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at 7/20/06, 12:16 AM 
CILENCIO NO SE CALLA said...
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at 9/19/06, 11:34 PM 
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Post a Comment*tu estilo de dibujo me parece maravilloso, por la síntesis y la elegancia, te felicito.
I find your drawing style wonderful, for the synthesis and the elegance, I congratulate you.
It goes both ways. If we're forced to listen and understand and speak their language to communicate, they need to do the same. Come into our country, speak our language. Simple as that. Learn our language, and maybe we'll learn yours.
hear hear. What nerve. They illegally come into our country and then are offended when we ask them to speak english so we can understand them. If you are so unwilling to speak our language, go back to your own country and speak your native tongue there. We don't need any more illegal immigrants in this country anyway. Go home. Find a job there, speak Spanish there.
I agree with the two Anonymous contributors, but not for the typical reason. I used to work with a guy from Brazil who had just gotten his citizenship after 13 years of hard work and trying to learn English. Now he works on a help desk where not only does he have to have an excellent command of the English language in writing and speech, but also do so in a technical capacity.
For him, seeing all these Mexican immigrants who refuse to learn and use the English language is an insult since he put in the time and effort to learn the common language. Sure, he still talks to his family in portuguese, and he'd ocassionally teach me bits. But he figures its a matter of "when in Rome, do as the Romans do".
And here the natives speak English. So the least the immigrants could do is meet halfway and learn enough to take part in our society.
I think the key word here is "exposed." Being exposed to another language doesn't mean becoming fluent in that language.
I agree those coming to the USA must try to learn English, but I think there needs to be, at the very least, tolerance of other languages.
Having our English speaking children learn another language will only benefit them in the cultural changing years ahead.
I live in DC, and the region is full of immigrants from many different areas.
The idea that immigrants (I'm assuming we're specifically talking about Mexican & Central American here) refuse to learn English out of nationalist pride or ignorance is absurd. English classes here are full to overflowing. It's often the first step for many immigrants.
Learning English opens more job opportunities and higher earning potenial.
I wonder how many of the people who say "learn English or leave" know a 2nd langauge. I for one have a college degree and basically failed Spanish in both high school and college. I would guess most of the immigrents who don't know English are not college educated and might not have a high school education. Also they probably have only been in the country a couple of years or less. Learning a 2nd language is not easy for everyone but everyone should try it.
Wes
To anomymous "hear, hear":
I don't think we are as offended when we are asked to speak English as much as you are offended by not being able to understand what we are saying.
Look ahead 10-15 years, then 25-50 years...
The Latino/Hispanic population will continue to grow. It may be to your benefit to learn Spanish.
What are you really afraid of? Go meet an immigrant and talk to him/her. You may be surprised what you learn. There is a great deal of misinformation in the media.
Think for yourself. Explore the issues.
No todo lo que no entiendes es malo.
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