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[QUOTE="ouchdrummer:839001"][QUOTE="orgymf@work:838984"][QUOTE="Josh_Martin:838955"][QUOTE="orgymf@work:838661"]do you realise that you just made it look like i said something that conservationist said, and then he responded with something you would say, and you reposted it?[/QUOTE] I don't know why that post came out like that. Weird. You do realize though, that learning a foreign language has been a requirement at most high schools and colleges for decades though right? This is nothing new. Not necessarily spanish, but some foreign language. Most schools offer a choice between spanish and french. Please post sources for all your other claims. I would like to read them. [/QUOTE] as far as foreign language being required..... really????? i don't know man, maybe Attleboro High is a black sheep of sorts, because i was never forced into any foreign language class. as far as sources, i listen to NPR alot, and i get alot of news from BBC.... outside, unbiased views are a beautiful thing.[/QUOTE] well my high school/all the dudes in my office had to take foreign language, my sisters have had too, and all my friends had too. At least two years of it. And i am not saying that your uninformed in general, just in that most other countries have a zero tolerance policy. I mean, say Mexico does have such a law, i know people living in Mexico (my wife's relatives) and they speak Italian/Portuguese. Which the latter is similar to Spanish, but by no means the same language. And they have been there for years. So while maybe a law like that (as draconian as it would be) may be in place, they don't enforce it. And do we really want to model any of our country after Mexico? I don't think they are really the cultural mecca that we are, or that Germany, or Europe are. And are you saying that you would like all grown adults here to be forced to speak fluently? Because if immigrants want to become citizens there is a naturalization process in place that requires a test about our history/laws, and classes. (in English) I know that naturalization is circumvented frequently by people who are just illegal and don't try to become a citizen, but no law about English will change that at all. (short of random roadblocks near our borders to make sure they can speak english........ obviously i am kidding about that.) Anyways, my main points are this, everyone i know was forced to take at least two years of foreign language going to school, and i believe for good reason, and the worlds cultures continue to mix, there is nothing anyone can do about it, and the children of this country need to be able to keep up. That NECESSITATES a bi-lingual language set. (If not TRI-Lingual). It's education, and it's important. And the rest of the world (like i was saying, at least all the industrialized countries) are all forced (for graduation that is) to learn two if not three languages. And it has helped the children on those countries immensely. And as far as forcing adults here to learn english when they immigrate here.. like i said, during naturalization there are requirements in place that require learning at least the basics of our language, and if your saying that those standards need to be raised, then i could see that. But any kind of standardized testing for any new immigrants may be a little much.[/QUOTE]
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