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Yikes! Honor roll teens "can't read/write cursive"..huh?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 616443" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>In all honesty, right or wrong, foreign language isn't really stressed in our schools. The majority of Americans are fluent only in English. My daughter is in high school and has the option of learning Spanish or German, but she didn't want to do either and doesn't need to. None of my children were introduced to any other language at all until Middle School and then it was only Spanish and none of them can speak it.</p><p></p><p>Maybe with the new world economy, we should get on it, but it seems that every other country teaches English. I mean, your English is GREAT! Since most countries use English as a default language...doesn't give us a big incentive to become more bilingual. My Son-Who-Left is pretty fluent in Mandarin and has been to China for his business, but it was his own personal choice to learn this language and he is in the minority...</p><p></p><p>Maybe this will change in the future here.</p><p></p><p>I agree with the calculators. My kids were actually not able to use them until they got into higher grade levels. If I had not been made to learn at least basic math, I think, since I hate math with a passion, that I would not be able to do even groceries on my own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 616443, member: 1550"] In all honesty, right or wrong, foreign language isn't really stressed in our schools. The majority of Americans are fluent only in English. My daughter is in high school and has the option of learning Spanish or German, but she didn't want to do either and doesn't need to. None of my children were introduced to any other language at all until Middle School and then it was only Spanish and none of them can speak it. Maybe with the new world economy, we should get on it, but it seems that every other country teaches English. I mean, your English is GREAT! Since most countries use English as a default language...doesn't give us a big incentive to become more bilingual. My Son-Who-Left is pretty fluent in Mandarin and has been to China for his business, but it was his own personal choice to learn this language and he is in the minority... Maybe this will change in the future here. I agree with the calculators. My kids were actually not able to use them until they got into higher grade levels. If I had not been made to learn at least basic math, I think, since I hate math with a passion, that I would not be able to do even groceries on my own. [/QUOTE]
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