People that come to the US and don't speak English don't get great jobs. Everyone that I've worked with from a foreign country has spoken English. There is a big disparity in the incomes between the two.

'Official languages' are :rolleyes:. Immigrants that don't learn the language get by as best they can and their kids grow up speaking English. Over time it takes care of itself. It's not an issue.

This is my OMNI post of the day.

Oh yes, poop!

Official languages are to standardize tests and signage. We as states should not have to distribute everything in 18 languages. It costs all of us a lot of tax dollars for as you correctly note, people that don't add that much tax income to the system.

And I'm on record as saying that I will back off if asked...I wish not to put PLI on my FM.

As for why...I'm not sure that getting into details would be the smart play to make. Maybe that discussion is better suited for a Panthers game; as I'm sure the building is pretty quiet this time of year. :D

Nonsense. You are clearly an agent of Rolle Yes, sent here to infiltrate and report back :rolleyes:.

It is high......it is far....it is GONE!

And in Paris, they refuse to acknowledge your existence.

There are two roads into the Casco Viejo from the Multicentro. One is slightly more :eek: than the other. If he took the one that hugs the coast, where you have to drive around the collapsed ruins of a building to get in, we should know within the first few lines of his post. I wonder if the glue-huffers and prostitutes are out in the streets this early in the morning. :rolleyes:

For those keeping score
PLI is the IATA Airport code for Pandyland International Airport

Agent Ocho Cinco from Control

Working for a school district now, I can say you are right on the money. My wife, who is a school teacher, also notices a huge difference in learning when students learn English as immigrants and those who's parents do not make it a priority.

Non-English speakers take a translated version of the Texas standardized test (TAKS), which includes things like English proficiency... :confused:

Rather than hold kids back who do not pass because they cannot understand the material due to language barriers, we let them go on to the next grade and wonder why they don't graduate high school.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: :rolleyes:

I worked a year in a school district as well :) (a day job, I worked for a bank at night, and went to college all at the same time.)

Our education system is more concerned about teaching to pass the TAKS than teaching students how to learn and think on their feet. :(

When I first moved here , I was 10 years old and I spoke Zero Ingles.
I would go to school and not understand a single thing, I pretty much learned english watching cartoons.

In NY they had some sort of standarized writing test that you needed to pass at the end of the year , so as I started understanding a little bit more , I would also have to attend an after school english writing class.

I still don't know how I managed to learn so quickly and then pass the writing test.

This :rolleyes: will self destruct in 5 seconds .

It's more important that the kids be with their friends. Holding them back is cruel and unusual. And to top it off, it's just not nice. We can't do that; we have to be nice.

So did I...and I was born in the US. Tells you something about our education system :rolleyes:.