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[reportfromcyprus]

The issue isn't the closure or the language, Strahd, although I notice you don't miss an opportunity to make a xenophobic comment.

The issue is the suddeness of the closure and the fact that not all parents were informed.

I don't think anyone can deny that the closure was sudden and done without any planning.

For one, I think the standard of local tv stations is abysmal and never watch them. And RIK does offer an English-language programme. As for the UK, the BBC's website is in several languages.

[Svetlana]

Presumably, all children attending all the schools affected, speak Greek, so the fact any information was only in that language is not very relevant?

Lana

[Strahd]

The issue is the suddeness of the closure and the fact that not all parents were informed.

The whole country was informed through radio and TV if you do not understand the news it is not my problem but yours.

BBC has a special "world service" that is why it is in several languages.

As for your other comment i cannot understand how you even dare to have this attitude this is my country my language and my schools and not yours . You chose to come here and you chose to send your children to my school you will have to obey by my rules and culture whether you like it or not. I am not xenophobic, I am a Cypriot in Cyprus, you are a Russian, English, French in Cyprus.

[Radio]

Strahd,

Unlike Britain where we pass laws to ensure that immigrants don't have to abide by our rules and cultural history. On the contrary, we go out of our way to destroy our own culture for fear of offending them.

[Strahd]

Strahd,

Unlike Britain where we pass laws to ensure that immigrants don't have to abide by our rules and cultural history. On the contrary, we go out of our way to destroy our own culture for fear of offending them.

Yes and it is a great pitty because the culture of Great Britain is a grand part of modern human history. However you have been undertaken so much that you pass laws that does not allow to even decorate roads for xmas! Have fun!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1770

[Niki]

The issue is the suddeness of the closure and the fact that not all parents were informed.

The whole country was informed through radio and TV if you do not understand the news it is not my problem but yours.

BBC has a special "world service" that is why it is in several languages.

As for your other comment i cannot understand how you even dare to have this attitude this is my country my language and my schools and not yours . You chose to come here and you chose to send your children to my school you will have to obey by my rules and culture whether you like it or not. I am not xenophobic, I am a Cypriot in Cyprus, you are a Russian, English, French in Cyprus.

Strahd - you seem to look for negatives in everything people say. Things are said in innocence and you twist words so you can have a rant.

It must be so depressing for you to think so many people are all against Cyprus/ Cypriots/you. Get over yourself - you'll be a much happier person.

[Christie]

I agree that it was really the issue, the working parents faced sudden problem what to do with children.

Strahd, you are too negative. Foreigners obey the rules, but they still have the right to dare to have attitude. After all, the country happily accepts their payment for school and their taxes.

[eric williams]

If The Minister of Education kicked the bucket in the UK everyone would have a party!

This shows the level of culture in the UK. We are sorry that you are foreigners and you cannot understand our culture (and you do not even try) and you have the balls to make fun of it. Then you are wondering why you get Cypriots that are angry with you. If you do not like the Cypriot culture then move to san trope and let us be.

Strahd

I think the fact that Cypriots show so much respect is a good thing. The inherent respect shown by most Cypriots of all ages is something the British should learn from and for me a huge cultural attribute - so don't jump to conclusions.

The UK media harrassed the last Minister for Education to a ridiculous degree - she was a real scapegoat. She has now taken her own children out of the state education system (which she was responsible for) and is now sending them to a private school. How can she demand respect therefore.

... and I don't have any balls!

Niki

I understood that the former minister for education, UK, took only one of her children out of State education. Also that this was because the child had learning difficulties. Apparently because of dyslexia which has very little funding and recognition in the UK.

[Niki]

If The Minister of Education kicked the bucket in the UK everyone would have a party!

This shows the level of culture in the UK. We are sorry that you are foreigners and you cannot understand our culture (and you do not even try) and you have the balls to make fun of it. Then you are wondering why you get Cypriots that are angry with you. If you do not like the Cypriot culture then move to san trope and let us be.

Strahd

I think the fact that Cypriots show so much respect is a good thing. The inherent respect shown by most Cypriots of all ages is something the British should learn from and for me a huge cultural attribute - so don't jump to conclusions.

The UK media harrassed the last Minister for Education to a ridiculous degree - she was a real scapegoat. She has now taken her own children out of the state education system (which she was responsible for) and is now sending them to a private school. How can she demand respect therefore.

... and I don't have any balls!

Niki

I understood that the former minister for education, UK, took only one of her children out of State education. Also that this was because the child had learning difficulties. Apparently because of dyslexia which has very little funding and recognition in the UK.

Don't get me wrong - I believe in private education but the fact that state schools could not offer education to a dyslexic child is surely a fault of the state education system that she was responsible for.

There are after all many thousands of dyslexic children and the state education system is letting these children down. Private education is the only alternative apparently.

[reportfromcyprus]

The issue is the suddeness of the closure and the fact that not all parents were informed.

The whole country was informed through radio and TV if you do not understand the news it is not my problem but yours.

BBC has a special "world service" that is why it is in several languages.

As for your other comment i cannot understand how you even dare to have this attitude this is my country my language and my schools and not yours . You chose to come here and you chose to send your children to my school you will have to obey by my rules and culture whether you like it or not. I am not xenophobic, I am a Cypriot in Cyprus, you are a Russian, English, French in Cyprus.

How dare I have an opinion? Because it's a democratic country with freedom of speech and I have the right to have my own opinion, even if it disagrees with yours.

And you're wrong on my nationality, I am Cypriot.