Our future president believes teaching in English only at school is a silly idea. When elected, I think a main goal of his will be to shape the U.S. into a more European-like country. That's ok in some regards, but in others, no thanks. Here, Obama is teaching us how ridiculous we Americans are for not all being bilingual like those in Europe. We should apparently be ashamed of ourselves when we travel abroad and speak in English to people.
He says he doesn't understand why people go around being worried about English being taught in schools. Another example of his being out of touch with reality and the clear thinking person. It was frustrating living in California and going to the store and receiving application forms for discount cards and various things in Spanish, and Spanish only. Our country bends over backwards to allow people to rely solely on their native language to the detriment of everyone else. Funny how Obama blows past immigrants learning English..."of course they will"...and then focuses on the real problem: us not learning their language. What? Why would they learn English when it is no longer required, when you know that the world around you will change for you? Why are there so many communities of immigrants, legal and non, that refuse to assimilate and are their own mini countries, sucking resources, money, classroom space, etc. and give as little as possible back- and why should we encourage more of it?
Obama just makes me laugh. I love when he get carried away in his own speech or goes into comedian mode and his voice goes into that higher pitch...
Someone please tell him that the landscape in Europe is not slightly different from that of America, and if he's so in love with it, they'd love to have him.
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I take it you'll be voting for McCain. (Obama's inspired me to work on my French.)
I don't know if I'll bother since a vote is a throw away in Hawaii...
I'd rather just criticize and make fun of Obama and the weird place this country is in right now.
I'm all for learning foreign languages, but I agree that Obama is crazy for totally ignoring the issue of immigrants learning English. Contrary to his assertion, that is not a given. Immigrants often do, as you say, stay in their own communities and refuse to assimilate or learn English. We should have foreign language classes in our schools, but our first concern should be that people in this country be able to speak English. I've had McDonald's workers and parking lot attendants speak to me only in Spanish IN CALIFORNIA, and that is ridiculous.
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