Should inefficiency in written & oral English prevent a student from earning their high school diploma?

Question

Whereas, the inability to speak English has become a crippling barrier to social mobility in America

Whereas, immigrants who do not speak the language have a harder time succeeding in educational institutions and attaining and retaining employment.

Whereas, the discipline necessary to learn a new language demonstrates tenacity, and commitment.

Whereas, the ability to speak a common language helps to promote social understanding.

Be it Resolved: That the ability to show proficiency in written and oral English be a prerequisite for foreigners to legally immigrate to the United States or to obtain visas and green cards.

Be it Further Resolved: That no student be allowed to earn a High School diploma without being able to show proficiency in written and oral English.

Answer 1

So, conversely, if you want to visit Japan, should you show a proficiency in written and oral Japanese? No Japanese, no visa? I disagree with the first resolution but agree with the second.

Answer 2

As a public school employee in California, I know how the "English Learner" students hold back the schools academically. Who's fault is it? The immigrants. It is not the fault of the schools, state, teachers or government. If you were in Russia or China, you would have the same problem if you did not speak the local language.

Assimilate or fail. Just don't blame the system or English based programs.

25% of the students at my high school do not speak English. They hold back the school's overall performance in the eyes of the state board of education. Statistically, most will not receive a diploma and 46% will drop out. by the 12th grade.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I agree that in order to earn a high school diploma a student must be proficient in the written and oral English language.

Answer 5

As far as I know about high school education, such standard is required in most developed countries in the world. If a citizen of the country receives the education and values the honors and privilege that comes with it, then it's the student's most basic obligation to fulfill the requirements in language skills(of the curriculum). It's so unbelievably, outrageously ridiculous that there should be any other options in terms of letting students get their diploma without passing their studies.

But if we only want to raise low wage laborers then that's a different story. I don't think too many of the illegal immigrant parents would really care if their kids could read or write in any language.
and by the way, just to play my broken record again:

THE U.S. IMMIGRATION AUTHORITY REQUIRES ALL FOREIGN STUDENTS WHO COME HERE LEGALLY TO HAVE EFFICIENCY FOR WRITING, READING AND SPEAKING ENGLISH. AND PEOPLE SPEND TONS OF MONEY(IT'S A BIG BUSINESS IN MANY COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD) JUST TO GET A GOOD TOEFL SCORE.

Dallas:

I don't know what your problems are, but the asker is not whining about illegal immigrants stealing american jobs, the question is about the solid fact that many schools around the country have increasing amount of Hispanic students not wanting or not able to even master the basic reading, speaking and writing skills in English(and I can bet anything with you that they wouldn't be interested in passing their German, French, or even Spanish tests either)

Answer 6

The question was about earning a high school diploma not visiting.

I agree with this. High School should prepare you to go out and be productive in the world. In the US, it would be helpful if the graduate could speak English. However, they also should be able to read, write, and do arith. but that isn't happening either. Maybe because the schools are over populated with illegals who can't speak English. Just one big circle huh?

Answer 7

Yes, they should be denied. As a foreigner has a new language to learn that is totally different than their own in not only the language itself, but in the proper spelling of words, their meaning, usage, grammatical structure and all of the other intricacies of this new language for them. If you want to lower yourself to their position, so be it. That said, a student born and raised here should be proficient in their native language. They have been raised with it, so except for laziness, they should be held to a higher level of attainment than someone who wasn't raised here. Let me tell a story that might shed some light on this. I knew of a fellow student who came in very late for an online English class. She said she had computer difficulties, and that is understandable. She went on to introduce herself as wanting to pursue a career in either nurse practitioner, or as an anesthesiologist. Both very noble pursuits, She asked the class to bare with her as she tried to catch up with the rest of the class. Yes, I used the word "bare" just as she had. Now, can anyone tell me why that word was the wrong one to use? I know what she meant, but the professions she wanted to pursue are prone to law suit which this kind of error could make her a prime target. This is, in part why I feel that a student who has not performed as expected in matters of English writing, or in oral usage of words should be held back. Would you want someone like that to misunderstand a critical word and give you the wrong medicine, perhaps to be your very last one? How about one of your children. or would it be, I missed my chance at an abortion, so this will do just as nicely?

Answer 8

have you heard of "no child left behind???" NO student IS allowed to earn a high school diploma without being able to show proficiency in written and oral english. already been done. get with the program

Answer 9

Well I don't know where you all went to school, but I was born here in the United States, in high school I took Spanish, German, and French. I guess if your aiming higher, looking to be more educated, cultured, diverse, you go further in life, or you just sit around and complain about how sucky your life is and how you can blame "non-English speaking people" for your problems. Well guess what if you and I where going for the same job, but I spoke more languages then you, who do you think they are going to hire, the more educated, cultured and diverse person me, (because in high school I knew I wasn't going to live in a trailer park, I wasn't going to shop at wal-mart, and think that going out to eat at a great restaurant was Jack in the box, or MacDonald, neither will my children), or you. My children will learn and be weary of ignorant people like you, and they will be better people for it.

Answer 10

Written English proficiency requirement means blinds cannot obtain their high school diploma. Oral english proficiency requirement means hearing impaired cannot obtained their high school diploma.