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Sir Roy Strong, the eminent English historian and former
director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London,
has ridiculed the television programme �I'm a celebrity...
Get me out of Here!' in a recent article in �The Daily Mail'.

The rich Victorians were happy with an uneducated underclass
which they could control politically. The legacy of this educational
exclusion of the majority continues to the present day in England.
When you have just about any inquiries relating to exactly where and the best way to employ toeic exam date, you can call us on the web site. Hence, the appetite for trashy television programmes such as
�I �m a Celebrity'. I am afraid Sir Roy, the majority of English
were always philistines. The Victorian legacy has proved too
powerful to undo.

The Victorians did not encourage education among the working
masses. They were employed in dreadful conditions in dangerous
factories, on low wages on the farms of big landowners and in
virtual servitude in domestic service. Added to this there was
the constant demand to fill the ranks of the army and navy to
maintain the largest empire in the world. In 1870 an Education
Act was passed allowing all children between 5 and 10 to go to
school. However, as their parents had to pay a small fee, most
children did not attend. Only in 1891 when education was made
free for children under 10 did the majority go to school. Even
then many did not, as their parents were poor and they preferred
to send them to work to earn income for the family.

"It made we feel utterly ashamed to be British", he lamented.
For those of you lucky enough not to know what this programme
is about, let me explain. It chooses a number of celebrities and
puts them in an artificial situation. In the latest series they were
dropped in the Australian jungle and put through a number of
ordeals such as having insects poured on their heads!
As always there was a mixture of personalities with the emphasis
on young people of the opposite sex being together. These could
be relied on to use bad language, take off most of their clothes
or even have sex.

Also, some reading questions will use many different business communication methods (e-mails, newsletters, etc.) that are connected together. This will test your ability to find, gather and understand information from different sources.

If your child's first language is not English, he or she can
still become an excellent English reader and writer. Your
baby is on the way to successful English reading if she is
beginning to learn many words and is interested in learning
to read in her first language. You can help by supporting
her in her first language as she learns English. Talk with
her, read with her, encourage her to draw and write. In
other words, do the same kinds of activities just discussed,
but do them in your child's first language.

When your child first enters school, talk with her teacher.
Teachers welcome such talks. They even have sign-up times
early in the year, though usually you may ask for a meeting
at any time. If you feel that you need some support in
meeting with the teacher, ask a relative, neighbor, or
someone else in your community to go with you.

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2016 file photo shows Charles "Monty" Roessel, director of the Bureau of Indian Education, during an interview at Cove Day School in Cove, Ariz. Roessel has been demoted after a report by a federal watchdog found he violated hiring practices. The report says Roessel inappropriately intervened in the hiring of a romantic interest and a close relative.(Jon Austria/The Daily Times via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT
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When you do meet, tell the teacher the things that you are
doing at home to strengthen your child's speaking and
reading in her own language. Let the teacher know how
important you child's reading is to you and ask for support
for your efforts. Children who can switch back and forth
between languages have accomplished something special. They
should be praised and encouraged as they work for this
achievement.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - The director of the federal agency that oversees education for American Indian children was demoted Wednesday after a federal watchdog found he used his influence to get jobs for a close relative and a woman with whom he had a romantic relationship.
Charles "Monty" Roessel abused his position as director of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education to help the woman secure multiple positions and to get the relative a job on the Navajo Nation, the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General said in a report.
Roessel has led the bureau since late 2013. He didn't immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment.
In removing Roessel as director, the Interior Department said it wanted to take immediate action given the gravity of the report.
Ann Marie Bledsoe Downes, a deputy assistant secretary under the Interior Department, will take over as the bureau's acting director.

Sir Roy deplores that "the country of Purcell, Shakespeare,
Isaac Newton and Winston Churchill had sunk so low. It's not
just that so many people watched �I'm a Celebrity' (14 million)
and the vacuous behaviour of its victims, but that they actually
gloated over such puerile antics in their homes."