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Originally posted by PM_Mama00
In cases like this (older immigrants who've been here for a while) I'm torn. Neither of my grandparents learned English (besides easy words) and they came here in 1956. My grandfather got by with a job somehow. I've noticed that a lot of older immigrants have very broken English, or never learned the language. But I think in this day that people should learn at least the basics. Back then schools and such didn't accommadate (sp? i know) to those immigrants- at least not in my family's case-, but those students had to learn English. Now my niece who was in PRESCHOOL was learning Spanish. Ok it's good to know a 2nd language and learning at a young age is better, but when you think about WHY schools are teaching it you have to wonder.
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It's important that they at least teach kids the basic spanish phrases they'll need to know as adults:
"Mow the front yard only."
"Clean all of the upstairs toilets."
"The floor needs to be vacuumed."