Posted on 11/10/2005 9:51:24 AM PST by Millee
BUUZZZZZZ. Wrong answer, bucko! Just another DEMOCRAT in a state controlled by Republicans (unlike other large states with a large number of Spanish speakers) advocating a position that will do down in flames.
I stand corrected. If he goes down in flames, the State will have stood for American values and not Mexico's or Cuba's.
They tried to teach us Spanish when I was in junior high. I tried Latin and German in high school. I failed miserably at all of them. English was a lot easier!
"If you want to be American, embrace America, speak our language. If you don't, get out."
Exactly. I would not even consider moving to another country if I couldn't speak the language.
Sounds like an option. Duh!
Seems idiotic considering so many can't even read English well.
Latin was mandatory only in religious schools, usually Catholic schools. You could make the argument that Latin was good to know because many Latin terms are still used in science, medicine and law. Over 60% of English words have Latin roots, so studying Latin opens up a deeper understanding of our own language.
Latin terms and grammar also resemble some European languages, like Italian and Spanish, and those who study Latin find it much easier to learn these European languages, as well as Greek, (which Latin also resembles in many ways). This is why many of the Popes of the last 60 years had mastered 6 - 12 languages, JPII was fluent in 12, as was Pope Pius XII); they studied Latin from their youth, which made learning European languages easier.
As for making it mandatory that all American students in public schools learn Spanish you have to see through the veil of liberal reasoning here. They are pandering to the Spanish voters, and they are trying to tear down the language of America along with our borders. This (multiculturalism) is the fastest route to the new-world-order, a planet without borders, nationalism, patriotism or a dominant religion.
As an American, when I dial a phone number I don't really want to have to "Push 1 for English" anymore. Make it mandatory for immigrants to learn our language, and stop pandering to every #$%&*#$ group that calls itself a 'minority'.
btt
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