Posted on 04/22/2010 8:10:06 AM PDT by Patriot1259
Yes, learning a new language was difficult. Easier for me as a child and harder for my parents, but their drive for a better life fueled the need and those difficult days of hard work and the struggles as an immigrant and struggles learning a new language.
Human nature tells us to set aside or give up on what is difficult. We may come back to it, but it sure is easier to keep putting it off. There is nothing wrong with helping another person. But to me, helping is giving them a nudge. Giving them the tools for them to be self-sustaining. Helping is not enabling, pandering or coddling them to the point that they are too comfortable and lose their innate ability to want to succeed or survive.
As a father, there is nothing more than to give my daughter everything she wants and to make things easier for her. But I know that to hold back in doing that, although the pain it may cause me, she will learn a lesson, she will come to appreciate hard work, she will become a stronger and independent woman and she will benefit greatly from the fruits of her labor...
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Why did you start posting this essay in the middle when it was written so eloquently?
As Ed Garcia makes his case in favor of the English language and in favor of dismissing ESL classes, it is a disfavor to his argument to eliminate half of his reasoning.
Go to the source and read the whole thing, and Bravo! to Mr. Garcia. I’m glad that he is a proud American.
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