{"id":149449,"date":"2019-11-08T12:11:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T10:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-news-secret-diary-of-an-irish-teacher-i-questioned-irish-being-a-compulsory-subject-and-i-clearly-upset-people\/"},"modified":"2019-11-08T12:11:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T10:11:42","slug":"sa-news-secret-diary-of-an-irish-teacher-i-questioned-irish-being-a-compulsory-subject-and-i-clearly-upset-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-news-secret-diary-of-an-irish-teacher-i-questioned-irish-being-a-compulsory-subject-and-i-clearly-upset-people\/","title":{"rendered":"SA News: Secret Diary of an Irish Teacher: I questioned Irish being a compulsory subject and I clearly upset people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=A20560629A394BA7B1DA7EF050B24911&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.irishexaminer.com%2fbreakingnews%2flifestyle%2ffeatures%2fsecret-diary-of-an-irish-teacher-i-questioned-irish-being-a-compulsory-subject-and-i-clearly-upset-people-962535.html&#038;c=14966560607626847742&#038;mkt=en-us\">Secret Diary of an Irish Teacher: I questioned Irish being a compulsory subject and I clearly upset people<\/a>: To me, this student\u2019s anti-immigration stance was wrong, but the child grew up in South Africa and was deeply affected by feelings of fear and uncertainty. He was also a child, who deserved to come to &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=A20560629A394BA7B1DA7EF050B24911&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.irishexaminer.com%2fbreakingnews%2flifestyle%2ffeatures%2fsecret-diary-of-an-irish-teacher-i-questioned-irish-being-a-compulsory-subject-and-i-clearly-upset-people-962535.html&#038;c=14966560607626847742&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=A20560629A394BA7B1DA7EF050B24911&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dailysun.co.za%2fSport%2ffans-cheer-our-rugby-heroes-20191108&#038;c=6751180345160447807&#038;mkt=en-us\">FANS CHEER OUR RUGBY HEROES<\/a>: Mabatho Mathebula (21) said it was liberating to see South Africans standing together like this. \u201cI have never experienced South Africa this way,\u201d she said &#8211; Braamfontein in the heart of Jozi came to &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=A20560629A394BA7B1DA7EF050B24911&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dailysun.co.za%2fSport%2ffans-cheer-our-rugby-heroes-20191108&#038;c=6751180345160447807&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=A20560629A394BA7B1DA7EF050B24911&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.morningadvertiser.co.uk%2fArticle%2f2019%2f11%2f08%2fMore-fans-sought-pubs-for-the-Rugby-World-Cup-final-than-the-Three-Lions-World-Cup-semi&#038;c=16954818935432591949&#038;mkt=en-us\">More fans sought pubs for Rugby World Cup final than Three Lions&#8217; semi-final<\/a>: More sport fans wanted to watch England\u2019s Rugby World Cup final against South Africa in a pub than England\u2019s Russia 2018 World Cup football semi-final against Croatia \u2013 despite the former kicking off &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=A20560629A394BA7B1DA7EF050B24911&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.morningadvertiser.co.uk%2fArticle%2f2019%2f11%2f08%2fMore-fans-sought-pubs-for-the-Rugby-World-Cup-final-than-the-Three-Lions-World-Cup-semi&#038;c=16954818935432591949&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=A20560629A394BA7B1DA7EF050B24911&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2fenvironment%2f2019%2fnov%2f08%2fscientists-plan-to-flood-black-market-with-fake-rhino-horn-to-reduce-poaching&#038;c=17057553962639120128&#038;mkt=en-us\">Scientists plan to flood black market with fake rhino horn to reduce poaching<\/a>: In South Africa alone, 769 rhinos were poached in 2018, and there have also been attempts to steal rhino horns from museums in Europe. While a number of approaches have been looked at to tackle the &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=A20560629A394BA7B1DA7EF050B24911&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2fenvironment%2f2019%2fnov%2f08%2fscientists-plan-to-flood-black-market-with-fake-rhino-horn-to-reduce-poaching&#038;c=17057553962639120128&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=A20560629A394BA7B1DA7EF050B24911&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.namibian.com.na%2f85265%2fread%2fSA-investment-summit-draws-N%24200b-pledges&#038;c=15318729628798302876&#038;mkt=en-us\">SA investment summit draws N0b pledges<\/a>: \u201cIt is pleasing to see that investors still consider South Africa as a country that has much to offer,\u201d Ramaphosa said. At a summit last year, Ramaphosa set a goal of attracting US$  100 billion (N$  1 &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=A20560629A394BA7B1DA7EF050B24911&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.namibian.com.na%2f85265%2fread%2fSA-investment-summit-draws-N%24200b-pledges&#038;c=15318729628798302876&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=A20560629A394BA7B1DA7EF050B24911&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dailysun.co.za%2fNews%2fbig-wedding-for-kfc-couple-20191108&#038;c=837297626020415297&#038;mkt=en-us\">BIG WEDDING FOR KFC COUPLE!<\/a>: Later KFC said it was looking for the couple so that they can bless them with a street wise wedding. On Friday, KFC South Africa tweeted that: \u201cSouth Africa, you guys are amazing! We\u2019ve found the &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=A20560629A394BA7B1DA7EF050B24911&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dailysun.co.za%2fNews%2fbig-wedding-for-kfc-couple-20191108&#038;c=837297626020415297&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secret Diary of an Irish Teacher: I questioned Irish being a compulsory subject and I clearly upset people: To me, this student\u2019s anti-immigration stance was wrong, but the child grew up in South Africa and was deeply affected by feelings of fear and uncertainty. He was also a child, who deserved to come to &#8230; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[6164,11714,30716,4163,14844,830,3073,4306,3077,24201,5570,6185],"class_list":{"0":"post-149449","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-being","8":"tag-clearly","9":"tag-compulsory","10":"tag-diary","11":"tag-irish","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-people","14":"tag-questioned","15":"tag-secret","16":"tag-subject","17":"tag-teacher","18":"tag-upset","19":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}