Coming soon: a Spanish-only GED exam (illegals, Mexico, education, how much)

[uggabugga]

NEWARK - A testing center in New Jersey's largest city plans to be the first in the state to offer GED exams only in Spanish.
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An educator there says taking the exam in Spanish will make it easier for students to focus on learning English.

say what?

[Bostonian123]

I wonder how much money the city is wasting to create this new exam.

[antireconquista]

Don't know English or know it well enough to pass high school? Sounds like a recipe for success.

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by antireconquista

yeah - i don't understand pander-bear-speak either.

[ArizonaBear]

GED's should be in English only----------not Spanish, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese or anything else.

[antireconquista]

Originally Posted by ArizonaBear

GED's should be in English only----------not Spanish, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese or anything else.

Oh, come on. It's not as if it's that important to learn basic high school information in the de facto language of the country.

[malamute]

So much for the lie that the illegals intend to ever assimilate. They don't.

[JoeMama2009]

Desmadre! (literally, that's screwed!) Por que en Espanol? No es nessacito para tarbajo. No me nessesario education, yo me trabajadoro.

Okay, something like, "Why in Spanish? Don't need a GED to work. I don't need an education. I'm a worker."

I took a year of Spanish in my first year of college. It's an easy language to learn. I made it a point to learn some Spanish before traveling around Spanish speaking countries or to study in a university in Mexico or antoher Spanish language country. Why can't they learn English before traveling around and working and attending colleges in the USA? Mod edit:language

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by JoeMama2009

Desmadre! (literally, that's screwed!) Por que en Espanol? No es nessacito para tarbajo. No me nessesario education, yo me trabajadoro.

Okay, something like, "Why in Spanish? Don't need a GED to work. I don't need an education. I'm a worker."

I took a year of Spanish in my first year of college. It's an easy language to learn. I made it a point to learn some Spanish before traveling around Spanish speaking countries or to study in a university in Mexico or antoher Spanish language country. Why can't they learn English before traveling around and working and attending colleges in the USA? Mod edit:language

I catch your drift.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

This will help people assimilate? How long before someone sues because it isn't being offered in THEIR language of choice?

What's next, Burger King style? Please choose from the drop down list of 98 languages to proceed. Insanity.