tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post4465351992812410158..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: IncredibleGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-32372608597204492772013-03-19T13:57:47.457+00:002013-03-19T13:57:47.457+00:00I've just heard on the news today the latest f...I've just heard on the news today the latest from Iraq where I think the score so far today stands at 50 and then there was a statistic that on average 300 people are blown to pieces each month. Then there was from Nigeria a similar story and then from Pakistan another similar story. God knows what's going on in Syria. It appears that chemical weapons are being deployed and there are 15 dead today so far. I believe the new expression for all this is 'the islamic winter'. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-36674819234065759972013-03-15T11:10:09.268+00:002013-03-15T11:10:09.268+00:00Comment by James Sutherland-Smith on Facebook:
&#...Comment by James Sutherland-Smith on Facebook:<br /><br />'I teach in East Slovakia and despite Presov having 25% of its population as Jews before the second world War I doubt if there is a single practising Jew among the 180 students that I'm currently teaching at Presov University. I feel a great sense of loss of history and culture.'<br /><br />In the case of the Roma, I believe there are some at universities in Hungary, but very few. Addressing the lack of Roma in education would mean trying to understand, and to come to an accommodation with, Roma culture. The great Roma musicians of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries put their gifted children through conservatoires, so there is a tradition of accommodation there to work with. Low social expectations, the tradition of independence and indeed aspects of criminality in certain classes of Roma are a problem, but problems are not insoluble with patience, intelligence and sympathy.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-18555808889319979902013-03-15T10:44:48.416+00:002013-03-15T10:44:48.416+00:00The Roma population of Slovakia is about 9%, but I...The Roma population of Slovakia is about 9%, but I have no Roma in my university classes.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207693610789063819noreply@blogger.com