KMAN says:
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To be fair, Scott may not realize that "blame it on ESL" is at the core
of
our public school apologistics (at least here in Ottawa).
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KMAN, I was referring to Scott assuming I had made up this bit about
ESL; he suggested that perhaps the parents hadn't actually said it.
They had.

As to your comment: not just in Ottawa.

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