Nebraska Fears Segregation in Schools

AP ^ | Feb 18, 2005 | SCOTT BAUER

[okie01]

How many of the kids in the Lexington and Schuyler schools are children of illegal immigrants? And why is that not a problem? And why should the children of legal residents legally changing schools be a problem?

Something is bass-ackward here.

[radicalamericannationalist]

"What is his point, that Hispanic students can't learn unless they are seated next to a white?"

I was at a talk by Clarence Thomas where he found the attitude that blacks need white kids in their class to learn as incredibly patronizing and offensive.

[Map Kernow]

States in the Great Plains such as Nebraska are losing population, some counties in those states by over 40% in the decade 1990-2000 according to the Census. Laws such as this to force "integration" of the children of native citizens (whatever their color) with the children of illegal entrants who don't even speak English will accelerate this trend.

[Pablo64]

I've often wondered why that isn't a big old "Duuhhh!" They always say the best way to learn a new language is total immersion in it. I say start immersing.

[Grendel9]

I had an exchange student from Madrid in my high school World Lit English class. Admittedly, he was of the societal hoi poloi in Spain...Mom a Doctor of Philosophy who taught in the University; Dad a political Big Wig of the City.

The lad signed up for our school's Advanced Spanish course;
he later told me the course was based on gutteral Spanish!
He only remained in it one semester.

Another incident in my career that proved the old adage: Teachers learn from their students!