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Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Thu Sep 24, 2015 4:18 pmby mrswdk
Five bizarre 'lessons' in Indian textbooks
India, which has a literacy level well below the global average, has intensified its efforts in the field of education.
In 2012 the country passed the Right to Education act which guarantees free and compulsory education for all children until the age of 14.
However, some of the "facts" that have been found in textbooks around the country have given rise to speculation over what exactly passes for "education" in India.
Glaring mistakes, downright lies and embellishments in textbooks are often featured in local media.
Women steal jobs
A teacher in the central Indian state of Chhatisgarh recently complained about a textbook for 15-year-olds in the state, which said that unemployment levels had risen post independence because women have begun working in various sectors.
Never trust a meat eater
A national textbook for 11-year-old students created uproar in 2012 when it was discovered that it said that people who eat meat "easily cheat, tell lies, forget promises, are dishonest and tell bad words, steal, fight and turn to violence and commit sex crimes".
'Donkey' wives
In 2006, it was discovered that a textbook for 14-year-olds in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan compared housewives to donkeys.
"A donkey is like a housewife. It has to toil all day and, like her, may even have to give up food and water. In fact, the donkey is a shade better, for while the housewife may sometimes complain and walk off to her parents' home, you'll never catch the donkey being disloyal to his master," the Times of India quoted the Hindi language textbook as saying.
Japan did what in World War Two?
In what can only be described as a complete distortion of history, a social science textbook believed to have been taught to 50,000 students in the western Indian state of Gujarat declared that Japan had launched a nuclear attack on the US during World War Two.
'Sewage' Canal
Don't be too shocked if you find students from the west Indian state of Maharashtra telling you that the "Sewage Canal" is one of the most important shipping lanes in the world. That is how the Suez Canal has been spelled in an English language textbook in the state.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34336826
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Thu Sep 24, 2015 5:22 pmby subtleknifewield
Well that's interesting...and I thought historical revisionism at least tried to make itself more believable
(referring to the nuke thing)
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Thu Sep 24, 2015 6:01 pmby saxitoxin
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Thu Sep 24, 2015 6:48 pmby muy_thaiguy
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Fri Sep 25, 2015 9:19 amby AndyDufresne
--Andy
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Fri Sep 25, 2015 7:47 pmby Serbia
Do they acknowledge Hungary?
Bollocks in 2015.
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:19 amby mrswdk
DoomYoshi wrote:India isn't Western.
I never said it is.
MoodLighting wrote:Rape, murder, torture, kidnapping... the politicians of India are real people that do real things
Note to self: never to visit DY's neighborhood.
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Sat Sep 26, 2015 4:13 pmby subtleknifewield
Well, you imply they are western with the thread title, perhaps you would like to clarify what you mean, precisely, witht hat. I am sure English has the words for you to do that.
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:56 amby mrswdk
I implied India is not Western, because their textbooks acknowledge the things that Western textbooks don't.
People in this thread needs to lrn2read.
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Sun Sep 27, 2015 3:00 amby subtleknifewield
Of course you did
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:10 amby jonesthecurl
That's how I read it.
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:06 pmby jonesthecurl
Um, English is from...(the answer is left for the student to complete).
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Sun Sep 27, 2015 3:10 pmby subtleknifewield
Lol, that reminds me of the scene in the second Agent Cody Banks movie.
"Hey, you invented the language, you'd think you would understand" or something like that, when Cody's handler is 'borrowing' a guy's moped XD
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Sun Sep 27, 2015 7:17 pmby muy_thaiguy
jonesthecurl wrote:Um, English is from...(the answer is left for the student to complete).
'murica!
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:34 amby WingCmdr Ginkapo
subtleknifewield wrote:Lol, that reminds me of the scene in the second Agent Cody Banks movie.
"Hey, you invented the language, you'd think you would understand" or something like that, when Cody's handler is 'borrowing' a guy's moped XD
And then Americans bastardised it.
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:52 amby subtleknifewield
WingCmdr Ginkapo wrote:subtleknifewield wrote:Lol, that reminds me of the scene in the second Agent Cody Banks movie.
"Hey, you invented the language, you'd think you would understand" or something like that, when Cody's handler is 'borrowing' a guy's moped XD
And then Americans bastardised it.
Sure we did. Just like the Canadians, the Aussies, and the Kiwis, amirite? :V
Seriously, no two countries where the official language is English speaks it the exact same way, and even within a country there are many dialects.
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:14 amby jonesthecurl
WingCmdr Ginkapo wrote:subtleknifewield wrote:Lol, that reminds me of the scene in the second Agent Cody Banks movie.
"Hey, you invented the language, you'd think you would understand" or something like that, when Cody's handler is 'borrowing' a guy's moped XD
And then Americans bastardised it.
You can't bastardise something that's a mixture of Latin, Greek, various celtic languages, Norman French, and Anglo-Saxon/other Germanic (and Scandinavian) languages. I mean, it's a mongrel to begin with.
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:45 amby mrswdk
The only non-mongrel language in existence is probably Chinese. China is the oldest civilization in the world and has developed without influence from outside.
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:51 amby jonesthecurl
But there's not a single "Chinese" language, surely. Don't they affect and modify each other?
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Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:53 amby jonesthecurl
Also, talking outside my area of expertise here, but wouldn't the Australian Aborigines have a language that developed in isolation? (just as a 'frinstance)
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:29 pmby WingCmdr Ginkapo
jonesthecurl wrote:Also, talking outside my area of expertise here, but wouldn't the Australian Aborigines have a language that developed in isolation? (just as a 'frinstance)
There are many tribes globally that have an isolated language some of which are in Australia, a lot are in South America. And no China does not have an isolated language.
Re: Things that Western textbooks refuse to acknowledge
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Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:03 pmby tzor
jonesthecurl wrote:That's how I read it.
How I read it ...
WAH WAH ... India kicking our asses Mommy. They must be mean. Let's dig up some dirt.
It's sort of like someone listing all the problems with the NY Mets. But they are in first place and YOU ARE NOT.
(I mean really, Why does Mr Met hog the T Shirt Canon? Doesn't he trust his wife Mrs Met to aim it somewhere other than him?)
And to add insult to injury, China will be hit with a Papal invasion and be forced to use CLEAN COAL.
