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Originally posted by xo_kathy
OK, you are right, it's a strech to say "every"! But a whole lot do.
And it's hard to fight ya, Rudey, when you use a fabulous word like popycock!!!! 
And I seriously doubt these kids were saying anything bad or derogatory. Kids have balls enough these days to say what they want in a language all the teachers can understand!!
The article says he was told before not to speak Spanish at school - and while he was disobeying a request, he wasn't disobeying any rule. I think the principal has a problem with this particular kid probably and so she used this as a way to discipline him.
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Hah, but the thing is that certain countries are extremely protective of their language (ie. France) and the ones that really push to learn another language are developing countries, colonial remnants, countries with stagnated economies, etc.
-Rudey
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