Afrikaans question papers in UFS.

I just saw the picture of the question using the link provided in Post #11. I can see how such a mistake could occur and doubt that it was intentionally. This incident should not be used to try to promote a political or ideological agenda.
 
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/20...bes-UFS-test-paper-incident-as-‘naked-racism’

Cosatu describes UFS test paper incident as ‘naked racism’

"Cosatu Free State has learned with horror the news that some students were discovered having two sets of audit module question papers at the University of the Free State. What is outlandish and unacceptable is the fact that the Afrikaans paper had answers and the English version did not have answers‚" the union said.

The union has labelled this incident as racist.

“This is naked racism‚ which must be fought and defeated once and for all. This is how these white institutions promote white supremacy through cheating‚ and keep Africans outside the strategic sectors of the economy of the country. We are calling for a serious investigation of this incident.”
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The narrative has been set in stone.
 
ngwe23 said:
Ooh, you naive poor little soul. Why was the lecturer good as doing his/her job while compiling the English paper and suddenly became "lazy/bad" when compiling the Afrikaans paper?
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Back in the day we had a computer based test leak at Tuks due to network failure, this test was in English, so by your logic the English lecturer was racist and trying to intentionally help the English class? Your logic is so astoundingly bad that it could be a case study in a philosophy lecture.
 
ngwe23 said:
Are you telling me that the lecturer didnt proof read the paper before printing it out?

Your logic is lacking.
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The paper was assessed and moderated, but the paper was called on to be revised where the lecturer made a mistake by not removing the guideline to one question on one paper. You do not even have to bring language into this argument, it is outright silly. Obviously the revised paper was not properly moderated which comes down to human incompetence than your splurged on racism. I am astounded at how this human made error is generalised as outright racism and by promoting white supremacy.

Reading on by various comments made, it seems that the test was continued and that the points would had been automatically rewarded to those writing the English paper. Going by this, the marks would had been amended.
 
This sort of thing happened while I was at UCT. It was deliberate but that was a different time in our history.

I hope UFS gets to the bottom of this. Its pathetic to make such a mistake at this level. Its incompetence and puts the University in a bad spotlight.
 
I feel sorry for the white, English speaking people of this country. They are racist and do not receive free answers in test papers.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
The paper was assessed and moderated, but the paper was called on to be revised where the lecturer made a mistake by not removing the guideline to one question on one paper. You do not even have to bring language into this argument, it is outright silly. Obviously the revised paper was not properly moderated which comes down to human incompetence than your splurged on racism. I am astounded at how this human made error is generalised as outright racism and by promoting white supremacy.

Reading on by various comments made, it seems that the test was continued and that the points would had been automatically rewarded to those writing the English paper. Going by this, the marks would had been amended.
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Lies, all white people are afrikaans, all black people are english. This one answer to one question has for the past 22 years kept, and will continue to keep, generations of black people outside the strategic sectors of the economy of the country. The failings of the country and economy of the past, present and future rested on this one answer. Someone gets 10%, they could have gotten 80% had they had this answer
 
Okay let's assume this was not intentional. Why did afrikaans students not report this?
Are afrikaans people too stupid to learn in English?
If not then English all the way for the future.

My problem with 2 question papers of different languages is that some people fail a question because they didn't understand it. The problem here is that the phrasing of words in questions also is important.

Again I ask. Are afrikaans natives scared of English papers?
 
winner said:
Okay let's assume this was not intentional. Why did afrikaans students not report this?
Are afrikaans people too stupid to learn in English?
If not then English all the way for the future.

My problem with 2 question papers of different languages is that some people fail a question because they didn't understand it. The problem here is that the phrasing of words in questions also is important.

Again I ask. Are afrikaans natives scared of English papers?
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Shoo you are as "insightful" as ngwe23.
 
winner said:
Okay let's assume this was not intentional. Why did afrikaans students not report this?
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You are assuming too much, let me quote what I have already said,

Reading on by various comments made, it seems that the test was continued and that the points would had been automatically rewarded to those writing the English paper. Going by this, the marks would had been amended.
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I have also noted that the media has started to ride this, sensationalism.
 
Deadmanza said:
Shoo you are as "insightful" as ngwe23.
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Lol, strange how one 'privileged' ethnic group has the right to cheat in public view. Not to mention that other ethnic groups may have also written this dumb-downed question paper. This rage is stupid imho.
 
winner said:
Okay let's assume this was not intentional. Why did afrikaans students not report this?
Are afrikaans people too stupid to learn in English?
If not then English all the way for the future.

My problem with 2 question papers of different languages is that some people fail a question because they didn't understand it. The problem here is that the phrasing of words in questions also is important.

Again I ask. Are afrikaans natives scared of English papers?
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Yes, we're way too stupid to learn English. There, now let it be.

As for the comment on not understanding a question, you have invigilators not so? Do you think Afrikaans students don't ask invigilators questions regarding questions in the exams? Geesus you're naïve.
 
Here comes the blog,

https://lizamfana.wordpress.com/201...ng-as-academics-university-of-the-free-state/

2. Runé Jordan’s conduct

At today’s 8 o’clock Auditing class, the program director as well as the lecturer took time out to explain the ‘mistake’that had occurred to students. They reassured us that there is no favouritism that exists in the UFS Centre for Accounting and all students are treated equally. When students contested their argument, they were met with disregard and intellectual insults. Her response to the question on how 3 people make the same mistake was as follows, “I don’t know what you expect me to say, if you guys had taken the 5 marks all this would be over and done with”. This points directly to a arrogantly racist perception by settlers that they can treat us like **** and tell us to get over it. This was caused by the rainbow nation dream that was preached by Mandela which granted unwanted and undeserved forgiveness to racist settler barbarians and allow them to continue raping our lands and our people. This event gave settlers the ability to think that because they are the beneficiaries of an unjust system built by their ancestors, on the backs of ours, they are somehow superior to other races. This mentality is preserved in today’s society and is the direct cause of the white arrogance we are subjected to in UFS. Like most settlers, Miss Jordan suffers from the disease of subliminal racism and is therefore a doubt-able candidate to lecture black students.

Another event that occured in the class after I had left proves the claim I am making. Siyanda Rixana narrates:

“So the auditing lecturer who set a paper that gave the afrikaans people the answers sends a black child to her car and when he comes back she says thank god you didn’t steal my car.

I’m sorry this might have been a joke for her to say this but to me if shows that she sees black people as thieves so I’m not sure if what she did yesterday was a mistake as she claims.”

This one shows you that Rune Jordan subscribes to racist settler perpetuated stereotypes against black people. It is difficult to imagine that as black students sit in class and attempt to pursue academic excellence, their lecturers see a group of thieves.
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There is more in the link.
 
Winner, how about this:

I fully support the removal of Afrikaans as teaching medium at Varsity, given that all entry requirements be exactly the same for ALL races. How about them apples?
 
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