I served in the Navy for 20 years and I had the privilege to visit and live in many countries. Japan for example, where the official language is Japanese. If you wanted something translated you paid for it. But they offered Japanese language lessons, writing and speaking for free.
I am not saying that you have to lose you ethnic identity, but if you want to be an American citizen then you should be proficient in English. Official documents or documents that the Government gives out for free should be in English, anything else should be charged for. This would add revenue and help people who don’t speak English to learn it.
America is a great country and one of the reasons it got that way was because of a common language. Immigrants of generations gone by went out of their way to learn and teach their children English, now it seams that we no longer put the onus on the individual. Now it seams that we cater to everyone’s likes and dislikes instead of standing firm.
2007-03-11
10:00:12
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