Re: TECH: Official languages of the list

Trebor Jung wrote:

>Carsten wrote: "You've been learning French for 7 years?!?!?! I started in
>7th grade, this makes four years up to now. And we're quite finished with
>grammar.
>
>Wow! I really hate you now! ;) J/k. Seriously, if you knew how dumbed-down
>the education system is over here in North America, you would probably die
>of shock ;) F'rex, the French teacher was unsure of what "(in)transitive"
>means! :S
>
>But maybe it is because I am much younger than you? I hope they start
>teaching heavy-duty grammar soon (it got better in grade eight, the grade
>for thirteen-turning-fourteen-year-olds in Canada and the U.S., the grade
>from which I just graduated).
>
>
>
Well, when I arrived on the scene I was even younger.  But you can't
expect a French teacher to know what 'transitive' means.  It's not an
important concept in Accusative systems such as French.

But, I don't know if the system is that bad.  Over here, we're going
through the yearly ritual of disregarding the hard work of teenagers
across the country.  Yes.  Exam results season.  It improves, exams must
be getting easier.  But anyway.

We haven't done bits of the grammar.  Things like the Subjunctive and
the Preterite tense.  We've covered most of it, though.