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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. |
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Stoutman (in ) said:
| 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 ??? Nope - but it may be needed to obtain a guest worker pass... -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto |
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At least here in Canada we have an OFFICIAL second language. Actually,
the town I live in here in redneck Alberta has our stop (and many street) signs in French and English, and all our schools are bi-lingual. There's old farts around here who don't speak any English (only French) and in the video store the other day (renting for my wife, not me. Promise!), there was a young couple just having a normal conversation in French. Still takes me by surprise after being here for 2 years. Clint "Stoutman" .@. wrote in message ... 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. |
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Children at that age can easily absorb two languages. It's good brain
fodder, too. It'll be okay. Tom Stoutman wrote: 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. |
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"Stoutman" .@. wrote in message ... 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 |
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Stoutman wrote:
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. You are right. |
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"Stoutman" wrote:
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. I feel sorry for you. You obviously don't understand the value of being bilingual. Lew |
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I feel sorry for you.
You obviously don't understand the value of being bilingual. Lew I totally see the value in being bilingual! I wish I spoke 10 languages, that would be awesome. You are missing my point. He is FOUR. Shouldn't he learn English first? Instead of teaching him two new Spanish words per day, I would rather 'they' teach ONE new English word!! |
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I assume you speak and write some sort of English at home, eh? He'll
learn from you his primary language. Maybe like Yoda will he even talk! Tom Stoutman wrote: I feel sorry for you. You obviously don't understand the value of being bilingual. Lew I totally see the value in being bilingual! I wish I spoke 10 languages, that would be awesome. You are missing my point. He is FOUR. Shouldn't he learn English first? Instead of teaching him two new Spanish words per day, I would rather 'they' teach ONE new English word!! |
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Maybe like Yoda will he even talk!
Tom!! Too funny! This is why you should never drink a beverage while reading this NG. How bad is Yuengling for my keyboar-gksdl dssd? |
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"Stoutman" .@. wrote in message ... 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. As far as I can tell Spanish is the official language of the USA these days. I have trouble finding the damned directions for things in English! Cheers, cc |
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In article , Stoutman .@. wrote:
I feel sorry for you. You obviously don't understand the value of being bilingual. Lew I totally see the value in being bilingual! I wish I spoke 10 languages, that would be awesome. You are missing my point. He is FOUR. Shouldn't he learn English first? Instead of teaching him two new Spanish words per day, I would rather 'they' teach ONE new English word!! Actually there have been many many studies that show that teaching a second language is most effectively done when started at the pre-school age, without detriment or delay in learning the primary language. Personal observations of bilingual people in my own family (unfortunately I'm not one of them) certainly bear that out. -- No dumb questions, just dumb answers. Larry Wasserman - Baltimore, Maryland - |
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"James \"Cubby\" Culbertson" wrote in
: "Stoutman" .@. wrote in message ... 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. As far as I can tell Spanish is the official language of the USA these days. I have trouble finding the damned directions for things in English! Cheers, cc That is why all of the court documents are written in Spanish as well as the Bills that pass through Congress. All newspapers and magazines are in Spanish as are all of the programs on evey single cable channel. |
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"Stoutman" .@. wrote in
: 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. When one knows more than one language, it opens more doors than if you only know english. If he does learn spanish fluently, then other langages will be easier to learn as well. NOW is the time to teach him a second or third language. It will never be easier for him. Would you object if he was learning Dutch, German, or Pidgin? |
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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. My wife taught my 3 yr old to speak flawless french all the while that I and the rest of the tribe spoke english. At 4 yrs old she was my 'tutor' when I broke down and finally took french classes. My 4 yr old grandson also watches 'Dora the Explora' and we do spanish together and he corrects me. Don't be afraid of a language taught to a preschooler. They can only benefit from the exposure. I wish I knew that 45 yrs ago. Pete |
