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Originally Posted by K C Muffin

We all hate to admit it, but studies done in Europe have convinced me that children pick up foreign languages faster than teens or adults. It's always good to have an extra language hidden in your back pocket - bilingual employees are favored over monolingual employees in a lot of industries - especially those that work with overseas or foreign companies.

I don't mind teaching the children an extra language - I just don't want it to interfere with teaching them all the other classes they'll need. AND, if Spanish is to be taught as a second language, then the Spanish-speaking kids need to learn and use English as an everyday language as well.

If my kids were forced to learn Spanish, I'd be damned if I wouldn't learn it too, just so I could keep up with what they're saying! Same goes for Spanish-speaking families that don't want to budge!

Well it finally happen, just on the news;
Kids kicked off a bus for speaking English

KSTP.com
Updated: 01/09/2007 10:25:54 PM

Excerpt:

Imagine sending your kids off to school, but when they get to the bus they are told they can't get on because they speak English.

That's right, English.

It happened to a few children in St. Paul and now the school district is apologizing.

Rachel Armstrong sent her kids to pick up the bus as usual Monday, but after the driver let the kids on, he told them he would not pick them up again. He even said he wouldn't take them home that afternoon.

Armstrong left work early Tuesday, forced to pick up her kids from Phalen Lake Elementary School.

Her twin girls, 10, and her son, 8, were kicked off their regular school bus. They were told by the bus driver the route is for non-English speaking students only.

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I was aghast when I read this story. Does anyone any background information on St. Paul, MN and the school district is divided between English and non-English speaking kids...and English speaking kids aren't allowed on certain school buses?

This post has been edited by katmandu: Today, 03:34 AM

We all knew it was coming sooner or later.