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Originally Posted by abaya
If we could sort that *minor* stuff out (haha) and get ourselves seriously organized, then adding another language would not be a problem for the kids themselves. It would in fact behoove them in every way that I can imagine.
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I feel like I'm arguing with you when, in fact, I'm not. Although I
do get the "minor" pun, I don't view it as a minor problem. It's a bigger problem than people want to admit. I agree that other languages should be taught early on. I mentioned that Bill jr. is going to private school this year. He is learning Spanish this year (first grade). Yay. But, he is also learning to speak, and to write,
English. That, and a hell of a lot more, were sorely lacking in his public school last year.
Enough of the threadjack. I
hope that by the time he graduates from high school, that he will be able to travel abroad. Somewhere other than Iraq, Afghanistan, or whatever hotspot that we have by then. When (if) he does, he will know proper English, Spanish and, hopefully, French or German. Definately French. His mother is (was) fluent in French.
She'll see that he at least knows enough to get by.