Saturday, October 25, 2008

Maths & English

I seldom read the notices that are stuck on the back of the Novotel gym's locker doors. Yesterday I took a good look and found these writings below:

WE NEED YOUR CORPORATE ASSISTANCE FOR ENSURING SAFETINESS IN OUR LOCKER ROOM BY NOT LEAVING ANY VALUABLES ITEM IN THE LOCKER.

SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX IS PROVIDED
IN THE SPA RECEPTIONIST AS YOUR SAFETY PLACE TO KEEP YOUR VALUABLES ITEM.





















I could not believe Novotel (the best hotel in Palembang, supposedly 5 Stars) would have posted English notices with grammatical errors like these!

I am not trying to make fun of the Indonesians but the level of English of people here still needs some brushing up.

Maths is another subject that is considered "difficult" for Indonesians. We have been trying to teach maths and English to our maid and driver. We have been allowing them to take time off to go to school so that both of them can finish high school and get their certificates (easier to get jobs).

I have been trying to teach them for months but they still could not do this despite being in the final semester of high school :

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