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You are missing my point. He is FOUR. Shouldn't he learn English first? Instead of teaching him two new Spanish words per day, I would rather 'they' teach ONE new English word!! He is learning more english than you are aware of. As you say there is nothing but good about being bilingual. All this reminds me of a friend who teaches kindergarten. 20 all day long in her class. The usual mix is at least 10 who speak only one language and it is not english or spanish. One year there were 14 who spoke only one language and it was not english or spanish. After 6 weeks with lots of recess time they all spoke english as well as any kindergartener. And se impressed the parents to keep up the other languages. Bob AZ |
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I feel sorry for you. You obviously don't understand the value of being bilingual. Lew I totally see the value in being bilingual! I wish I spoke 10 languages, that would be awesome. You are missing my point. He is FOUR. Shouldn't he learn English first? Instead of teaching him two new Spanish words per day, I would rather 'they' teach ONE new English word!! He'll learn English without anyone teaching him words. Not so with Spanish. Que el aprenda bien. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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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 ??? No, but it may be the language used at the grocery store. I know it is at mine. I only wish I'd paid more attention to Spanish when I took it in school. No motivation to learn it then... now I realize my mistake. You need to chill. They're doing your child a service. And don't worry that he can only absorb one language. Using that thinking, you'd need to pull him out of mathematics later because it might interfere with his learning to read. Your kid's brain is like a sponge.... pack as much stuff in there as he can absorb. And languages... they are easiest to learn at a very early age. Being bilingual is a very good thing in today's world. -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN Mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com |
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"Stoutman" .@. wrote in message ... 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. Ultimately it will be an asset as when he has his Mexican gardener do something different the gardener will not be able to fall back on the old stand by, I no speakey English, to get out of doing as instructed. Also at this age he will retain more of what he learns than later on. |
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On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:25:07 GMT, Stoutman wrote:
I feel sorry for you. You obviously don't understand the value of being bilingual. Lew I totally see the value in being bilingual! I wish I spoke 10 languages, that would be awesome. You are missing my point. He is FOUR. Shouldn't he learn English first? Instead of teaching him two new Spanish words per day, I would rather 'they' teach ONE new English word!! I do agree with youthat teaching him spanish is probably not a good idea. They should be teaching him chinese, that way he'll be able to get a job when he grows up. Pete -- .................................................. ......................... .. never trust a man who, when left alone ...... Pete Lynch . .. in a room with a tea cosy ...... Marlow, England . .. doesn't try it on (Billy Connolly) ..................................... |
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Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
And languages... they are easiest to learn at a very early age. Being bilingual is a very good thing in today's world. Outside the US, it's very common to see young kids switch back and forth from language to language. My wife is a 2nd grade teacher, and she has students who translate for Polish, Czech, Russian, Pakistani, Indian, and Asian immigrant parents. Only native Americans seem to have a problem with multiple languages. |
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"Peter Lynch" wrote in message ... I do agree with youthat teaching him spanish is probably not a good idea. They should be teaching him chinese, that way he'll be able to get a job when he grows up. Pete No kidding.. LOL Unfortunately you would have to be a genius to learn to speak Chinese to "any" Chinese person. My neighbor is Chinese and cannot understand what other Chinese neighbors are saying. Apparently there are many many versions of Chinese. |
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Tue, Oct 3, 2006, 12:36am (EDT+4): .@. (Stoutman)
snip Why do 'they' feel it is important to teach my 4-year old son Spanish words when he can barely speak English?? snip It has been proven that it is much easier to learn a second language early. Knowing a second language makes learning additional languages much easier. Knowing a second language, or more, could come in handy to the kid. Never hurts to learn new things. I learned German (passable enough to understand, and tell, dirty jokes) in my mid-late 20s. I was in Germany at the time and it came in handy numerous times. What helped me most was my female friend at the time hung out in her mother's little bar, frequented mostly by people who only spoke German. It was either learn or be left out - still took some work on my part tho. Would have been even handier if I'd known French, for when I was in France, and later Vietnam. Would be handy today to know more Spanish today than just taco and burrito. JOAT It's not hard, if you get your mind right. - Granny Weatherwax |
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Morris Dovey (in ) said:
