[Latinguy]

This is true but the fault lies with liberal programs. When I was a kid it didn’t matter if you immigrated from mars to the u.s. you still had to learn in english and you were taught in english only. However, in california(exact date escapes me) the democrats wanted to woo the latin vote against regan so those politicians schemed up a plan to keep that segment of the population ignorant within their own language under the guise of being compassionate and feeling empathy for their plight of not knowing english. Teachers unions siezed on this to generate more work and also pushed for spanish only education. Now its a problem all over the country because a precedent was has been set. Being of latin background myself I can’t believe those people of the latin community that endorse these programs. These programs are keeping immigrants south of the border ignorant because they are NOT being integrated into the mainstream as english speakers. Hell, english is the world business language which makes it even more important to know. I am a fluent spanish speaker and writer without a formal training. When outside all I spoke was english but at home my parents, who are also fluent in english, ignored me unless I communicted with them in spanish. This system worked worked quite well because I did not want to be ignored by my parents and I complied and learned spanish. In the end I know am better for it by knowing 2 languages. I still think in ‘english’ but you wouldn’t know it if you heard me speak in spanish. P.S. On a side note I can’t stand all the PC categorization that happens in this country. In the PC world of today if a black person wants to be called african american then I would have to be called south american american. Doesn’t that sound so ridiculous!

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Name : Latinguy, City : Dallas, State : TX, Country : United States, 

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