Wednesday, April 23, 2008
about the class
The biggest thing I learned was that having our language change and morph and having others come into the United States that don't speak our language shouldn't be looked down upon but embraced. It was very interesting to look at New Orleans and see how they take pride in being bilingual with French and others in America take pride in that as well, but when it comes to people who are Spanish speaking the pride quickly dwindles. That's a shame and we need to embrace biculturalism and language is a huge part of that. I really enjoyed this class and loved all the discussions we had.
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I agree with you that people who speak another language shouldn't be looked down upon. However, I do think that they should try harder to learn English while they're living here.
I totally agree with that. It is hard for me to accept Mexicans integrating into our society and not speaking English. But that is our society and it is all about growth. So I am coming to the realization that I need to cut them some slack and realize they have every right to be here just like I do. Especially if they born here cause this is all they know.
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