Talking "furrin lengwidge" is now illegal in Kansas?

Griff · 12-10-2005, 07:53 AM

"I was trying to be nice to her. I asked her why she did not want me to speak Spanish and she got mad. She said 'I don't want to hear it in my building.' "

If we get too many more control freak principal stories we'll have to start a thread to track them.

Troubleshooter · 12-10-2005, 08:35 AM

All we need to do now is to get the nonsense the fundamentalist speak declared a foreign language and we'll be fine.

12-10-2005, 11:17 AM

Everytime I make a call to a business that's any larger than Mom and Pop and cousin Joe, I am treated to an automated recording which advises me to press 1 for English or 2 for Spanish. Colorado has got to be one of the most backward states in the union, but even it seems to recognize that there is a significant percentage of the population out there that is most comfortable transacting business in Spanish.

Certainly, it is very important for children whose native tongue is Spanish to become proficient in English, as well, if they wish to get far in the US as adults. However, disciplining a student for speaking Spanish outside the classrooms reminds me of the stories of Native American children who were taken away to boarding schools and punished for speaking in their own tongue. This country lost a major portion of its native heritage with the loss of those languages. One thing I love about being in the 4 corners area is the chance to hear the Navajo language on the airwaves, and look at the great contribution the Navajo code talkers made in WWII. That principle should be exiled to South America.

Elspode · 12-10-2005, 02:58 PM

I've been following it, but I didn't bring it up because, frankly, it is embarassing. I work right down the street from that school district. I've been in their headquarters building.

richlevy · 12-10-2005, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I've been in their headquarters building.

Great. In addition to all of this crap they have lousy security.

Mari, I agree about the boarding schools. However, while doing my mandatory fact check for my last post I discovered that the U.S. goverment mandated the prohibition of native language, and not the schools themselves.

12-10-2005, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

Mari, I agree about the boarding schools. However, while doing my mandatory fact check for my last post I discovered that the U.S. goverment mandated the prohibition of native language, and not the schools themselves.

Oh, well, if the GOVERNMENT mandated it, I guess that was OK. Didn't the Souix have WMD's? I'm sure Paraguay does.

12-10-2005, 07:53 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	"I was trying to be nice to her. I asked her why she did not want me to speak Spanish and she got mad. She said 'I don't want to hear it in my building.' " If we get too many more control freak principal stories we'll have to start a thread to track them. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-10-2005, 08:35 AM	#2
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	All we need to do now is to get the nonsense the fundamentalist speak declared a foreign language and we'll be fine. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

12-10-2005, 02:58 PM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I've been following it, but I didn't bring it up because, frankly, it is embarassing. I work right down the street from that school district. I've been in their headquarters building. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

12-10-2005, 11:17 AM	#3
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Everytime I make a call to a business that's any larger than Mom and Pop and cousin Joe, I am treated to an automated recording which advises me to press 1 for English or 2 for Spanish. Colorado has got to be one of the most backward states in the union, but even it seems to recognize that there is a significant percentage of the population out there that is most comfortable transacting business in Spanish. Certainly, it is very important for children whose native tongue is Spanish to become proficient in English, as well, if they wish to get far in the US as adults. However, disciplining a student for speaking Spanish outside the classrooms reminds me of the stories of Native American children who were taken away to boarding schools and punished for speaking in their own tongue. This country lost a major portion of its native heritage with the loss of those languages. One thing I love about being in the 4 corners area is the chance to hear the Navajo language on the airwaves, and look at the great contribution the Navajo code talkers made in WWII. That principle should be exiled to South America.

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