probably should be going to school here… oh and getting free health care from the NHS too….
This is about students’ first language, not whether they are proficient in English. It’s hard to understand why the first language matters as long as they have good English. Well, it’s hard to understand unless you hate foreigners and don’t want your children to have anything to do with them. And as for rent-a-quote racist Andrew Green, how exactly does a classroom full of children from different ethnicities illustrate the “splintering” of society? Surely it shows the opposite.
Seeing that English comes from Anglo Saxon wouldn’t it be best for those who worship “Englishness” to be deported back to Bavaria, if they will have them, they probably won’t!
Especially in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, I would imagine….
I thought at first this was just the standard scaremongering about English speaking pupils in London, but it’s more blatant than that.
Usually, they just take London, which is going to have a high number of kids with ESL and act as if it’s representative. Now they’ve just pulled out all the schoolswith a high number and focused on them.
Bloody hell! I’ve only just noticed the subheading!
You’re only English if English is your first language? Spot on Smogo.
What exactly do they mean by “English” anyway?
English speaking?
Born in England?
There’s no official definition of an “English” person, but from the headline (and knowing the Express) I suspect they mean “white British”. More thinly veiled racism.
If you’re English when English is your first language, then there are 250mil across the atlantic who probably should be going to school here… oh and getting free health care from the NHS too….
PS. Great to have front pages back…
This is about students’ first language, not whether they are proficient in English. It’s hard to understand why the first language matters as long as they have good English. Well, it’s hard to understand unless you hate foreigners and don’t want your children to have anything to do with them. And as for rent-a-quote racist Andrew Green, how exactly does a classroom full of children from different ethnicities illustrate the “splintering” of society? Surely it shows the opposite.
Of course ” the day the music died” refers to the death of Buddy Holly and not Eddie Cochran . This rag can’t even get that right.
The very fact that they’ve put the word English in inverted commas suggests they’re not entirely sure of its meaning themselves.
Seeing that English comes from Anglo Saxon wouldn’t it be best for those who worship “Englishness” to be deported back to Bavaria, if they will have them, they probably won’t!
The “Throghout the UK” bit suggests that Smogo has hit the nail on the head.
Does the Daily Express even know difference between “England”, “Britain” and “the UK” ?