Thursday, February 19, 2009

We are the Borg, you will be assimilated, resistance is futile (or is it?)

In a unpleasant turn of events CSL decided to leaf out of the books of the Borg, and of the English Canadians from back in the times of the British regime in Canada. CSL, being a french school, belonging to a french school board, has a natural opposition against english speakers, and the usage of english in the school. At the start of the school year, they decided to mix the two advanced English classes, with the other four classes composed mainly of French speakers in an attempt to assimilate us. (Trust us, there isn't another reason. And even if there was, this was one of the bigger ones.)

Something they don't understand about assimilation, and this any Dumbass of the Borg could tell you, is that you need to be more in numbers, and be something more perfect or offer something better than the group you are trying to assimilate. (Borg are many, and are near perfect. English Canadians were more in numbers, and had a judicial system the French Canadians liked)

Two ironic things about this new arrangement.

One:
All class averages dropped by around 5%. Entire school averages are now lower than what it used to be. This means CSL's reputation is pulverized like a Smart car that's been rolled over repetitively by a tank. Next year, we probably won't make the list of the top 20 best secondary schools. Oh well, I don't think CSL can last very long anymore. It's been downhill for a few years. We're the end of the line. It turns out that there's a certain honor in being the last of something. (Famous last words: More weight!)

Two: Ever since Sec 1, our history class has been teaching us about how the English Canadians came up with laws, regulations, etc. to assimilate the French Canadians. Depending on your point of view, it either worked or failed. And now, trying the process in reverse, the FCs are trying to eat up the ECs at CSL.
From my point of view, CSL's attempted assimilation of the English speaking students was a hilarious failure and probably was the final step in pitching CSL off the cliff. We aren't any closer from speaking french except when absolutely needed, and overall school performance decreased. A great big F is in order I think for the person(s) who came up with this brillant plan. Kudos! What are you planning next I wonder? Maybe the assimilation of the Chinese?

1 comment:

  1. Indeed my friend, you speak the truth :P

    My grades took an unpleasant turn for the worst this semester (call me lazy...) yet still I remain above (and in some cases surpinsgly so) the embarassing class averages...huh. I can't believe my luck!

    I love this blog. You're my favorite recovoring drunk ;)

    *Is that a reference to "The Crucible" I see? xD

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