| Stoutman (in ) said: | || 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 ??? | | Nope - but it may be needed to obtain a guest worker pass... Sorry - that was a smartass response. I've had some some experience indicating that people who learn to think in multiple languages gain some degree of advantage in solving problems - perhaps something to do with being able to bring different different cultural perspectives or though processes to bear. Whether it's ever tested or not, I would thing that maximizing the ability to communicate would be a plus for anyone. -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto |
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On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:36:05 GMT, "Stoutman" .@. wrote:
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. My grand kids are learning spanish, too.. and I think it's great.. I don't know where you live, but here in Calif., people with 2 or 3 languages have far better employment and social opportunities, and the younger you learn something, the easier it is.. Mac https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm |
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Stoutman wrote: I feel sorry for you. You obviously don't understand the value of being bilingual. Lew I totally see the value in being bilingual! I wish I spoke 10 languages, that would be awesome. You are missing my point. He is FOUR. Shouldn't he learn English first? Instead of teaching him two new Spanish words per day, I would rather 'they' teach ONE new English word!! You ask, "Shouldn't he learn English first?" Do you think that learning a little Spanish interferes with learning English? I don't think so, but certainly don't see any reason why you shouldn't look into it. I am pretty sure that it has been well-established that the older a person is when they begin to learn a second language the less well they learn it. Functional MRIs show a neurological basis for this. Learning languages sequentially is a poor way to learn them. I've been learnign English for half a century and am still learning now. There is a learning disability that is associated with changing one's primary language at a certain age. But that depends on abandoning one and picking up another, not on being bilingual, so that is not somethign to worry about here. My ex was diagnosed with that when she switched back to English from Vietnamese, but it didn't last. I suspect he is learning English faster than he is Spanish. Does he speak English as well as or better than other four year olds? Heck, this is an opportunity for you to learn Spanish. I bet he'd get a blast from teaching you. That's the way a lot of immigrants learned English, they sent their kids to school and had their kids teach them when they got home. There are countries, like Switzerland, that have multiple official languages. AFAIK, their people are not any less articulate than Americans. What is really good here, is knowing that you care and are involved in his education. Good for you/ -- FF |
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See also sci.lang and misc.kids.
There your questions will be on-topic and read by people with experience with the relevent issues. OTOH, you probably don't want to ask them about wood finishes. -- FF |
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Stoutman wrote: Why do 'they' feel it is important to teach my 4-year old son Spanish words when he can barely speak English?? Because at that age he'll learn Spanish without even realising it. Leave it to 10 for starting another language and most kids will never manage it. If you think Spanish is a bad choice, then that's one thing. But IMHO, _all_ kids should be exposed to a second language around this age - it's what four year olds are programmed for. |
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Peter Lynch wrote:
I do agree with youthat teaching him spanish is probably not a good idea. They should be teaching him chinese, that way he'll be able to get a job when he grows up. Pete You don't know how true that is Pete, my sons school teaches french and German, with russian and manderin being optional extras.... At work we have had a massive influx of chinese students, to get the money in the uni has dropped the english requirement, one translates for the rest, the biggest issue is their attitude to safety or other instructions, anyone below the level of Dr. need not bother as they will be ignored. Give it 5 years and they'll dry up as an income source, they'll be teaching the subjects back at home! Badger, on the South coast of England. |
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"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message ink.net... "Stoutman" wrote: 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. I feel sorry for you. You obviously don't understand the value of being bilingual. Lew then give the kid a choice of what language they want to learn. Comprende? Gary |
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"Stoutman" .@. wrote in message
... 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. To my way of thinking it's nothing to get upset about. Knowing two languages does nobody any harm, children learn multiple languages far more easily than adults, and adults who know two languages generally have a lot less trouble with learning another than do those who only know one, so if he starts out with English and Spanish, later if he wants to learn Japanese or Russian or Aramaic or whatever he'll have a leg up. In many localities the Catholic schools, which nobody has ever accused of being bastions of political correctness, start a second language in second or third grade--in Louisiana and Canada it's French, don't know what they do elsewhere. Further, it's an odd thing about languages--different languages express things differently--something that one can say in a few words in one may take several paragraphs in another--knowing two gives you an alternative way of looking at things which can sometimes help with problem solving. Further, in many parts of the US today, "yo hablo espanol" is a useful thing to have on a resume for just about any job that involves interacting with the public. Rather than fighting it I'd say to encourage him at every opportunity. |
