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theweaselking16-year-old student suspended from school for 1.5 days for being bilingual and answering a Spanish question in Spanish.
More here.
The suspension has been rescinded (after the fact) and an apology has been given, but they still suspended a fluently bilingual student for speaking his native language, in a hallway, outside of class time.
More here.
The suspension has been rescinded (after the fact) and an apology has been given, but they still suspended a fluently bilingual student for speaking his native language, in a hallway, outside of class time.
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Date: 2005-12-10 03:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-10 03:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-10 03:59 am (UTC)Kansas is indeed making a valiant effort to surpass Florida as the Most Embarassing State in the Union. Perhaps 2006 will be the year!
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Date: 2005-12-10 06:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-10 04:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-10 04:37 am (UTC)Nevertheless, I do encourage people who natively speak languages other than English to learn English for economic reasons.
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Date: 2005-12-10 04:32 am (UTC)-- Steve's still wondering about this persistant need for ethnic cleansing/whitewashing/whatever. If this is part of the human condition, we've got to figure out how to excise it.
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Date: 2005-12-10 07:03 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-10 07:05 am (UTC)That oughta learn 'em.
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Date: 2005-12-10 01:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-10 05:37 pm (UTC)