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To: deepFR
Part of the problem is how much time is having to be spent on bi-lingual teaching in the classrooms. Leaving aside the legal/illegal question for the moment, a lot of parents feel their children are being short-changed in their education due to the ammount of time spent teaching to non-English speaking students. Whether it's actually a problem or not, that is the perception. It has fostered some animosity, too. I have heard people referring to Lexington as "Mexington", and things like that.

I feel that for the amount of property taxes that they rape us for ("It's for the schools, you know.") parents should be able to send their kids where they want to. We homeschool, so we get to pay for this nonsense no matter what (that's our choice). I just don't like the divisions it throws up in the communities. I generally don't have any problem with the Mexican people who live here, although if they are not here legally I do. I don't know what the percentages are as to legal vs. illegal, but if someone plays by the rules and is here legally, then great, welcome. Now start learning English. You don't have to give up speaking Spanish, but English is the language of our contry and you need to learn to speak it (just like I would need to learn to speak Spanish if I moved to Mexico).

20 posted on 02/19/2005 8:28:05 AM PST by Pablo64 ("Everything I say is fully substantiated by my own opinion.")
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To: Pablo64

I don't see why they need to be taught in Spanish. They're already fluent in Spanish, it's English they're deficient in. I hate being forced to pay for this insanity as well.


24 posted on 02/19/2005 8:32:04 AM PST by cake_crumb (Leftist Credo: "One Wing to Rule Them all and to the Dark Side Bind Them")
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