"Stoutman" .@. wrote in message
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I have a 4-year old son who goes to day care 3-days a week. He likes to
watch Dora the Explorer which for those of you that don't know, teaches
kids a few Spanish words. I use to object to him watching it, but now I
don't have the energy to keep changing it when he watches it. Now he
comes home from pre-school and they are teaching him the days of the week
in English and in Spanish. What the f---???

Why do 'they' feel it is important to teach my 4-year old son Spanish
words when he can barely speak English?? Is Spanish going to be on the
SAT or LSAT or MCAT ???

This is getting really ridiculous.
Not really. Having a second language can only benefit him later in life. I
have been studying Spanish for years (I have 40+ Spanish speaking employees
and I travel to Mexico frequently) and really regret not paying more
attention in Spanish class.

Remember, one say the Junior Beer man may run a large company that employs
Spanish speaking employees. After all, what can it hurt?

Dave