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Sure Cali send up a banner. LOL Those other people will be happy to try and correct it. I yes YOU ARE AM AMERICAN others are ignorant
If in fact you are a teacher in the U.S. teaching Special Ed to students in K-12, this post alone makes my heart cry for Special Ed students. I yes YOU ARE AM totally serious.
If in fact you are a teacher in the U.S. teaching Special Ed to students in K-12, this post alone makes my heart cry for Special Ed students. I yes YOU ARE AM totally serious.
Judging by chey2u's command of the English language...........I do not believe that it is any variety of teacher.
If in fact you are a teacher in the U.S. teaching Special Ed to students in K-12, this post alone makes my heart cry for Special Ed students. I yes YOU ARE AM totally serious.
Mine too. However, I would have loved to rep you just for your comedic value. Unfortunately, gotta spread a little love before I am eligible again.
I live in Hartford, CT, which has a heavy latino community. Years ago, a parent had a choice of enrolling their child in an English or Spanish class. Due to City budget cuts, that was changed about 10 years ago. All children must be enrolled in English speaking classes unless it's a special circumstance.
Leilani, as the spouse of an elementary school teacher here in Los Angeles, in which roughly 70% of the pupils would be categorized as English as a second language, I am curious about school districts elsewhere. You are in a great position to enlighten me about other parts of the country.
I'm probably a lot older than you, and my age group in L.A. remembers how it used to work here. All of my friends or acquaintances who were born abroad speaking a foreign language claimed that they had one horrible year of adjusting in U.S. schools, and then they were fine. Immersion indisputably works well in elementary school education. This is the very age of brain development that best absorbs language skills.
Are the parents in Hartford pleased that their children now will get immersion education? How is it working, in your learned and seeing it firsthand opinion? Here in L.A., stubborn parents dispute their offspring taking classes in English (although it's now law) and the district provides myriad loopholes to circumvent English immersion. I can't help but think these children are suffering language skills setbacks as a result of their parents' limited understanding of the education process and brain development in children.
I beg to differ as evidenced by all of it's posts, when the illegal aliens started arriving in droves, I'm sure some institution decided it was necessary to fulfill the need in America and created college credits out of the necessity for those who deserved a masters degree in BS.
I beg to differ as evidenced by all of it's posts, when the illegal aliens started arriving in droves, I'm sure some institution decided it was necessary to fulfill the need in America and created college credits out of the necessity for those who deserved a masters degree in BS.
Leilani, as the spouse of an elementary school teacher here in Los Angeles, in which roughly 70% of the pupils would be categorized as English as a second language, I am curious about school districts elsewhere. You are in a great position to enlighten me about other parts of the country.
I'm probably a lot older than you, and my age group in L.A. remembers how it used to work here. All of my friends or acquaintances who were born abroad speaking a foreign language claimed that they had one horrible year of adjusting in U.S. schools, and then they were fine. Immersion indisputably works well in elementary school education. This is the very age of brain development that best absorbs language skills.
Are the parents in Hartford pleased that their children now will get immersion education? How is it working, in your learned and seeing it firsthand opinion? Here in L.A., stubborn parents dispute their offspring taking classes in English (although it's now law) and the district provides myriad loopholes to circumvent English immersion. I can't help but think these children are suffering language skills setbacks as a result of their parents' limited understanding of the education process and brain development in children.
Certain schools do offer dual-language programs. It's my understanding that they're only offered to students who've been in the country less than 3 years. Also, there have been a lot of Bosnian and Somolian children who've located to this area and tutors were hired to accomodate them.
I grew up in the Hartford public school system. A lot of students participated in the dual language classes when i attended. These positions were cut years after I graduated. I remember parents being outraged saying the school system was denying their children to a fair education.
Although the area is mainly latino, a high percentage of the people here are Puerto Rican. In Puerto Rico, English is often taught as a second language.
My children go to a Magnet School in Hartford. All of their friends who are hispanic speak very good english.
I'm Puerto Rican. My Grandparents don't speak English at all and they've been in Connecticut for over 40 years. Because of their stuborness, they're upset at the fact that me and my sister's English is much better than our Spanish (I understand it better than i can speak it).
My take on education is that strong parental involvement is needed and is crucial as to how well your children succeed.
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