Would you agree/disagree with a Spanish speaking school?

Question

My friend and I were discussing this the other day: what would happen if someone opened a Spanish-speaking school? After all, you have English Schools that offer an American High School Diploma in most countries around the world. For those temporal immigrants who are planning to go back to their home country some day, it would be a lot better if their children could have an education in Spanish so that when they return to their countries they won't be all lost and not knowing what to do or say. I know, I know, if they live here they have to speak the language... but you have Americans or British people living in Mexico or Guatemala who don't speak a drop of Spanish because they were raised in the English language and were enrolled in English Schools. What's your opinion?

Answer 1

I would'nt object to a Spanish speaking school as long as English was also a required course.

Answer 2

I have lived in Texas and New Mexico, both with a large amount of Spanish speaking parents and school age children. English is taught as a second language in grade school to those students, and their parents are offered ESL (English as a second language) at community college for a very small fee.
It's the best solution we have for now.

Answer 3

I would love to attend a Spanish speaking school. That would be a great way to learn a second language. I am in Maine and if their is second language in this region its Native American or Canadian.

I am 55 but think I could learn a topic of interest, as computer, as I learn another to think in Spanish- Good question
Jan

Answer 4

I am totally open to that. The big difference is for American public schools not to become Spanish first schools. We have a hard enough time providing public education and getting the kids to speak English properly (most of whom don't).

Answer 5

If it were a private school, why not? I don't think many parents would want to send their children to a school that does offer their native language, but not the language of the country they are living in

Answer 6

The key aspect in your whole question being temporary residents. If they are truly temporary and not intending on staying, then sure learn in their language they are going back to. But, just how many of those people are there? Otherwise, if they intend to stay in the US and "Americanize" themselves by doing so, then "Americanize" all the way, which means speaking American English. Don't half way Americanize, all or nothing.

Answer 7

In America! Most Definitely! What if we went to China and migrated there, alot of us, and decided, Cantonese or Mandarin is entirely too hard to learn, let's make a place in China A little "America" and open an American School, Only English Speaking, we would never learn Cantonese or Mandarin and would be a prisoner in that country, not to mention, Chinese Natives would kick us the heck out of their country !

Answer 8

We are in America. We speak English here.
There are enough people here, that speak Spanish and other languages.
There are schools who teach English, Spanish, Viet Nam, German, or whatever.
I suggest you take a Spanish class.
English has more words than any other language and you are all too lazy to learn them all.
It is much easier to stick with your simple, limited, vocabulary, so I gues then, you can have much more time to have your parties.

Answer 9

Brazilians speak Portuguese, not Spanish, because Spain didn't own it like many other Latin American countries. Portugal, however, did. Brazil became independent of Portugal in 1822, but they still kept speaking Portuguese.

Answer 10

Disagree.... it is a disservice to the students. They need English to get anywhere in this country (unless you want to keep them picking berries) or in the world for that matter. Children, specially young children, pick up a new language very fast. Why would you want to keep a group of people separated by language?