On 15 Apr 05  12:27:48, Carol Shenkenberger got back to Danny Ceppa 
-> Re: Languages

 CS> (7-9th grades).  There's normally a 'intro to languages' in grade
 CS> school (1-6) but it is seldom extensive and it's at most, 1 hour a
 CS> week. 
 
 DC> As Ward mentioned, the younger the better.  

 CS> Quite right.  But the emphasis in the USA for the last 100 years has
 CS> been to get all the new folks to speak english, so perhaps that is
 CS> another reason to minimize other languages?  Dunno. 

I think that a second language is good to have.  But, at the same 
time, English should be the standard language in this country.  


 DC> grandma didn't even want her own kids to use it.  She insisted that 
 DC> it had to be English only.  
 
 CS> Not at all unusual for the states.

Especially in that era.  The objective of immigrants then was to 
fit in.  Though my grandparents had an accent, my parents did not.  


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