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Maybe now that the NEA fears job competition from aliens, Washington will find H-1(b)s intolerable.

Educationally speaking, are Filipino teachers even fluent enough in English to be understood by Americans? After all, Filipino RNs speak English - but with an accent or dialect making it near-impossible for Americans to understand!

English un-fluency of Asian immigrant profs even became a political issue in Pennsylvania between 1982 and 1992 - when legislators, besieged with complaints from parents of state-university students taught by profs and grad students who barely spoke English, actually considered legally requiring English fluency to teach at a Pennsylvania state university.

DeportemallletAllahsortitout!

Get the sticker!

[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]

Filipino RNs speak English - but with an accent or dialect making it near-impossible for Americans to understand!

My 17-year-old daughter gave blood for the first time this summer and was stuck by a Filipino nurse who could not fully communicate in English with his patient. And he did a lousy job. The needle hurt her terribly and she was bruised for days. She's going to try again later this month, and if it goes the same way, the Red Cross will have lost a life-long blood donor.