Replies to post #18880 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[marcos]

Note if you wish in what language i am typing to you ...... this is really blatant, the way you have put it here - 'I object to public monies being used to educate people in a language other than English.'

Let's turn it around .... tell me, what would be your reaction if i were proposing a prohibition of english? .... no one is, you know ...

[goodluck]

<<I object to public monies being used to educate people in a language other than English...>>
The above sentence is so unbelievably ludicrous that I hesitate to even repeat it. No one who knows anything at all about education and the development of intelligence would agree with it. Learning a second language is not just for "multicultural" purposes, but for intellectual stimulation and development in general. And the best time to learn a second language is when young. Very young. By ear. As with any language, most definitely including the first.

[seabass]

>>>I object to public monies being used to educate people in a language other than English...<<<

Just curious, you see no advantage in being able to understand and communicate in various foreign languages for American military personnel, intelligence personnel, customs agents and law enforcement in general?