Academic Spanish language must be taught mandatory in all Public Schools from coast to coast! Do you agree?

Question

or Academic Spanish language must be in all public schools mandatory taught from coast to coast! Do you agree?

Por lo menos yo mastico algo de inglish :
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Answer 1

Not in the United States.

If they're living here, they should learn the language, not the other way around.

This is not Mexico.

Answer 2

Why spanish? Would it be because Spanish is the most common foreign language that we encounter everyday? And they won't let children choose between spanish and german? -seeing the demand for german translators are so great!

Ok, so it seems silly and pointless of me to argue that Spanish is obviously the more practical of the languages to teach- the demand for spanish is only growing- and we want our students to be in demand.

But beyond that, there are some other great points about this. First- lets start teaching it in first grade- so kids can learn it at the age when every langustic expert suggests that they learn it (which is also why you don't need to offer a first grader a choice)- by the time they're in high school, they will have mastered the language- and interested students can then take a third language of their choice.

The fact is, even if you hate the idea of spanish, America is one of the pooriest countries in teaching foreign languages- and it hurts us world wide. For most of us, it's impressive just to speak two languages- where for much of the world, a common person may speak three or more, and an educated person may speak three to four languages. We start far too late to teach any thing beyond trivial amounts of language skills, and it would be in our best interest to teach something, anything, starting at the begining of school. And so why not spanish. I encounter spanish everyday- we're already immersed in a spanish world. Personally, I got the free choice to choose russian, so once a month when I encounter a russian world- I can trill to think- I forgot what that means. Spanish is just more logical.

Answer 3

the US is one of the most under-educated country in the world when it comes to other languages. It's really sad. I DO believe other languages should be mandatory. Especially in the lower grades as the kids are more "spongelike" than later on. Unfortunately, many of school systems are cutting back on budgets which affect foreign languages as well as the arts.

Answer 4

No. Students should decide for themselves. Lots of students do take Spanish classes, but they shouldn't be mandatory. If someone wants to learn French or German or Mandarin instead that's their choice. Or if someone doesn't want to learn a foreign language, that is up to them, too. I would, however, say that all schools should offer it.

Answer 5

Absolutely not.

I don't know a word of Spanish. I don't think that I'll ever need it in my chosen profession.

I think that teaching a second language should be mandatory, because it's a good skill to have, but I disagree in the strongest terms that it must be Spanish.

Answer 6

Why should AMERICAN students be forced to learn Spanish? We have immigrants from all over the world and the Spanish speaking ones are the only ones who try to insist that we cater to their lack of English language skills.

Answer 7

Get Real, Never Happen

Instead, we should make Mandarin Chinese Compulsory.

The reasons are inevitable.

Answer 8

Quiero hablar espanol pero no quiero estudiar todo mas espanol

Answer 9

If it's in Spain then yes otherwise no.