Would it not be for the best if we simply learn Spanish?

Question

I am a professional male with extensive experience in Social Services. It is very difficult and outright impossible for me to become employed in my field because I am not bilingual. For millions of Americans, we live by or with large concerntration of hispanics. The Social Services field provides many services to consumers who do not speak English. Even in Omaha and Des Moines, the need for bilinugalism was overwhelming. The straw that broke the camel's back for me was when I applied for a position in Waterloo, Iowa. It was a management position, and I qualified in every way. After completing both pages of the application, the VERY LAST LINE stated that the position required fluency to which I must read, write, and speak Spanish. I was deeply hurt. Waterloo is mostly whites and blacks.
Millions (literally millions) of educated workers are in the same predicament. Secretaries and Office Managers have it worse. I will learn Spanish because I want to have a job.

Answer 1

It's going on in the US Dept of corrections and most other offices. My cousin is a cop in Dade county(Miami) and he said he won't get a promotion until he speaks fluent Spanish.

We have been peacefully invaded and our National Guard is overseas. Homeland Security is a Myth. For every illegal caught and deported, there are 200 who aren't.

Bottom line in all of this--our lawmakers refuse to put the needs of AMERICAN CITIZENS 1st. Do they not know that the Constitution wasn't written in Spanish?

Answer 2

I guess it depends on what your career path is. My husband is an engineer and has found that German and Japanese were very useful. He's currently studying Chinese. In my field, I've been relocated to several different countries for temporary assignments and have learned to speak those languages to some extent, depending on the length of time I was there. I never went into a country without studying the language.

If your field will require you to interact with illegal aliens, you probably will need Spanish. Personally, I wouldn't chose that kind of field, but that's just me. Some just have no choice in the matter.

Answer 3

Well that is what they want, otherwise they would do like previous immigrant waves and learn English and assimilate.

But the dirty little secret of all this is that in a lot of fields, including construction, bilingual candidates win out over English only candidates. And what's even worse (and more of a secret), in many of those fields, if no bilingual candidates are available they go with someone who speaks Spanish only. Get use to it. And don't worry, Hillary is going to give us all a lot of free stuff so we won't need jobs.

Answer 4

I'm already "bi-lingual"....just don't speak Spanish. At one time I thought I may have to.....till many people took Spanish and since they weren't hispanic.....they still didn't get the job.......couldn't "understand them". Right.....I can see clear as a bell this is a way to keep Americans citizens out of our jobs that we are more than qualified to do.

Ya.....we had must speak Spanish for a laundry sorter......just the PC way to get around the "race" issue to just hire hispanics.

And no.....it's not more beneficial for me to do so when it gets me no-where.....no more money....nothing......... and they still don't have to learn English. Nope, standing my ground here. For our citizens and for all those legal immigrants who have learned English and now are expected to learn yet another one......while JUST 1 GROUP is purposely using this as a weapon against all other people here by refusing to learn the 1 common language we have.. Causing division.....no.....won't be a party to it.

Answer 5

Of course, learning Spanish is a good thing. It is useful to be fluent in more than one language.

However, there does seem to be a problem if a management position requires fluent Spanish. If you are managing staff, shouldn't the staff have enough English to be able to communicate with clients who speak English and, therefore, you? Your point about the population make-up is well made and well-taken.

I wish you well in your endeavors to learn Spanish. I hear its relatively easy to learn. I suppose it must have been termpting to cause a stink about such an idiotic policy. However, such an action requires you to be able to afford your principles. If you had made a fuss you would have had great difficulty working in your chosen field. Of course, it should not be like that but each of us must pick our battles.

Answer 6

My wife immigrated to the US and no one has rushed out to learn Malay for her or even offered her this. It has been English or nothing. And she agrees this is an English speaking country you want to come here you speak English. Racism comes in many forms we are saying the Mexicans you are not smart enough to learn English but the Japanese, Chinese, Malaysians, and all the others are. A bit over the top for an answer but you get the point.

Answer 7

every south american country has it's own version of the spanish language. Each one requires additional learning to learn the various dialects. Some even speak Portugese rather than Spanish.

Answer 8

Wow, I think this is the strongest argument for making English the official language yet. Instead of requiring otherwise qualified American citizens learn the language of whichever group of illegals enter our country, we should require the recipients of Social Services learn English to communicate their needs.

Answer 9

It is good to learn another language other than English, but it should be by the person's choice, not as a requirement.
I never asked anybody to speak Filipino language just so we could understand each other. I was the one who came here so I should be the one to speak the language the country has.

Answer 10

The best way to learn English faster, it is go and live in Mexico a year.


Spanish is a language very beautiful and very important, but it's hard for someone who speaks English course.