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"Leon" wrote in message
om... "Peter Lynch" wrote in message ... I do agree with youthat teaching him spanish is probably not a good idea. They should be teaching him chinese, that way he'll be able to get a job when he grows up. Pete No kidding.. LOL Unfortunately you would have to be a genius to learn to speak Chinese to "any" Chinese person. My neighbor is Chinese and cannot understand what other Chinese neighbors are saying. Apparently there are many many versions of Chinese. Written Chinese is fairly standardized, spoken Chinese has region-specific "dialects" that are as different from each other as Spanish is from French. Mandarin, which was the language of the ruling class until the Communists came in (and may still be for all I know), has the most speakers--my impression is that an "educated" person learned Mandarin in addition to any regional dialect but I'm a long way from an expert on China. |
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"GeeDubb" wrote in message m... "Lew Hodgett" wrote in message ink.net... "Stoutman" wrote: 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. I feel sorry for you. You obviously don't understand the value of being bilingual. Lew then give the kid a choice of what language they want to learn. Comprende? Nice notion in an ideal world where all kids are sufficiently educated to have some notion what language will be useful to them and schools have unlimited budgets for language instruction. |
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He and his child were not given a choice. In the states we've been
hearing a lot about bilingualism for many years. And I can't stand it. Why? Because bilingualism is semi-officially English/Spanish. It's ubiquitous: ATMs, on-line banking, phone help lines, ad nauseum give us the choice of English or Spanish. NotGerman, Swedish, Russian, etc. Why only Spanish? I am also intrigued by this. Why Spanish? I am also disgusted by the English/Spanish choice at the ATM and grocery store U-Scan. The Dora the Explorer show really ****es me off. When I was a kid (I'm 35) we were never exposed to a foreign language at that age. Maybe very infrequently on Sesame Street. The Explorer show he watches teaches Spanish every other phrase. Why is there such a big push to force feed Spanish to American children?? So they can communicate with Jose down the street who can't speak English?? Why shouldn't Jose learn English instead of our kids Spanish? Now he is getting force fed Spanish in preschool! Why not Yiddish? Oy Vey! My biggest fear is that he might get words mixed up and start speaking Spanglish! |
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T'was ever thus... as it will reflect the surrounding cultures. Getting
involved in your children's education and institutions may be your best bet to "remedy" this affront. Tom Stoutman wrote: He and his child were not given a choice. In the states we've been hearing a lot about bilingualism for many years. And I can't stand it. Why? Because bilingualism is semi-officially English/Spanish. It's ubiquitous: ATMs, on-line banking, phone help lines, ad nauseum give us the choice of English or Spanish. NotGerman, Swedish, Russian, etc. Why only Spanish? I am also intrigued by this. Why Spanish? I am also disgusted by the English/Spanish choice at the ATM and grocery store U-Scan. The Dora the Explorer show really ****es me off. When I was a kid (I'm 35) we were never exposed to a foreign language at that age. Maybe very infrequently on Sesame Street. The Explorer show he watches teaches Spanish every other phrase. Why is there such a big push to force feed Spanish to American children?? So they can communicate with Jose down the street who can't speak English?? Why shouldn't Jose learn English instead of our kids Spanish? Now he is getting force fed Spanish in preschool! Why not Yiddish? Oy Vey! My biggest fear is that he might get words mixed up and start speaking Spanglish! |
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B A R R Y wrote: Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote: And languages... they are easiest to learn at a very early age. Being bilingual is a very good thing in today's world. Outside the US, it's very common to see young kids switch back and forth from language to language. My wife is a 2nd grade teacher, and she has students who translate for Polish, Czech, Russian, Pakistani, Indian, and Asian immigrant parents. Only native Americans seem to have a problem with multiple languages. That is because we have ZERO need to learn other languages. How about all the immigrants from Europe -- they adapted. Our strength is our COMMON language. And when you go almost anywhere outside the USA, what is the common language? ENGLISH! I'm off my soapbox -- gonna try to go find some newsgroup that discusses woodworking! |
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"native American"?
B A R R Y" wrote in message ... Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote: And languages... they are easiest to learn at a very early age. Being bilingual is a very good thing in today's world. Outside the US, it's very common to see young kids switch back and forth from language to language. My wife is a 2nd grade teacher, and she has students who translate for Polish, Czech, Russian, Pakistani, Indian, and Asian immigrant parents. Only native Americans seem to have a problem with multiple languages. |
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