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Old 11-25-2011, 06:58 PM
 
Location: Illinois
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Since English is a dieing language? We could out sourse the little brats?
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Old 11-25-2011, 07:03 PM
 
Location: Northridge/Porter Ranch, Calif.
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English is not a dying language and no, we should not outsource.
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Old 11-25-2011, 07:04 PM
 
Location: Sarasota FL
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Spanish first, then Chinese.
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Old 11-25-2011, 07:07 PM
 
Location: Texas State Fair
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Default Shouldn't we be teaching our children Chinese?

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Since English is a dieing language? We could out sourse the little brats?
China ain't so great....

Review & Outlook: Why China Is Unhappy - WSJ.com
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On the Chinese equivalents of Twitter, criticism of the government is exploding, despite fierce censorship. A recent poll by Tsinghua University and the magazine Xiaokang found that 40% of Chinese are unhappy with their lives, while another survey by the magazine Outlook and Peoples University found 70% of farmers dissatisfied, mainly because of land seizures. Some 60% of the rich are emigrating or ...
??? OccupyChina ???
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Old 11-25-2011, 07:11 PM
 
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China ain't so great....

Review & Outlook: Why China Is Unhappy - WSJ.com


??? OccupyChina ???
That can't be true!

North Korea Global Happiness Index: China Is The World's 'Happiest' Place
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Old 11-25-2011, 07:15 PM
 
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Since English is a dieing language?
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No, we shouldn't be teaching our kids Chinese. English is far more dominant internationally, and there is no reason to believe it is dying.
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Old 11-25-2011, 07:23 PM
 
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Since English is a dieing language? We could out sourse the little brats?
Yeah I'm thinking English first.
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Old 11-25-2011, 07:28 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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Yeah I'm thinking English first.
I don't think we are teaching them much English, at least how to write it and things like that. The Chinese teach their kids English just as most others do.
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Old 11-25-2011, 07:29 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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No, we shouldn't be teaching our kids Chinese. English is far more dominant internationally, and there is no reason to believe it is dying.
Hilarious!
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Old 11-25-2011, 07:34 PM
 
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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Since English is a dieing language? We could out sourse the little brats?
Bad Grammar
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