Saturday, March 31, 2007

Gingrich is right

Gingrich is right in saying that immersion English is a better solution than the current bilingual mess. Ballot papers should be in English, as should everything else in our lives. Bilingual education should be seen as a barrier to the advancement of Spanish speaking students not a way for them to get ahead. You can be a liberal and still understand that "soft" solutions to social issues aren't always the best way to advance society. Here's a tip when you do a search on Monster and the job says "excellent written and verbal comunication skills required", the company usually isn't look for great Spanish speakers...

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Blogger Jack Mercer said...

Surprising post from you, Mochi, but I think you hit the nail on the head. Whether you view the story of Babel as mythic or not, the proverb of the story is that language divides and isolates group. Not much in keeping with a melting pot.

-Jack

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