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Originally Posted by Nascar1966
I wonder where the Houston area schools rank on the list? Its a shame you have schools around here with a class call English as a Second Lanuage. I thought this was the United States of America where we speak English and not Spanish?
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I just think it means English is the second language they pick up. I know my grandma (fluent in Spanish and English) taught me Spanish when I was very young. I spoke Spanish primarily. When she died, I apparently switched to English exclusively. This is what I was told by my parents. I cant speak a lick of Spanish now. But I can understand some. Its kinda of funny when people are talking about you in Spanish and they assume you dont know what they are saying because your skin is whiter.
My mother is fluent in both, and my dad was a horrible speaker of Spanish, but he could understand everything. Guess thats living in San Antonio and having a grandma from Mexico. It is extremely useful to be fluent in both in this part of the country. You can get a whole lot more business done, I know that. Even receptionists are paid more if they can speak both for many businesses. When you are on the border with a large country that wishes to spend money in your country but speaks a diff. language, adapting to circumstances can be useful. I wish was fluent in both. Geography can play cruel tricks.