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http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/03/world/asia/pisa-education-study/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

Shanghai schools best

Young people in Shanghai are the best in the world at math, science and reading, a survey finds.

wherestip wrote:

I'm not surprised at their academic achievement. What surprised me is that they're still all wearing red scarves.

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/international/2013/12/12/cnn-church-intv-sign-language-mandela-interpreter.cnn.html

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Alright, so your question is how does he end up on the stage.
It's not … unfortunately, it's not that unusual. It happens not just in South Africa; it happens around the world. It happens in classrooms here in California. Oftentimes the situation is the person who is doing the hiring doesn't know the language. And so, if the person says they are fluent in that language, they take them (you know) just by their word. Here in the United States, we have the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, and there's a whole certification process, and a code of ethics, and professional conduct. So we try to avoid that. However, that doesn't mean that people don't hire people who don't have those qualifications. They don't include deaf people in the hiring process; so that somebody who knows the language can actually ascertain whether they do have that fluency.

wherestip wrote:

Did you all hear about the fake sign language signer at Nelson Mandela's memorial?

http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-fake-signer-at-mandela-memorial-outrages-deaf/1808007.html


[Edited at 2013-12-12 00:10 GMT]

J.H. Wang wrote:



感觉颇为奇怪，有点搞笑！毕竟这是个非常庄严的场合！

wherestip wrote:

It is the agency that booked him and approved of him that is to blame. He didn't just show up on the stage all by himself signing gibberish.

QHE wrote:

He could be a good fit for the cast of Saturday Night Live.

pkchan wrote:

By Matthew Gilbert Globe Staff November 26, 2013

Word invention has reached a fever pitch in our culture, as neologisms and new smeshies (words smooshed and meshed together) seem to go viral on a daily basis. Last week, the Oxford English Dictionaries committee ruled on which new inventions rate official attention, and “selfie” was the unanimous winner, with “bitcoin,” “twerk,” “binge-watch,” “schmeat,” and “showrooming” on the short list. They chose from an embarrassment of options, as the likes of “selfie” spawned endless variants such as “welfie” (workout selfie), “helfie” (hair-centric selfie), bookshelfie (books-in-background selfie), and “drelfie” (drunken selfie).