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Seth Hammond wrote:
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ted wrote:
>>>>>>> On Feb 16, 8:45?pm, "f. barnes" <fre...@centurytel.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Feb 16, 4:49?pm, Stuart Jackson <bjackson...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Beaners parents say English test is, "unfair,'' "anti-
>>>>>>>>> immigrant'' (pooooooooor pooooooooooor 
>>>>>>>>> Mexicans):http://www.suntimes.com/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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> **************
>>>>>> An excellent idea!  The only problem I see is that it is not 
>>>>>> politically correct.  Anything short of having K-12 entirely in 
>>>>>> spanish is viewed as discriminatory.  Anyone who wants english as a 
>>>>>> national language will be declared a racist.  That happens to me, in 
>>>>>> spite of 15 years of volunteer work assisting in english literacy for 
>>>>>> spanish speakers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I grew up in South Bend, Indiana.  I knew dozens of old Europeans who 
>>>>> had been in this country for years, and spoke no English at all.  They 
>>>>> communicated only with each other and offspring who grew up learning 
>>>>> English.  No one pissed and whined about it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mexicans have been in Arizona far longer than gringos presently here. 
>>>>> Why don't all gringos here learn to speak Spanish?
>>>>>
>>>> Because there are far more people speaking english in the US than 
>>>> spanish.
>>> For how long?
>>>
>> Agreed...for how long?  It is going to require immediate attention to 
>> avoid going bilingual in K-12.
>> I fear that political correctness will prevail.
>>
>>
> 
> Our public schools are already unfit to teach our kids. 

Thanks to anti-American fanatics like you.