Comments on: Behind in Britain http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/02/behind-in-britain/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:08:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JuliaK http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/02/behind-in-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-69304 JuliaK Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:18:05 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/02/03/behind-in-britain/#comment-69304 "We will be talking to the supplier with regard to how the branding came about." The supplier was probably based in foreign, non-english speaking parts. For someone in China, or Turkey, "Lolita" may have retained the meaning of "attractive young girl," without the creepy associations. I assume the online catalog staff didn't think too hard about the name, or had never read the book. “We will be talking to the supplier with regard to how the branding came about.”

The supplier was probably based in foreign, non-english speaking parts. For someone in China, or Turkey, “Lolita” may have retained the meaning of “attractive young girl,” without the creepy associations. I assume the online catalog staff didn’t think too hard about the name, or had never read the book.

]]> By: Tracy W http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/02/behind-in-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-69301 Tracy W Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:59:30 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/02/03/behind-in-britain/#comment-69301 If the staff at Woolworths didn't know the meaning of Lolita, how did the bed wind up called it in the first place? Coincidences do happen, but we are talking about one incredible coincidence. If the staff at Woolworths didn’t know the meaning of Lolita, how did the bed wind up called it in the first place?

Coincidences do happen, but we are talking about one incredible coincidence.

]]> By: parentalcation http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/02/behind-in-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-69262 parentalcation Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:28:50 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/02/03/behind-in-britain/#comment-69262 My kids are half english, and I lived there for several years. Englands white working class hooligan culture is as everybit self destructive as the gangbanging culture of this country. I would never raise my kids in english public schools. My kids are half english, and I lived there for several years. Englands white working class hooligan culture is as everybit self destructive as the gangbanging culture of this country.

I would never raise my kids in english public schools.

]]> By: Walter E. Wallis http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/02/behind-in-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-69227 Walter E. Wallis Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:08:35 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/02/03/behind-in-britain/#comment-69227 So if the problem is culural, perhaps schools should return to the traditional roll of passing on th culture, which implies judging the relative merit of diverse cultures. So if the problem is culural, perhaps schools should return to the traditional roll of passing on th culture, which implies judging the relative merit of diverse cultures.

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