[damncat]

English is the official language of the Philippines educational system. My Filipino friends consist of doctors, nursing instructors, and many engineers. They may have slight accents and not one can say gas station grammatically correct (they call it "the gas ah station) however to categorize them as non English speaking emigrants, is an erroneous and contemptuous libel.

The hypocrisy of the teachers union on this issue is blatantly obvious. Especially considering that many programmes in California teach in Tagolog to accommodate the large number of Filipino citizens.

Mastering the English language is hard enough for Americans, why chastise others for not doing what most Americans can't master themselves?

Katzilla

[twigs]

erroneous and contemptuous libel.

Not true. See post 22. Maybe that is not true of all Filipinos, but my observation is the same the other poster. That poster is not in error and is certainly not libelous.