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Why would you expect Mexicans in Mexico to speak English? That would be like moving to Minnesota and then complain about the cold weather.
Once you get a way from the US state's that border Mexico, plus Colorado and Nevada, and the areas of the country that have a large population of Hispanics, such as South Florida, Chicago, New Jersey, New York, and possibly Connecticut, you'll be hard pressed to find Americans who speak Spanish, or any language other than English. Actually, in every area of the US, you'll be hard pressed to find people other than Hispanics who speak Spanish fluently. That's just a fact.
"Besides the businesses that always have catered to Hispanophone immigrants, a small, but increasing, number of mainstream American retailers now advertise bilingually in Spanish-speaking areas and offer bilingual, English-Spanish customer services. One common indicator of such businesses is Se Habla Español which means "Spanish Is Spoken".
"Federal agencies such as the United States Postal Service translate information into Spanish. The State of the Union Addresses and other presidential speeches are translated into Spanish, following the precedent set by the Bill Clinton administration. Moreover, non-Hispanic American origin politicians fluent in Spanish speak in Spanish to Hispanic majority constituencies. There are 500 Spanish newspapers, 152 magazines, and 205 publishers in the United States; magazine and local television advertising expenditures for the Hispanic market have increased substantially from 1999 to 2003, with growth of 58 percent and 43 percent, respectively."
(My emphasis - more @ the URL)
& of course, Spanish is the most widely taught second language in the US. Spanish may become an official second language in the US @ some point - there's a trend there. But there is no official language for the US anyway. Perhaps it's just as well.
I understand your point of view, you talk about how Asians speak decent English (at least the younger ones) but they have the interest and the need, Mexicans in general don't, even if it is for a few more dollars, most of them just want to get along with life and enjoy it and not be so obssesed with making more money. It's a cultural thing I don't expect you to understand.
Not true, I went to Spain and most people there did not speak English. And I've been to France too, while they generally speak basic English, they often don't like to use it.
Most Americans are monolingual unless their parents are immigrants from a non-English speaking country, so why should we pressure other countries to teach their students more English?
Pressure other countries to teach a language that is not the official language in the U.S, lol.
Yet, most of them are not obssesed with making lots of money, they just want to work and do just fine, no motivation in work smarter instead of harder. If they leave Mexico it is because they don't have the skills, knowledge and smarts to make a decent living here, where low wages are the norm, even more so if you don't have the idea of self improvement and expect the government to solve all of your problems.
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The push to have all Mexican primary schools teach English is already in effect. Here is an interesting article in the Washington Post.
It looks like Mexico sees the need for global competitive reasons, move over India and Philippines who had the advantage (or misfortune) of being occupied by English speaking countries.
This is a ridiculous thread, why would you expect anyone in a non-English speaking country to speak English?
Thank you! I asked this upthread a LONG time ago! No one responded, so I assumed others thought this was ‘normal’. NOT. WTF? SMH. You’re right. Absolutely ridiculous.
Yet, most of them are not obssesed with making lots of money, they just want to work and do just fine, no motivation in work smarter instead of harder. If they leave Mexico it is because they don't have the skills, knowledge and smarts to make a decent living here, where low wages are the norm, even more so if you don't have the idea of self improvement and expect the government to solve all of your problems.
Why aren't Mexicans obsessed with making tons of money, like everybody else in the world?
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