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Ethnic Boundaries: A society that seeks to address the needs, resources and potential of all children is one which recognises linguistic individuality yet promotes social and racial equality. Language acquisition is to be encouraged and celebrated in the home and in public, and become part of the organic development of the whole community.
Local authorities need to recognise the diversity of linguistic heritage, and promote foreign languages outside their historical, regional and ethnic boundaries, so that they are available to all citizens regardless of age. For the success of such a policy, resources in both the voluntary and public sectors need to be coordinated so that language centres have status in the community.
WITH GARDENS a sense of enclosure is important. On small lots the boundaries may be those of the property or even plantings or other pleasant features on a neighbor's property, for when I speak of boundaries I mean not those of the lot but those that limit the view. On larger grounds the boundaries to views may be well within the property lines.
Boundaries are of many kinds. Never install one that gives any suggestion of being a spite fence. Many American communities are characterized by a complete absence of fences, walls or hedges around front yards; and grounds of all houses on the street merge into one delightful park-like picture of lawns, trees and shrubbery. If you live in such a community think well before you introduce what is likely to be an incongruous note by sharply defining lot boundaries seen from the street. The mere suggestion of definition by the skill-ful use of a flowering tree, shade tree, evergreen or clumps of shrubs is the most be done and ev.en then great restraint is needed. |
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