Durka-Durka-Muhammed-Jihad!!
I knew this would happen sooner or later:
Lawsuit demands that students be tested in their native languageTwo of the plantiff school districts are here in San Diego: Chula Vista Elementary School District and Sweetwater Union High School District. And having the Chula Vista district involved doesn't surprise me one little bit. When my daughter attended those schools a few years back, there was this ever-lasting BIG push to teach bilingually in the classes. And when that wasn't being pushed, the pace of the classes c-r-a-w-l-e-d because half of the class didn't speak much English - at least not enough to rate being in a 2nd grade class.SAN FRANCISCO ---- Ten school districts statewide and three nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit against the state Wednesday for allegedly testing non-English-speaking students in English and then labeling them and their schools as "failing" under the state's implementation of the federal No Child Left Behind law.
The lawsuit, filed in federal Superior Court in San Francisco, demands that the state test its 1.6 million non-English-speaking students in a "language and form" they understand, as mandated in the federal education reform law.
The lawsuit is asking the state to change the way it tests students who do not yet understand English, said Mary Hernandez, an attorney with the Southern California-based law firm Burke, Williams & Sorensen, lawyers for the plaintiffs.
"We are asking that the state comply with federal law by testing students in the language and the form that will most likely yield accurate results on what they know and what they've learned," Hernandez said during a telephone press conference out of Los Angeles on Wednesday.
I think I've said this before, but I'll say it again: America is a land that has many cultures that are initially bound by a common thread: speaking English. When someone emmigrates to another nation, it is expected that this immigrant should learn the language, the customs, and the culture. When I lived in Saudi Arabia 13 years ago, I made it a point to at least attempt to learn Arabic - didn't get far, but the Saudis that saw me trying were very appreciative of my efforts and that went a long way in defining my working environment there.
If these kids aren't performing at state-required levels, then they need to work a little harder. Oh, and maybe the parents of these kids might want to pitch in a little and actually pay attention to what their kids are (and aren't) doing in school.
This bilingual crap has got to stop and NOW. Californians make a lot of strides in trying to help people integrate into American society, but there has to be some effort on the part of those integrating.
What's even more of a sign that *cough* bilingual education isn't working is that some of the plantiffs are HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS. What the hell is wrong with a school district if teenagers cannot take a test in English!?
It has to stop and it has to stop now. Quite honestly, if you cannot make an attempt to learn English, get the f*ck out.
Oh I know it is....trying to not use curse words is something I've been working on for the last y
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Yogimus said:
It's "fucking". Learn the "fucking" language.
Read more in Speako Americano?Fracking or to frack is from Battlestar Galactica....[/geek]
Read more in Speako Americano?Great points, yogs.
Mikey, I stand corrected... but up here in da woods it's friggin, or
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Yogimus said:
The reason you need to know the language is so you can succeed. Communication is a useful ability
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Mad Mikey said:
Scroff: It's FREAKIN not FRIGIN.....FRACKIN would also work in this situation.
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too bad functional literacy isn't a requirement.
|| Posted by caltechgirl, June 2, 2005 10:33 AM ||it IS if you WANT a diploma. Hell, I learned english, my mother and father learned english, so suck it up, or run for the border.
|| Posted by Yogimus, June 3, 2005 07:33 PM ||Yea I guess I gotta go along with you on this one. Learn the frigin language.
|| Posted by scroff, June 4, 2005 01:25 AM ||Scroff: It's FREAKIN not FRIGIN.....FRACKIN would also work in this situation.
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, June 4, 2005 02:19 PM ||The reason you need to know the language is so you can succeed. Communication is a useful ability in the business world.
The people who are making accomodations letting people skate by without learning the language are setting others up for failure.
|| Posted by Yogimus, June 4, 2005 05:36 PM ||Great points, yogs.
Mikey, I stand corrected... but up here in da woods it's friggin, or frickin... freakin and frackin (??) is so... totally... west coast. ;)
|| Posted by scroff, June 5, 2005 01:30 AM ||Fracking or to frack is from Battlestar Galactica....[/geek]
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, June 5, 2005 09:45 AM ||It's "fucking". Learn the "fucking" language.
|| Posted by Yogimus, June 5, 2005 07:31 PM ||Oh I know it is....trying to not use curse words is something I've been working on for the last year - sometimes a resounding FUCK is deserved once-in-a-while, but I try to convey my thoughts without resorting to talking like a sailor...even if I was one.
(I cannot spell this morning - I've edited this comment twice....)
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, June 6, 2005 07:35 AM ||