That's what my daughter said to me today.
She'd just returned from a visit with her mother in Birmingham. Her mom works in a restaurant and there are a lot of Mexicans who work there. SOme of them speak some English, others not so much. My ex hangs out with them, so it was natural that my daughter did as well.
I asked her why she wanted to learn Spanish, and she said it was because she felt guilty, because all of her Mexican friends were having to learn English if they wanted to talk to her.
"Well, they are living in America. Shouldn't they be learning English anyway? I know if I moved to Mexico, I'd be learning to speak Spanish."
"No dad, that's different. They don't have to learn English here."
"Why not? Isn't that a double standard?"
"No, because you'd have to learn Spanish to get by in Mexico. Mexicans have whole communities here so there's no need for them to learn English."
Then she said it was a very sensitive issue with her and she didn't want to talk to me about it because she'd just get mad.
Posted by Rich at April 24, 2006 8:10 PM | TrackBackAh, government education, er indoctrination. You gotta love it!
Posted by: Rick Forman on April 25, 2006 10:39 AMWith a member of the future genration leaders of this country having such obviously brainwashed ideas about Mexican immigrants. It is apparent to me we have already started down the slope to "Balkanising" our Country. This will eventually lead to the same path that destroyed the Roman Empire and is presently causing havoc in European counrties that have large legal and ilegal immigrants who wish not to assimilate.
Posted by: jaxgeorge on April 25, 2006 1:20 PMThe USA doesn't have an official language last time I checked. I don't think they should have to learn english.
Posted by: Isaac on April 30, 2006 11:41 PMIf you moved to Mexico,would you expect the city government, the schools, stores, police, etc to learn English so you could live there without learning the local language? How about France? Or Russia?
I certainly hope not.
If you move to a foreign country, it is your responsibility to learn the local language. It is not their responsibility to learn yours.
As for English not being the official language, ask yourself one qestion: What language is the Constitution written in?
But I'll go this far with you. They don't have to learn English, but my tax dollars should noy be going to support bi-lingual government because of their laziness.
Posted by: rich on May 1, 2006 8:37 AM