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On May 18, 6:33 am, tripletask@gmail..com wrote:
> On Mon, 17 May 2010 21:16:45 -0700, *USA* <sanj...@here.com> wrote:
>
> > > This English teacher has phrased it the best I've seen yet.  This
> >should make everyone think, be you Democrat, Republican or Independent.
>
> > > From a California school teacher - - -
>
> > > "As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal
> >immigration, there are some things that you should be aware of:
> > > I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a
> >large southern California high school which is designated a Title 1
> >school, meaning that its students average lower socioeconomic and income
> >levels.
>
> > > Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell
> >Gardens, Huntington Park, etc., where these students are protesting, are
> >also Title 1 schools.
> > > Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program.
> >When I say free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll --
> >but a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would
> >make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays
> >and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten.
>
> > > I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least
> >moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The school
> >also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant girls
> >(some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience
> >of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids.
> > > I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing
> >funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for
> >anything; my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new
> >computers for the computer learning center, half of which, one month
> >later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who
> >obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in America.
>
> > > I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute
> >teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students, here
> >in the country less then 3 months, who raised so much hell with the
> >female teachers, calling them "Putas"(whores) and throwing things, that
> >the teachers were in tears.
>
> > > Free medical, free education, free food, free day care etc., etc,
> >etc.  Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country
> >but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?
>
> > > To those who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants
> >contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and
> >housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in
> >the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs.
>
> > > Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs,
> >more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding,
> >new diseases. For me, I'll pay more for tomatoes.
>
> > > Americans, We need to wake up.
>
> > > It does, however, have everything to do with culture: It involves an
> >American third-world culture that does not value education, that accepts
> >children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that
> >refuses to assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak
> >and worried about "political correctness"  that we don't have the will
> >to do anything about it.
> > > If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine, forward this to
> >everyone you know.
>
> > > CHEAP LABOR?  Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about?
> >Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage. Consumers don't want
> >expensive produce.
>
> > > Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs.  But the
> >bottom line is cheap labor. The phrase "cheap labor" is a myth, a farce,
> >and a lie. There is no such thing as "cheap labor."
>
> > > Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife and five children. He
> >takes a job for $5.00 or 6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents,
> >he pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year, if he files an Income
> >Tax Return, he gets an "earned income credit" of up to $3,200 free.
>
> > > He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent.
> > > He qualifies for food stamps.
> > > He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay) health care.
> > > His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school.
> > > He requires bilingual teachers and books.
> > > He qualifies for relief from high energy bills.
> > > If they are, or become, aged, blind or disabled, they qualify for SSI.
> > > If qualified for SSI they can qualify for Medicare.
>
> > > All of this is at (OUR) taxpayer's expense.
> > > He doesn't worry about car insurance, life insurance, or homeowners
> >insurance.
> > > Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and printed material.
> > > He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00 to $30.00/hour in
> >benefits.
>
> > > Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or $6..00/hour left after
> >paying their bills AND his.
> > > Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT!
> > > THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL
> >MEMBERS OF EITHER PARTY.
>
> > > AND WHEN THEY LIE TO US AND DON'T DO AS THEY SAY, WE SHOULD REPLACE THEM.
>
> > > Please pass this on to as many as possible.  Immigration legislation
> >is to be considered in 2010.  This is important to working Americans,
> >our economy and our American culture and heritage..
>
> > > Grace Gan
> > > Ukiah Unified School District
> > > 925 N. State St.
> > > Ukiah, CA 95482
>
> These mestizo invaders are a low IQ85 people who are obsolete even in
> thier homelands. Do you want them here?
>

Letter is a fake. "Grace Gan" is listed as a "Secretary II," not a
teacher, on the Ukiah School district website. Ukian is a small
Northern California town, not a large urban Southern California school
district.