On Foreign-language speakers increasing in Janesville schools

Posted on July 18 at 3:11 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Swea the issue is that resources are being spent to create bi-lingual children...but only a select group of bi-lingual children and that is discrimination. You only support efforts to create bi-lingual children if they start non- english. You do not support additional resources for children who start english and should have the same additional resources to become bi-lingual. The issue is the additional resources only offered to a select group with the end result being an unfair advantage in the workplace.
I see that you must enjoy the new roundabouts in town cause your just talking in circles.

Go ahead and ride around in your volvo with your llbean hiking shoes on drinking your latte and feel good cause your liberating the under priveliged at the expense of children.

Maybe take a logic course so you can actually see it once in a while.

On Foreign-language speakers increasing in Janesville schools

Posted on July 18 at 1:58 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Ok Swea I'll try to explain real s l o w for you since you are not getting it as based on you last post.
Your Quote "I am arguing for the 'select group' that is being targeted here"
That is an admition that you are discriminating by selecting to only help a certain subgroup of the children become bi-lingual.
If you say it is not the kids fault that the parents speak a different language at home, well I agree. However, what you cannot seem to grasp is that extra resources are being applied to a certain subgroup that results in an advantage over the other children, that being bi-lingual.
My arguement is that all children should have the same opportunity available. So, If resources are spent with the end result being bi-lingual children, well then all children should have access to the same opportunity, otherwise it is discrimination which is illegal.
Remember Title 9???

On Foreign-language speakers increasing in Janesville schools

Posted on July 18 at 12:38 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Well that's good sweaz i am glad to see you are guilty of discriminating...At least your honest about it.
It is really a shame that you would not care about all children though. Just think how great it would be if all kids were bi-lingual, the level of communicaton would be vast, but no you would not want that.
So those great classes your daughter learned to speak to ten in, did she end up bi-lingual or was it just an entertaining event?

On Foreign-language speakers increasing in Janesville schools

Posted on July 18 at 8:37 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Thanks Irish, someone is finally getting it.

On Foreign-language speakers increasing in Janesville schools

Posted on July 18 at 8:36 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Sewae...I am arguing for ALL of the kids...
YOU are arguing for a SELECT group...
I totally agree that you need to...
"Get over yourself."

On Foreign-language speakers increasing in Janesville schools

Posted on July 18 at 8:33 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

So you are telling me that using government funds to teach one group to be bi-lingual (which is an advantage in the workplace) and purposely not teaching another group is OK.
Please learn the truth about discrimination.
I completely agree that the kids did not cause this and would rather not have to go through it. What you still can't conceive is that the system used is discriminatory and borderline illegal.
A select group of kids are being left out of a key component of success in the workplace simply because of their ethnicity...all in the name of helping prepare another select group of kids for the workplace.

On Foreign-language speakers increasing in Janesville schools

Posted on July 17 at 10:16 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Bi-lingual in the job market is an advantage.
The government teaching one group of kids to be bi-lingual and not the other is unfair advantage.

On Foreign-language speakers increasing in Janesville schools

Posted on July 17 at 10:14 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

If you actually believe that taking a spanish class, or french, german etc. is going to give the same level of experience that ell does than just keep your rose colored glasses on and keep right along thinking what your thinking.
An hispanic friend of mine gets more worked up about all this "special treatment" than I. See his parent worked hard to come to America and would not allow his family to be looked at as less than. Much of my opinion comes from hearing his pride in what his family has accomplished to assimilate. No special needs, no special treatment.

On Foreign-language speakers increasing in Janesville schools

Posted on July 17 at 10:06 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Access to a spanish class is no where near the level provided to ell students. Again where is the equality.
In the job market a bi-lingual person has advantage over a non bi-lingual.
My daughter is bi-lingual and has been offered better positions because of it.
Why would you want any child to have an unfair advantage over another???

On Foreign-language speakers increasing in Janesville schools

Posted on July 17 at 10:01 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

The government is discriminating as shown in my post about bi-lingual.
And people are afraid to publicly state what they feel because they are called bigoted, or racist simply because they point out the shortcomings of such programs. Ex. see you post about me.