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"RD (The Sandman)" <rdsandman(spamlock)@comcast.net> wrote in message 
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> "Seth Hammond" <lesliesethhammond@yahoo.com> wrote in
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>> "Wayne" <mygarbagecan@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>>> "Pubkeybreaker" <pubkeybreaker@aol.com> wrote in message
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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-i
>>>> > > sat13web.article
>>>> >
>>>> > Wetback Parents Threaten School Boycott Due To English-only Exam
>>>> > Options
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>>>
>>> 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?
>
> Estoy perezoso!
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