Posted on 07/15/2004 4:44:07 PM PDT by Akira
I went to school in Texas with a bunch of Mexican kids. They all spoke English perfectly in school. Every once in a while they would speak Spanish to one another but the teachers would correct and say English! When we were not in school they spoke Spanish & English to each other, I guess depending on what they wanted to say. I only speak English and always felt that I wasn't as well educated as they were because I wasn't bilingual. It is great for kids to grow up with two languages, wish I had. MrsPD
They should move to a friendlier state.
Ohio has this Individual Education Program that is bilingual.
Ohio is not a friendlier state.
One of my nieces did have speech problems but we are fairly confident that it was not related to being raised bilingual. Two of my uncles had the same problem and they were raised single language.
Your friend's son is not being raised bilingual but single language. That is why he is having a hard time.
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