Originally Posted by ratbastid

Well, I'll tell you, I used to think that was the case too. Then my lovely wife started working for a literacy nonprofit that does a lot of work in ESL, and I learned the reality quickly. North Carolina has the fastest growing spanish-speaking population of any state in the country, and--from the perspective of somebody close to somebody inside a service being offered those people--they're hungry for advancement and they know that English fluency is the ticket. There may be exceptions who are satisfied working construction or domestic roles, but in my experience, those ARE exceptions. Everybody wants to do better.