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Written by Rood at 06 Apr 2003 03:29:21: Re: Consider: Spanish
As an answer to: Consider ... written by Paul B. at 03 Apr 2003 07:31:25:
>>> While that may indeed be factual, it is not the fault of the educational system that those 25% have no intention of adopting English as their primary language.
>> Jim...I'm a trained instructor in both Literacy Volunteers and in the Laubach System of teaching English. All of my students have been native born white Anglo-Saxons.
>I'm not at all sure that Jim was referring to anyone other than native born white Anglo-Saxons.I don't know to whom Jim was referring, but here in the SW USA (from Texas to California) there are two languages: English and Spanish. One may live one's life without knowing a word of English. This includes voting in all elections. Of course those who know both languages have a leg up. One must be bilingual before one can be hired for many jobs, particularly government jobs, where one must deal with the public. I worked in the US Census in 1990 and without a working knowledge of Spanish I wouldn't have been able to speak with many citizens.