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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi guys.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(sigh)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a response to my video "Les \Nconsequences du Francais en Haiti"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I did it in French talking about the\Nconsequences of French in Haiti.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I published this in April and I have the \Nlink to it up here and down there
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my description box.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got some really strong reactions to \Nthat post and it seems like I really hit a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nerve for some people so I'm dedicating\Nthis week's message to response and debunk
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the prevalent counter arguments I received
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are the main points I made \Nin that video:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"French hinders comunication in \Nself-expression among Haitians
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It divides the Haitian population and\Nfosters an inferiority complex for the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,majority of the population.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Haitions sustitute someone's ability to \Nmuster a few words in French for wisdom or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intelligence.Haitions fail to realize that\Nwhat they are seeing is more important
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the language they used to say in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And lastly, Haitians by and large cannot \Nspeak French.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are fairly common and well-known\Nissues I presented to support my proposal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of eliminating French as one of the two\Nofficial languages of Haiti.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But many didn't want to hear it and here \Nare some of the responses that I want to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,address.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first one is that the problem of Haiti\Nis one of education not of language.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is my issue with that point.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone knows that the state of education\Nin Haiti is dire, that has always been the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,case in Haiti but have you stopped to \Nthink that language is the basis of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning and education, so if you are \Nattempting to teach in a language that is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cumbersome, unnatural and foreign to kids\Nthen you keep them at a disadvantage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The medium that allows you to communicate\Nthe knowledge you are attempting to pass
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on is extremely relevant.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My experience as a student in Haiti was\Nthat many of my teachers were not fluent
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in French, far from.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So yes, there is an educational crisis in\NHaiti and this isn't breaking news to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyone. But the fact that we are insisting\Non sticking to French as the academic
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language is to our own detriment.