For example, you know the song that Jason is learning from Fisher-Price.com:
A B C D E F G
H I J K L M N O P
QRS . . . TUV
WX ... Y and Z
Now I know my ABCs
Next time won't you sing with me?
When I heard him singing, I said: STOP! That's wrong! That's not the Thai people version. You should sing:
A B C D E F G
H I J K L M N O P
QRS . . . TUV
WX ... Y and Z
Happy, happy we will be
Now we know our ABCs!
I told that to the Year 13s as we were learning about a set containing 16 integers. They all laughed. Jay, who is Thai, screamed with delight:
That's SOOOOO Thai!
"I know, isn't it lovely?" I said, "Notice the emphasis on the community, instead of the individual. The American version emphasizes me, I and me, whereas the Thai version emphasizes we, us and we."
"No, no," he objected, "I mean BAD GRAMMAR. They should say 'We will be happy' but instead they say 'happy we will be'!!"
2 comments:
Can you please upload Poom's reaction when he got his test back? It's so intriguing!
Hi Karan,
Poom is a fantastic student, smarter than his teachers, including me.
I wish he would be sensitive to the fact that his classmates are stuggling, and they don't find mathematics easy, like he does.
Then he would become an even better student.
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