Teacher Whines After Being Asked to Speak English (legal, racism, education)

[doc1]

Originally Posted by DrummerBoy

If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for Texas."

My esteemed governor, Rick Perry, when asked whether or not he believed Spanish should be taught in Texas public schools.

Pretty ridiculous thing to say about a Hebrew who lived 2000 years ago.

What's that got to do with the OP?

Me, I think all US public school teachers should be clearly understood by their students when speaking english.

Common sense.

[wildbill80]

Originally Posted by DrummerBoy

If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for Texas."

My esteemed governor, Rick Perry, when asked whether or not he believed Spanish should be taught in Texas public schools.

Orly? A quick google search shows that quote being attributed to Miriam Ferguson, a 1920s Texas governor.

[ergohead]

Originally Posted by doc1

Pretty ridiculous thing to say about a Hebrew who lived 2000 years ago.

What's that got to do with the OP?

Me, I think all US public school teachers should be clearly understood by their students when speaking english.

Common sense.

We need to outsource to England for good English teachers.

I like princess Di's over accentuation dialect.

She was like a walking phonetic.

[jjwebbster]

Originally Posted by ergohead

We need to outsource to England for good English teachers.

I like princess Di's over accentuation dialect.

She was like a walking phonetic.

Maybe we should export bad English teachers to
Mexico.

As regards Perry, "open mouth, insert foot".

[lakeman0]

Having an accent does not mean that the teacher cannot be understood. I have had teacher's in school who have had Brit and french accents, they could be understood quite well, this story seems to be more sensationalized. She had to do an interview for her job and any subsequent interviews, she passed those.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by lakeman0

Having an accent does not mean that the teacher cannot be understood. I have had teacher's in school who have had Brit and french accents, they could be understood quite well, this story seems to be more sensationalized. She had to do an interview for her job and any subsequent interviews, she passed those.

Read the story. She was hired to teach in Spanish. Then AZ dropped Spanish speaking classes and went to all English.
They hired an accent reduction specialist to work with 10 teachers at that school that had heavy accents.

English is her second language. It's quite possible her accent is very heavy and mis-pronouncing words to elementary school kids isn't exactly the type of education you want..is it ?

[filihok]

Originally Posted by pommysmommy

Just an example of an immigrant who expects the United States to assimilate to her wishes.

Let's see.

She learned English and took multiple classes in an attempt to improve her accent. WTF are you talking about?

[crbcrbrgv]

Arizona really likes to go to great lengths to make sure their residents of Mexican decent feel uncomfortable, don't they. Now tell me again, who's shoving who's culture down people's throats?

[ergohead]

Originally Posted by filihok

Let's see.

She learned English and took multiple classes in an attempt to improve her accent. WTF are you talking about?

Certification fixes it?


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[Pretzelogik]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

More importantly an example of a typically fubared government system.

BOHICA Eric H. Holder, Jr is hiding behind that racial tree.