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Article #2147Re: Wetback Parents Threaten School Boycott Due To English-only Exam
From: Wayne
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:50
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:50
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"Pubkeybreaker" <pubkeybreaker@aol.com> wrote in message news:6164fac6-b716-4042-aa41-5a7bc9132f31@62g2000hsn.googlegroups.com... 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.
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