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Article #2131Re: Wetback Parents Threaten School Boycott Due To English-only Exam
From: Rudy Canoza
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:28
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:28
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Herman Rubin wrote: > In article <6164fac6-b716-4042-aa41-5a7bc9132f31@62g2000hsn.googlegroups.com>, > Pubkeybreaker <pubkeybreaker@aol.com> wrote: > > >> Ted wrote: >>> On Feb 16, 8:45=EF=BF=BDpm, "f. barnes" <fre...@centurytel.net> wrote: >>>> On Feb 16, 4:49=EF=BF=BDpm, Stuart Jackson <bjackson...@yahoo.com> wrote= >> : > >>>>> Beaners parents say English test is, "unfair,'' "anti- >>>>> immigrant'' (pooooooooor pooooooooooor Mexicans):http://www.suntimes.c= >> om/news/education/790858,CST-NWS-isat13web.article > >>>> Wetback Parents Threaten School Boycott Due To English-only Exam >>>> Options > > >> Allow me to inject an opinion over and above the racial hatred in the >> original post. > >> It is indeed unfair to insist that *recent* immigrants be forced to >> take a test in English. >> They have not had enough time to learn it. > >> The solution is obvious: Do away with bi-lingual education. For >> newly arrived >> immigrants who do not know English, sit them down in a classroom and >> teach them >> ONLY English. 8 hours a day. Do not allow them to study other >> subjects in school until they >> have sufficient mastery of English. > > I do not believe that this is wise. Getting rid of bilingual education certainly is wise. That's what California did with Proposition 227 in 1998, and test scores for Latino students began rising almost immediately. Bilingual "education" has nothing to do with legitimate education, and everything to do with anti-western "multi-culturalism".
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