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LEE COUNTY— A proposal in Tallahassee is causing a stir in schools in Southwest Florida. The state's top democrat is supporting a plan to make Spanish classes mandatory for all students in kindergarten through second grade, just like English or Math.
The youngest students in Southwest Florida's public school system could soon be saying hola to a new language. A proposed law would make Spanish mandatory for students in kindergarten through second grade.
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Originally posted by djohnsto77
I support more foreign language classes being available at earlier ages, but why only Spanish? It sounds like were cowtowing to the immigrants -- learning their language instead of making them learn ours...
Originally posted by brodband
I just dont understand why we are REQUIRED to take spanish. We live here, the ones who speak english. We are not moving to their country,,why should we learn to speak their languange. Should it be required they learn to speak Enlish if coming to America?
Originally posted by Justmytype
...now they are making us the immigrants in our own country and this is BS!!!
Originally posted by cjf
The American Indian had the same argument beginning some 300+ years ago about the Europeans, odd how times change....
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Originally posted by junglejake
If Mexico and the US have a war and Mexico wins, claiming the US as its territory, then they can make Spanish the official language, too.
Originally posted by cjf
That was my point. The invasion of North America from Mexico, Central America and South America may have already begun.
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Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
Originally posted by cjf
That was my point. The invasion of North America from Mexico, Central America and South America may have already begun.
Uhhh... Mexico is North America... Actually parts of Central America are also in North America. Canada is, too, by the way. And Alaska? It's a state of the USA!
Originally posted by cjf
Since the desired exampled quoted statements are formulated not to discuss formatted general topic discussion; rather to shift to geographical/geopolitical semantics and fully ‘miss’ wholeheartedly any conventional colloquialisms and vernacular. …
Originally posted by cjf
“The invasion of North America from Mexico….”
The above does not imply Mexico is not part of North America merely a route the same goes for the rest.
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