Assassination of Common Sense

And I quote to you:- All student teachers will have to prove they can pronounce Maori in order to graduate, under Labour's Maori policy launched yesterday.

"Maori is an official language of this country but many people don't make an effort to pronounce Maori correctly. Teachers teach our kids a lot of things, from Shakespeare to poetry - what is the difference in teaching how to pronounce people's names and Maori correctly?"

Morons! Utter morons!

1. One could also say "English is an official language of this country but many people don't make an effort to pronounce English correctly. " But there is no such English pronunciation test for student teacher graduation.

2. Shouldn't we be more concerned about our teachers being able to speak and spell English, before we even begin to worry about a language like Maori?

3. Who's definition of correct pronunciation shall we run with?

4. What about accents? In the same way that Irish, Germans, and Indians all speak English differently, we will all speak Maori differently - if at all. Deal with it.

How can anyone take Labour seriously? What a bunch of ninnies.