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"Wayne" <mygarbagecan@verizon.net> wrote in message 
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> "Seth Hammond" <lesliesethhammond@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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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-isat13web.article
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>>>> > 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.
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>>>
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>> 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.
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>> Mexicans have been in Arizona far longer than gringos presently here. 
>> Why don't all gringos here learn to speak Spanish?
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> Because there are far more people speaking english in the US than spanish.

For how long?