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'Learn English' thread
LGBR
OR GET OUT
easilyodd
Gene Simmons says that immigrants should learn to speak English if they “want to unlock the keys to the kingdom”
Gene Simmons on immigration: 'Learn to speak the goddamn language' | The Independent
(sorry easilyodd; i like this headline better)
Me
32 years of teaching
in a district next to the border of Mexico
that thought/thinks bilingual education
is the trick; if they learn two languages
they're better off...
but
in this community/city
people do not need to know english
they can go into any place and someone will accommodate their spanish
so walking around the community and at home these kids hear nothing but spanish
and the schools speak spanish to them (to maintain their language and culture im told) with a small component of english language development...
those that are responsible and can learn two languages do,
but a large percentage doesn't want to or need to...
who believes in this type of teaching? Spanish speaking teachers; many of whom only were hired because they knew Spanish, and English is their second language... you should hear these bitches whine if facts about kids not learning English ever is brought up... and of course they'll point out the smart successful students who are intelligent enough to become bilingual. These teachers always point out that truly bilingual students (a smalll sample group) test better than monolingual students (a huge sample group). But that is based on the small percentage of smart kids that really do learn both languages,,, because of their inherent ability, not because somehow or other knowing two languages helps you test better... fucking lie
there are no bilingual classes in Mexico
Mexico protects it's culture and language and nation from outside influence
the voters in California ended bilingual education
but schools found legal wranglings around that