Ban the Pladge of Allegiance

[Rucker61]

I am offended and really pissed off that my kids have to learn Spanish in elementary school! How do I get that banned? Oh wait we live in colorado.

Seriously? The benefits to the brain of learning a second language, any language, are well documented. My kids will be learning Latin this year, and we don't live anywhere near Latin American.

[Great-Kazoo]

Your kids might like it when they get into a better college or get an extra 10 grand a year at a job because they speak two languages though...

Seriously? The benefits to the brain of learning a second language, any language, are well documented. My kids will be learning Latin this year, and we don't live anywhere near Latin American.

HE'S talking mandatory spanish because 50% [ easy] are unable to SPEAK ENGLISH. SO the education system insist the country where English is the primary language ( for now) students learn a different one. Because assimilating in to American culture will never happen.

Myself ,ANY opportunity to learn another language is beneficial in many ways. However don't do it for PC reasons.

[Squeeze]

HE'S talking mandatory spanish because 50% [ easy] are unable to SPEAK ENGLISH. SO the education system insist the country where English is the primary language ( for now) students learn a different one. Because assimilating in to American culture will never happen.

Myself ,ANY opportunity to learn another language is beneficial in many ways. However don't do it for PC reasons.

^^^This.

[asmo]

My kids will be learning Latin this year, and we don't live anywhere near Latin American.

I may make that my new signature..

[hatidua]

My kids will be learning Latin this year, and we don't live anywhere near Latin American.

And, sadly, their fluency in Latin won't do squat for them if they do move to Latin America...

[bellavite1]

And, sadly, their fluency in Latin won't do squat for them if they do move to Latin America...

But it helps with cool sig lines!

[trlcavscout]

Seriously? The benefits to the brain of learning a second language, any language, are well documented. My kids will be learning Latin this year, and we don't live anywhere near Latin American.

Yes I am fucking serious! If my kids learn to speak German, french what ever by choice that is fine by me. I am German/Irish. But to force my 5 year old to learn Spanish because some fucktard illegal immigrant refuses to learn and teach their kid English is fucked up! If their kid can't communicate with others at the U.S. public school they need to adapt not the other way around.

[speedysst]

The issue is that it's EXPECTED that the second language is Spanish. Latin is awesome and I have recently been learning Afrikaans - because I can.

Seriously? The benefits to the brain of learning a second language, any language, are well documented. My kids will be learning Latin this year, and we don't live anywhere near Latin American.