[ExI] How PISA surveys systematically overestimate Finland

Ben Zaiboc bbenzai at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 10 16:28:37 UTC 2012


Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com> wrote:

<snp>

> I had to learn at once to write "oca" (goose) on my first
> school day
> without having learned O, C and A first, and the fact that I
> still remember
> that might well mean that even if I do not really realise
> it, my subsequent
> intellectual development was irrimediably damaged by the
> trauma. :-)

It certainly seems to have damaged your ability to spell words like "irremediably"  ;>>

Still, I shouldn't criticise.  As the olde joak goes:

What do you call someone who can speak 2 languages?
Bilingual.

What do you call someone who can speak 3 languages?
Trilingual.

What do you call someone who can speak 1 language?
English.


Ben Zaiboc




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