[workerbee]

How one hears the words "I want my kids to learn Spanish" and infers surrender of the country and giving up of English, I cannot begin to imagine. I simply can't. There is and has never been a time when learning a second (third, fourth, etc.) language is bad thing. It's an objective fact that this country is going to have an explosion of Spanish speakers in the next few decades. How on earth anyone can stick their head in the sand and say to their children, "No! Don't increase your skill level and value in the marketplace! Don't do anything to improve your access to all sorts of jobs!"

[stanne]

Read the article. Or just the headline. Your talking points are worthless here. Senseless and incoherent

[Nifster]

IF you want them to learn an additional language, the best advice has already been given. Have them take Latin

[Nifster]

And of course you live in Maryland where what you really need to learn is how to double speak governmentese

[MSF BU]

Except of course in this case quite often this is done to accommodate those who are here illegally and/or are too lazy to learn our language. Personally I can think of dozens of better uses of time, with dozens alone falling under the rubric of studying ones profession and getting better at it.