Just a note to all the naysayers recently. Some of you are totally against total immersion English classes, non-Spanish speaking children taking Spanish at an early age, and the fact that English is the main language spoken in the US. While most of us have valid points, regardless of our stance, we are all submitting our blogs in ENGLISH!
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In response to the extremely long blog... I respect your culture, and encourage you to celebrate your roots in a different country... however, you should also respect the society, government, and culture of this country that enables you to live here, and to attack the very people who created your opportunity to enjoy those privileges. My ancestral roots in America go back to 1695, and I know of absolutely no one in my family, or ancestry, who was bigoted against any other race or nationality. We have served, unselfishly, in moving this country forward, in helping other people, educating our youth, and in protecting our country in armed conflict. We honor our roots in northern Europe, but consider the present, and future, of the United States of America to be much more important to us than are those countries where our ancestors lived, or, for that matter, the languages, or dialects, that our ancestors learned as children. If you can't 'buy' that kind of thinking, I feel sorry for you, and wonder why you don't take your disappointment with me, and with my country, back to your preferred homeland. One last point... you had better not try flying some other country's flag above my flag... the Stars and Stripes...FOREVER!
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"My elementary principal could use some help from anyone; he just cannot write!"Maybe they will team up your principal with a Central Office Administrator who cannot write or speak.