Should U.S. children learn spanish in school since some school districts are predominantly hispanic anyway?

Question

That would help the little hispanic children get a better start in their education.

Answer 1

Uhhhhhh....no. Of course not. The little Hispanic children need an education that will prepare them for life in an English-speaking nation. They should learn English.
Just as the Irish did.
And the French.
And the Germans.
And the Dutch.
And the Turkish.
And the Cubans.
And the Egyptians.
And Chinese.
And any other flavor of immigrant we have had.

To suggest that little Hispanic kids can't learn English is an insult to their intellegence.

Answer 2

US children should be learning a foreign language in elementary school because research has shown it's very easy to learn at that stage of development. Spanish is practical due to the large numbers of Hispanic immigrants as well as the proximity to the US of many Spanish-speaking countries. However French is widely spoken throughout the world so it merits inclusion in elementary school foreign language programs as an alternative to Spanish, IMO.

As commerce continues its relentless drive toward globalization, children who are fluent in foreign languages and cognizant of foreign cultures will have an advantage in the marketplace.

Answer 3

Yeah they should because learning how to speak Spanish is a special subject because now your bilingual . But I love Spanish because it's so easy and I'm like the best Spanish speaker in class. It's awesome!

Answer 4

Those who live in predominantly Spanish speaking areas should learn Spanish. Duh! I live in San Francisco and we sent our blonde, blue-eyed son to a Public Charter school in our neighborhood where he learned to speak Chinese. He's in High School now, still persuing his studies in both Cantonese, in which he's fluent, and Mandarin, in which he is approaching fluency. We look forward to the day when he's a business executive in China and moves his mother and I into an apartment in Hong Kong on Victoria Peak, overlooking the harbour, so we can live in the style to which we would like to become accustomed.

Answer 5

Yes it is good for us to learn spanish. I'm in spanish now and it helps me learn more about the culture. When we get older its also good because you could translate for ones that can't speak english!like in a job

Answer 6

I believe that if you come to AMERICA than you should speak ENGLISH, who cares how much easier it makes it for immigrants. Nobody taught AMERICANS Italian when my grandparents immigrated here. I guess that's the difference between a country that works for what they have and a country that wants everything handed to them. Why is it that some people hate their government and come here for a better life and complain about the USA and try to change our policies. Go home and change your own country. SPEAK ENGLISH, let's not "DIAL 1 for ENGLISH" it should be automatic.

ADIOS AMIGO

Answer 7

All of you should be more human rather than be so cold people.
All of us are here to learn and to be better people and we think we're the most develop country in the whole world. What a joke.

Answer 8

why should my child have to learn another country's language if he is not living there Hispanics should not even be here if they cant speak English unless their just here for vacation or something do you think if you were in Mexico they would all start speaking English for you i think not

Answer 9

and should they learn chinese in China Town, vietnamese on SR50 in Orlando, italian where lots of italians are? that's bull $hit. Latinos to lazy to learn english should be deported , its a slap in the face of immigrants who learn english and a disgrace for all latinos/latinas

Answer 10

Screw them. This is an English speaking country and we need to protect the language. And as for the illegals, ROUND THEM UP AND SEND THEM HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!