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Please read this editorial and then refute its premise: 10:51am
For a quick reference, bill text, and more, go to:
Franco-American News & Events, 8
http://fanset8.blogspot.com/2009_02_18_archive.html
Info on the legislation
Post/and forward:
fyi: Please review and comment at the website on this editorial--link below. best, Rhea
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SEPARATE ETHNIC HISTORY COURSES NOT NEEDED
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel 02/21/2009
The state's Franco-American history is an important element of Maine's culture. Yet because of prejudice against Franco-Americans, the value of that history was long denigrated and even denied.
But times have changed and the major role played in Maine by those of French heritage is increasingly understood and celebrated. There are Franco-American museums in Maine, we celebrate festivals of French culture and gone are the days when ethnic slurs are directed at those with French accents.
We understand the sentiment behind a bill submitted by Rep. Brian Bolduc, D-Auburn, to add Franco-American history to the Maine Learning Results and require a course in it for graduation. It's a way of making sure that Maine students learn about that history.
But we don't believe Bolduc's bill is a good idea. The state already requires that Maine history, including its cultural and ethnic aspects, be taught to students. Bolduc's bill is redundant and unnecessary.
It also is symptomatic of a lamentable trend: The use of the state's learning results by politicians as a vehicle for scoring sentimental political points. We value Maine's Franco heritage, just as we value its Native American and Finnish and women's and Jewish heritages. But we believe that there is no end to the loading on of identity group history requirements -- which are, as we say, properly dealt with in the directive to teach the cultural and ethnic aspects of our state's history.
Editorials represent the opinion of the Editorial Board of this newspaper: Publisher John Christie, Executive Editor Eric Conrad and Opinion Page Editor Naomi Schalit.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/view/columns/5972822.html
For a quick reference, bill text, and more, go to:
Franco-American News & Events, 8
http://fanset8.blogspot.com/2009_02_18_archive.html
Info on the legislation
Post/and forward:
fyi: Please review and comment at the website on this editorial--link below. best, Rhea
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SEPARATE ETHNIC HISTORY COURSES NOT NEEDED
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel 02/21/2009
The state's Franco-American history is an important element of Maine's culture. Yet because of prejudice against Franco-Americans, the value of that history was long denigrated and even denied.
But times have changed and the major role played in Maine by those of French heritage is increasingly understood and celebrated. There are Franco-American museums in Maine, we celebrate festivals of French culture and gone are the days when ethnic slurs are directed at those with French accents.
We understand the sentiment behind a bill submitted by Rep. Brian Bolduc, D-Auburn, to add Franco-American history to the Maine Learning Results and require a course in it for graduation. It's a way of making sure that Maine students learn about that history.
But we don't believe Bolduc's bill is a good idea. The state already requires that Maine history, including its cultural and ethnic aspects, be taught to students. Bolduc's bill is redundant and unnecessary.
It also is symptomatic of a lamentable trend: The use of the state's learning results by politicians as a vehicle for scoring sentimental political points. We value Maine's Franco heritage, just as we value its Native American and Finnish and women's and Jewish heritages. But we believe that there is no end to the loading on of identity group history requirements -- which are, as we say, properly dealt with in the directive to teach the cultural and ethnic aspects of our state's history.
Editorials represent the opinion of the Editorial Board of this newspaper: Publisher John Christie, Executive Editor Eric Conrad and Opinion Page Editor Naomi Schalit.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/view/columns/5972822.html
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Commentaire de Rhea Côté Robbins le 3 mars 2009 à 9:41 -
...and the history of the land is so much more than the sum of its wars...logistics of survival. What did they eat, what did they wear...etc. How did they live their everyday lives...
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Commentaire de lacaux le 2 mars 2009 à 12:06 -
Hé bien la liberté cela ne se demande pas, cela se conquiert. so long time as gone since french have been denigred and put on the ridiculous mind anytime, who was the white niggers????
If Montcalm had had the mind to continue on Albany after his victory on July 8th 1758 when 4000 french had defaited 16000 strong armed english, to-day some English would ask french some rights for speaking their mother language.
This is history, and when The Orangist secret organizations made décisions some of their constant was to reduce influency of catholiscism and french culture.
Look to the history nobody teach. Buy books from Norman Lester and read as i did, now i understand more of the policy of the Liberty-Country ( liberty, not for all)....
When we have a people, a territory, and some specific culture, we have all the basics for being ourselves....
Try to think about this.
I love America and France so much..
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Commentaire de Rhea Côté Robbins le 21 février 2009 à 13:51
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People do not know the story, the history, nor the literature...and yet they wish to stop the learning. This is what puzzles me. The same old adage that if one learns too much you will confuse them? How silly is that? More knowledge can only enhance a person's knowledge base. We used to hear that silly nonsense of how we would be confused if they spoke two languages to us...and come to find out, one's problem solving ability, creativity, etc. is increased with more than one language...
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Commentaire de Don Levesque le 21 février 2009 à 13:39 -
There were French-speaking people in Maine before there was a Maine and before there was even a U.S. Constitution. It is simply ludicrous to lump every ethnicity together as if they equally contributed to the development of Maine in general and Maine particular.
The editorial is illogical and simplistic.
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Commentaire de Rhea Côté Robbins le 21 février 2009 à 11:50
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Bon idée! Une autre step we can take...
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Commentaire de lacaux le 21 février 2009 à 11:33
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Why do maine State is not officially bilingual due to the fact of the french history, and legacy.
Why dont ask some state representative to introduce that as a people claim for the next future?
The history of the whole USA is connected with the French and France (Louisiana, Nlle France, Quebec, Acadie etc). A big part of history and legacy is on the side, just visible by some attentive people. Your rights are to teach and learn all what is the truth and the history. May be somme of you would claim for a policy well oriented to bilinguism State as a need and a duty by the country.Why fotget all the well french did in America specially in Maine, and new england. This is not to be considered as the samething that a fact from immigrants, French where the builders of the great area, and the english were the immigrants.First in 1604 came the french whe settled and flourish and made big families, and be almways attacked by english army .
Impossible de détruire les Français, leurs racines sont trop puissantes et trop fortes..
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