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Originally Posted by LauraC
They don't teach Mexican Spanish in school any more than they teach Quebec French or Puerto Rican Spanish...at least they didn't when I went to school. They teach Castilian Spanish (think Spain). I had a kid from Quebec in my French class who failed French. He even had a french name. Point is Mexican anything is out of line.
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I teach Spanish for a living. I generally teach Latin American standard Spanish which does not use the vosotros form. But Latin American and Castillian are virtually the same thing, with the difference of some words used (usually of indigenous origin).
You also try to teach the Spanish that will be of the most use to the students. In Texas, that obviously means they should be teaching a dialect from Andalucia, right?
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This is about forcing Mexican culture and pushing allegiance to Mexico. Why not force the kids to pledge allegiance to Spain since it the excuse was that it was about the language?
Then we wonder why the Mexican kids are going beserck on American kids displaying the USA flag.
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You're obviously not a teacher, so you know nothing about which you speak. When teaching culture, you use anything at your disposal. This is a non issue - stop trying to make it political.
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