Ta’ b’xejn lil kulhadd joghgob.

Jew b’xejn jew xejn, as KMB said. And Manuel Mallia is going for the b’xejn.

He has all the right in the world to get free schooling for his children. But the least he can do is to show some basic form of charity. Leave the few available free places for the people who really cannot afford NOT to send their children to free schooling.

I am sure that at some point in time he will have to face the fact that money does not bring happiness. Helping others brings real happiness and peace in one’s life.

This is not true. Nowadays the government pays for LSAs at independent schools too – if the child is statemented.

Kul u tpaxxa, ghax minn hawn ghal gol-kaxxa.

6. Getting a wife from Romania because it’s cheaper than getting one from Russia.

Niftakarha sewwa dik l-ghajta tal-KMB.

Ghexthom dawk iz-zminijiet, b’uliedi jitghallmu bil-mohbi fid-djar privati u s-sorijiet ta’ St Joseph (u nahseb anki ohrajn) maqfulin gewwa wara l-kancelli tal-iskola u mghassa mill-pulizija.

Dak, precizament, li qed jippratika Mallia – idahhal l-uliedu fi skola b’xejn biex ma jhallas xejn.

Insaqsi. Tghid m’illum il quddiem meta nigu ghall-gabra annwali ghall-iskejjel tal-knisja hemm xi hadd jippretendi li jien ghandi nghin ukoll lil ulied Mallia.

Inkompli nsaqsi. Jista’ jkun ukoll li bis-sahha ta’ ulied Mallia il-kontribut tal-Gvern lill-iskejjel tal-knisja jizdied b’mod sostanzjali mis-sena d-diehla? Ghandek cans (‘c’ bit-tikka) nisma’ min jghidli.

I agree with you. Of course that’s the way it should be. And learning support assistants are just an important cog within the entire system of inclusion.

MY point is – up till some time ago, independent schools did not even provide those.

[Daphne – You are wrong. Twenty-two years ago one of my sons was at a private kindergarten where around 20% of the pupils were mentally or physically disabled. They were integrated with the rest of the class, with the required support. Twenty years ago, at San Anton School, disabled children were integrated into the mainstream, again with the required support where necessary. I cannot speak for other independent schools.]

[Daphne – That was KMB.]

[Daphne – And that’s as it should be. Or do you expect other children’s parents to pay their salaries? Inclusive education is not a matter of learning support assistants and who pays for them. It’s to do with the entire structure and organisation of the school and its teaching methods.]