Obama thinks your kids should learn Spanish

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Are you implying that both candidates are supporting a sinister plan? Is this really any different than the Peace Corps or CityCorps? A program that may have done some good, but which are pretty minor in terms of their budget or volunteer staff.

Yes actually I am. I'm one of those people who looks at budding projects and can tell where it is leading. I'm one of those types of people that have time and time again informed people around me of what is yet to come and get shrugged off. People don't like that I suppose. Beyond caring anymore.

Just go along with the ride. There's nothing you can do.

What does not speaking English have to do with burning the American flag? If they can get by (legally) without learning English, then good for them. I only believe that they are at a big disadvantage for not learning our language.

That is not true. I would be able to function perfectly fine had I not taken algebra. I don't use it daily. I only use it at school. I'd be able to function without history. I'd have less of an understanding of the world, but it would not impair my functioning noticeably. English class doesn't teach English, it's reading books. Honestly, I don't think I'm any better at anything for having read Great Expectations. And depending on where you are, Spanish may be very necessary for living daily. I don't make a whole lot of use of my Spanish, but I certainly use it more than I use geometry or make use of classic literature.

And to n4mwd:
America =/= English
English is not what America is about. Why is the language so damn important to you? Why can't people be proud of their heritage? I think my other post on this issue was ignored, about how many flags I fly, about St. Patrick's day, and such. Why is it okay to celebrate one's Irish heritage (woo!) but not their Cuban heritage?

That is some serious xenophobia going on, if you're offended just by seeing a flag that isn't American. Grow up.

After Mandarin Chinese, the most commonly spoken language is Spanish, did you know that?
English is third.

Despues Chino Mandarino, lengua segunda mas comun en el mundo es Espanol, nosotros sabemos este?
Ingles es tercero

Hahahahaha,
Yo hablo espanol

I think people should Spanish, it's a commonly spoken tongue and many Latin American countries are booming, look at Venzuela, Argentina, and even Mexico. Mexic's GDP grew at 4.8% according to the World Bank, as written on Wikipedia.

Now, do you want me to translate that?

Yo pieno personas necesistan de aprender Espanol, este idioma franca y muchos paises latinoamericanos son desarallo ecomiendemente mas rapido, mirando Venezuela, Argentina y Mexico. El PDT creci at 4.8 per ciento, hablan el Banco del Mundo, que escribio en Wikipedia.

hahahahaa

And no I am not being pretentious

y yo no soy pretensioso.

And exactly how is it different from the Peace Corps or City Corps? JFK started the Peace Corps in the 1960s, if I'm not mistaken, and I have not seen it as a sinister program that will ultimately expand to eat our children.

Yes, but the entire Spanish speaking world has a GDP about the size of Germany's. And it isn't much of an world language either.

i could be wrong on this but i get the impression that most spanish cultures are very misogynistic.

the implication was that they were looking in a non-neutral, disapproving and/or scurrilous manner. Not that they were simply looking - and, for that matter, none of the Chinese restaurants locally (I live in the boondocks, so this doesn't mean much) have kitchens that can be seen from the customer's section.



Noooo.... that's simple multiplication and division. If it's algebra, it's the lowest form. I work in a clinical lab, and some of my co-workers have trouble even shifting their brains into that much of a math mode. I'm talking about real algebra - functions, trig, something a little more complex than 2x=6.



No, you need grade-school level addition and subtraction.



And a lot of people couldn't do that.

*snort*
you think that someone speaking their own native language, amongst themselves, is personally disrespectful to you? That's your problem, buddy, not theirs. It's true that in a *private* conversation in which you are included, your companions should either speak in a language that you can understand or have a translator at hand - but why do you think that you should have a right to listen in on everyone else in your vicinity?

so you think that you should be able to go onto someone else's private property - because stores and restaurants are private property - and demand that the staff and owners speak to you? You don't even get to do that in English. Yes, it's inconvenient, but you don't have a right to control what language other people speak. Especially on their own property.



funny how conservatives are always accusing people who disagree with them of 'hating America.'

Bosewani-
¿de donde es usted? Yo soy de California, pero quiero que ir a la America del sur para que aprender Español mejor. ¿Conoce Ud. algo de los paises alla?

I can't answer your poll because I think American students should have a choice of what foreign to learn. That's how it worked for me, and I studied French. If people want to take Spanish, why should anyone stop them? The OP wreaks of troll, but I decided to respond anyway.

voluntary is one thing when it becomes mandatory is when it's another or when people can't get certain types of jobs because they chose not to do volunteer work pertaining to that field. So even though the word clearly states "volunteer", volunteer will be put through the spin cycle.

When it becomes mandatory under real definition using careful wording, those who do not follow up could be put through scrutiny, arrested or have a really tough time finding a job. So is that what voluntary means?

It's not in effect, yet.

When it does happen you'll notice the usual phase in mind tricks where people slowly become conditioned into accepting it and eventually defending it.

Don't worry, all appointed politicians will support the same agenda. It's just some will be more charismatic meaning much better at convincing the public that they would be better off this way.

The only possible mandatory service I see on the horizon involves wearing green, marching, and carrying a gun.