Should we require bilingual classes in all public schools to better the edcuation of all students?

Angel Primeau

WHY should LEGAL Chinese immigrants be forced to learn Spanish? They already need ENGLISH.

USA needs to stop favoring Spanish as the national language of the USA. More and more Americans cannot get hired because they are not bi-lingual in their own country.

Go to Mexico and see how Bi-lingual they are!! Seirously, the only reason America caters to Spanish speakers is to get their attention and then their cash. Americans don't need the limited few pesos the Mexicans dish out.

In short, the educated Mexicans speak English. So we're only kissing up to the poor uneducated masses from another country by learning Spanish. I mean seirously, our forefathers gotta be rolling in their graves over the prospect of having to convert everything.

onetwothree

NO.. when they do it for the WRONG reasons.

It's good to teach children a foreign language, just as a supplement, but they can't forget what the main language in the country is.
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Jedi Master Titus Pullo (USA)

Hell no

okay, i want learn Irish Gaelic, i demand all signs to be in Irish Gaelic.

You want Spanish you demand all signs to be in Spanish!
Someone else want French and demands all signs to be in French!
new immigrant from Germany demands that their child learns in German!

Sweet Tea & Lemons

NO.

GUARD DOG

We should focus on ENGLISH ONLY----

because in case you have'nt noticed, most people on this forum can't spell for sh*t.....

Moody Red

Not a requirement, a voluntary elective is fine. I feel the same as another person who answered this question. Let's get English down first!

TheDude

actually the studies Ive read , say being immersed in a single language , speeds up the learning and assimilation process. especially in the younger years.

witchgurl2684

Let's focus on learning English correctly first. Not only the immigrants don't know English, but neither does half the American population.

spareo1

Just my opinion, no. If someone wants to live in a foreign country, they should want to learn the lingo.

Btw, are you suggesting two teachers /per class, or all bi-lingual teachers.

tia

I believe it would be good for American children to learn another language if nothing else to broaden their horizons.I also believe our primary language should and always will be English but it does no harm being able to communicate with foreigners.

Poor Richard

I agree, especially since you spelled "education" as "edcuation".

SixthDream

So why do they have to learn Spanish why not any other languages.

FOX

We already have classes for students to learn other languages. I think everyone should know English as a primary language for communications. However, I do think that students benefit from learning other languages also; my kid does at least.

mnwomen

We have elective courses to teach them now. It should not be a required course. Plus how are we to decide which languages would be required. You cant teach every language in the world.

Spock (rhp)

Chinese as the 2nd language?

:-)

Rada S

When I visited Europe I was happy to see that in every country there was more than one language and was wondering why Americans don't bother to learn other languages....I think it is beneficial myself...and kinda fun!

triteamdan

The demographics in this country is rapidly changing so this does make sense. I'm sure in time, people will stop fighting and start accepting the reality.

joeanimal

i think we should all go back to the beginning and be required to learn and speak latin!!!

no actually todays youth would all respond to a universal slang language such as "gangsta rap"!!!!

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