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Tiba, I agree with you that Haiti's down fall is not language per se but poor administration is the true culprit.

However, I have to disagree with you with French usage in Haiti.

True, French is spoken mainly by very few as a main language.

Everybody speaks Haitian Creole everywhere on the Island.

French is being used by everybody in public from stores to government offices.

As a matter of fact, one is categorized by how pedantic one's French capacity, no matter how frivolous the content is....

Yes, French language has its place in Haiti.

Haiti's public schools population would not have a job in the private sectors as white color workers and in government offices if the workers did not have some proficiency in French.

Homes where French is widely used, one needs to know Haitian Creole to communicate with the service workers.

Both French and Haitian Creole are necessary in Haiti.

A third, fourth language (s) certainly could help individuals as we are approaching a global village.

People who speak many different languages are sought after in the business world.

You are wrong about China and Japan.

They are both avid language users and appreciate other cultures.

I know, I made a small fortune by teaching French and English in Japan and China.

Both China and Japan are fiercely conservative about their culture but they also appreciate and are interested about other people's culture.

In fact, the western joke about Japan is that Buddha is not Japanese supreme being but Japan IS.
Nothing personal, Tiba, but I, too, am having second thought on using this site for I can't take anymore the level of communication that is going on in here.
I wish everybody luck and hope things work out for the best.
I am very sorry that Linda decided not to blog anymore.

She was one of the POTO MITAN on this site.
On my part, this is pretty much an ADIEU.

Bernadette Shiels

Bernadette S., June 27 2010, 10:16 PM

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Well as for everyone here, I completely understand both sides of the argument. As for what I think would be a great... read more >
Ralph, 27-Jun-10 10:26 am
You do have valid points on using French in Haiti. But I believe we can embrace both French and Haitian Creole... read more >
Marjorie Middy, 27-Jun-10 1:29 pm
Bring Aristide back to teach languages and communications. read more >
Universal, 27-Jun-10 1:40 pm
Ralph, You make a good point, unfortunately, language is not the problem in Haiti, it has never been, and never will... read more >
Tiba, 27-Jun-10 3:33 pm
Tiba, I agree with you that Haiti's down fall is not language per se but poor administration is the true culprit... read more >
Bernadette S., 27-Jun-10 10:16 pm
well i sort of agree with some of what you said. First I would like to say that, if another language was spoken in... read more >
Ralph, 30-Jun-10 9:53 pm
Hello my dear friend. I completely agree with you saying that the administration is the reason for Haiti's downfall... read more >
Ralph, 30-Jun-10 10:29 pm
Hello my dear friend. I completely agree with you saying that the administration is the reason for Haiti's downfall... read more >
Ralph, 30-Jun-10 10:35 pm
French is not Haitian second or First language, period. Just some of us who pretend to speak French think that Creole... read more >
Haitian Author Jean Pe, 1-Jul-10 2:03 am
orthography is not the problem since creole syntactically is closer to English than French. That is why the yankee... read more >
Zeb, 1-Jul-10 3:04 am
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