Spanish in Schools

[Suburban chick farmer 09]

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Where do people come up with this?

I get it from the people I deal with weekly!
Mexican born, some legal and some not, my DH was told by some illegal people here from Mexico that we had all better learn Spanish, because they are taking over America, and Americans are helping them to do it!
So that is where I get that from, straight from the horse's mouth!


Jean

Okay thanks for the info.

 

[chixie]

our pre k teaches some spanish( counting and colors) but then they dont get to learn spanish again until 8th grade( as an elective-for high school credit)... which I think is stupid they should have it all thru the school years if they have to take 2 years of spanish to graduate...

 

[SarahFair]

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Well that is just one persons way of thinking. Think about how many people here have opinions. Are you really going to let that one opinion judge for the rest of them??

Just kidding. Anyway, you could say the same about any given state and any election, really--I meant it more broadly, that I'm sure lots of Republican-voting states wish that Massachusetts (where I live) could be given to Canada somehow, while plenty of Democrat-voting states wish that Texas could be given back to Mexico, and no doubt plenty of other folks wish that the whole thing could be given back to the Native Americans and we'd hang all the Congresscritters for scoundrels.

haha I didnt mean to respond to your post. I was just to lazy to hit the back button to search for the one that you responded too. Then I was gonna delete what you responded but once I start messing with the [*] codes they get all screwed up. >_<

 

[beak]

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Reality not allowed here. Where's Tom Tancredo when you need him?

 

[beak]

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That was funny and appropriate.

 

[beak]

Why do people pick on the Mexican people so much? I know there is a lot of resentment towards them because they accept the jobs that US employers offer them. There are other ethnic groups that speak mostly their native tongue and can't speak English worth a darn. Heck there's a lot of people that were born here that can't speak English very well. You have the Chinese, Vietnamese, Russians, Yugoslavians, Texans. They all have little communities in various cities where they speak their native language. Nobody picks on them. I think there is just a lot of resentment towards the illegals because they have taken over so many of the semi-skilled labor jobs that used to provide a middle class living to a lot of people. I can certainly understand the resentment. It's the employers that should be hung up by their toes though. They are keeping the extra 5-10 dollars an hour that they are saving and just increasing their profits while putting Americans out of work.

At any rate. Has anyone tried the Rosetta Stone language system? I spend a lot of time in my car every day and figured I could listen to language CD's instead of all the idiots on talk radio or all the commercials on FM. I would like to know if they work very well.

I was just kidding about Texans by the way.

 

[beak]

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I agree. If they can't speak English they shouldn't be here. Good thing Americans didn't feel that way when my great grand parents migrated here. They spoke Italian and French.

 

[shawnkfl]

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thanks for being the official "stat" keeper. some people just aren't picky enough to use spell check after every word. seems to me that everything was interpreted fine though? had it been we xghh rtgb. wdfgsrd.ghtjkf. would you get it? not.

i think it's insane to go to another country where the language is different, and expect that country to learn your language instead of you learning theirs. some countries still use stoning and beheading. some cast out daughters if they "shame" the family. some of those people are in amerika (yes, i meant that stat keeper). should we adopt that too? maybe teach our children that because the family across the street believes in stoning, that we should do the same. after we learn their language, of course.

 

[shawnkfl]

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I agree. If they can't speak English they shouldn't be here. Good thing Americans didn't feel that way when my great grand parents migrated here. They spoke Italian and French.

yet, somewhere along the way your family was taught "gasp" english?? interesting concept!

 

[beak]

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I agree. If they can't speak English they shouldn't be here. Good thing Americans didn't feel that way when my great grand parents migrated here. They spoke Italian and French.

yet, somewhere along the way your family was taught "gasp" english?? interesting concept!

All these people will eventually learn English.