Teacher Whines After Being Asked to Speak English (healthcare, high school, Florida)
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Sounds like an anchor citizen. doesn't want to learn but still wants a check.
So, not dropping an accent is not wanting to learn now? ROFL. I can see the new immigration demands now. Not only must you pass an English test, you must do it to the accent we deem acceptable! el oh el
So, not dropping an accent is not wanting to learn now? ROFL. I can see the new immigration demands now. Not only must you pass an English test, you must do it to the accent we deem acceptable! el oh el
I was curious if there was more to this story and I think I found it.
A lot of what is in this article was also in the NYT article, but there is additional information that I think is important.
For example:
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A concern was the low proportion of English-learning students who pass the state's standardized test in reading, writing and math, called AIMS.
Monitors have reported infractions such as teachers instructing in Spanish, using Spanish-language teaching materials or hanging Spanish-language posters on their classroom walls, which are prohibited by Arizona's English-only law.
Monitors also reported that some teachers did not have proper credentials to teach English learners.
To me this begs the question as to how these teachers got hired in the first place. Doesn't Arizona have things like job interviews? Don't they ask for resumes? And as far as the use of teaching materials or posters in the classroom, isn't it the prinicpal's job to make sure the teachers know the guidelines they need to know to do their jobs?
To me this begs the question as to how these teachers got hired in the first place. Doesn't Arizona have things like job interviews? Don't they ask for resumes? And as far as the use of teaching materials or posters in the classroom, isn't it the prinicpal's job to make sure the teachers know the guidelines they need to know to do their jobs?
I did read the article.
Can you construct a sentence where it would not be obvious from the context of the conversation which is meant? I can't. I mean, no one just blurts out "Tony l***ves here," it's always embedded in some kind of exchange.
And while we're at it, I recall a day many years ago when I was driving on the LBJ freeway through DFW atrying to get to the home of a friend in Plano. I called him from a payphone at a gas station and a friendly Texas state trooper overheard the conversation and decided he was going to help out a damsel in distress. I didn't ask him for help but he insisted on describing how to get to my destination in minute detail. I swear I did not understand a WORD that big smiling trooper said to me but I didn't have the heart to tell him since he was being so nice.
Just sayin' there's accents and there's accents.
"excuse me, where do they keep the nuclear wesseles?"
I did read the article.
Can you construct a sentence where it would not be obvious from the context of the conversation which is meant? I can't. I mean, no one just blurts out "Tony l***ves here," it's always embedded in some kind of exchange.
And while we're at it, I recall a day many years ago when I was driving on the LBJ freeway through DFW atrying to get to the home of a friend in Plano. I called him from a payphone at a gas station and a friendly Texas state trooper overheard the conversation and decided he was going to help out a damsel in distress. I didn't ask him for help but he insisted on describing how to get to my destination in minute detail. I swear I did not understand a WORD that big smiling trooper said to me but I didn't have the heart to tell him since he was being so nice.
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