Monthly Archives: April 2012
Stupido!
Now, let’s put it this way. If he was following so few children at so few nurseries, how come those daycare workers couldn’t pull their thumbs out of their arses for the short time he was observing them and put on a good show? It really isn’t rocket surgery to give the observer what they want to see. Continue reading
News Translation: Danish Nurseries
“We have the attitude about child development in Denmark, that children have to explore things for themselves. It’s fair enough for constructive, strong children. But for the quiet children, and those that are crawling up the walls, it is unfortunate. And it means that years after what happened in nursery, we must use an enormous amount of money on including those children,” said the expert. Continue reading
Posted in Denmark
Tagged Aarhus University, Berlingske, Child, child abuse in denmark, childcare, childcare in denmark, children in denmark, Christine Antorini, copenhagen, Day care, denmark, emotional abuse, emotional neglect, institutionalisation, Ole Henrik Hansen, pedagogue, should i move to denmark
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Arrested Development
When I was a kid and first started reading newspapers, so this will have been in the nineties or so, they often referred to the “race” or background of the person in the story. As crime stories are more interesting … Continue reading
News Translating: Parents need to be involved
From the Department of the Bleeding Obvious comes the news that if you want children to succeed, it is probably not a good idea to treat their parents like animals. And besides, most of them are already doing what you … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark
Tagged Dane, danish language, denmark, expat, forced daycare, Government, Parent, tosprog
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Noble Savages
I’ve got a riddle for you. When is an international public relations disaster not a public relations disaster? Give up? When it happens in Danish! Denmark is not perfect. But the image projected far and wide of the country is … Continue reading
Posted in Danish, Denmark
Tagged copenhagen, Dane, danish culture, danish humor, danish humour, danish irony, danish satire, Dell, denmark, Google, Government, mads christensen, Noble Savage, police brutality, sexism, Work–life balance
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Terrorism and the Mainstream
You know when idiots demand that “moderate” Muslims, condemn the beliefs of the murderous minority of people who say they share their religion? Of course, I think who they mean are all Muslims who do not commit or support mass … Continue reading
Five Arguments which are Wrong about Racism
Full disclosure: I have white privilege and so I have no idea what it is like not to have it. If I bugger this post up, PLEASE tell me, okay? Note to speed readers: this post is not actually about … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Black people, Human, Race-Ethnic-Religious Relations, racism, Ricky Gervais, Sikh, Stereotype, White people
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Six Stupid Arguments that are Damaging Denmark
6) There are plenty of countries that are the same I like to call this the “but their Mommy lets them do it!” gambit. This argument is usually made in response to someone who has made the observation that, in line … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark
Tagged Dane, denmark, life in denmark, North Korea, stupid argument, what's denmark like
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Dell and Sexism
A very stupid man (Mads Christensen), whose only real achievement to date seems to have been to upset some survivors of a massacre by suggesting that they should have fought back, was invited to speak at a tech conference for … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark, Feminism
Tagged Ada Lovelace, Dell, delldk, Grace Hopper, Hedy Lamarr, Invention, Joke, live tweeting, mads christensen, Neolithic Revolution, Tony Porter
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Danish Hype
Denmark is very “in” right now. It often tops (or almost tops), lists of the Happiest Countries. Foreign journalists have been invited on lots of wonderful trips to Copenhagen after the hype from excellent Danish drama series; and they report … Continue reading
