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Originally Posted by blade02
Does anyone else have a hard time understanding that if YOU CHOOSE to move to another country. That the burden is on YOU, to learn the language and culture of the country that YOU moved to?
I have a very hard time understanding it. I don't know of any other countries of the top of my head that are bending over backwards like this.
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It isn't that simple at all. I assume you're referring to Spanish people. I may be biased here, but I'm living the life and I see these people try to live throughout the day. It isn't as simple as "just learn the language." These people "choose" to come here to make money for their family, since they can't do so back in their own country. Essentially, they have no other choice but to let their family starve, and facing such circumstances, any decent person would do exactly the same, regardless of nationality. When I came to this country with my family, my father worked *two* full-time jobs, and he also *tried* to go to adult education classes at night. Needless to say, it's more than any man can handle, so he abandoned school. 15 years later he says he regrets it, but really had no other choice. It isn't so simple as "just learn the language," since most of the people who immigrate here from Spanish nations already have established families, and they come here to support them first and foremost. Never lose sight that these are people we're talking about, with loved ones who depend on them, not just viruses that come here to exploit your (our) wealth of economy (that's the way some people see us).
If our original countries actually gave their citizens the support and opportunity we need, the you can bet we wouldn't be coming here, creating needless burden and difficulty. We're a people in crisis, as all our nations are under revolutionary, dictatorial, communist, or socialist governments, and I think I speak for us when I say I'm sorry, but we really have no other choice.