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Originally posted by WCUAXID
Why are there billboards in Spanish, why do ATM machines give you a choice of language. Why do I have to have some of my pay go to the education system only to fund a teacher to teach Spanish to American children?? Why does that teacher not teach English to the children who can not speak English?? We are not helping the illegal immigrants by catering to them, we are only making the situation worse. I don't care if we have millions of immigrants that come in on a daily basis, as long as they can speak English or are willing to go to classes to learn and that they are here legally!!
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Umm, as a teacher here in CA, I know for a fact that students are rarely taught in their L1 (or primary language... remember not all illegal immigrants are SPANISH speaking, as the United States has a huge influx oF Asian illegal immigrants, comparable to the numbers coming from Central America) It is actually against the law in CA, to teach using bilingual instruction, as in accordance with Proposition 187; every few states actually allow bilingual instruction. Furthermore as a proponent of bilingual education, teaching students in English-only is not only ineffective in comparsion, but hinders student learning in other academic subjects. So, you can "rest assured" that the state (CA has half of the English Language Learners within the country within its education system) with the most ELL (English Langauge Learners), are NOT learning in Spanish!
You also speak of billboards and television channels in Spanish, well guess what, that has nothing to do with promoting their lack of English, but is soley based on ADVERTISING. So, you can speak to McDonald's and Coca-Cola, explaining to them that they should not nurture these people's use of Spanish. By the way, here in LA, we also have several Asian papers, television channels, and billboards in predominately Asian areas, so remember it's not just the evil "Spanish" speaking people.
In addition, you speak of all the "evils" of these people, however, let me assure you for every one "bad" illegal immigrant, there are ten more who bring their children to school everyday so they can excel and achieve as they go and scrub your floor, cut your grass, and pick your agriculture.
I respect your opinion for what it is worth and I know its not going to change your mind, but I have a little more factual knowledge on the subject.
Now off to write a billionth paper for class... damn grad school!
