Before reactionary haters get too mad, it's actually an effort to help families transition to English but linked here because it's an important glimpse of KCMO real life AND because foreign languages threaten many locals with low self-esteem.
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KCPS expands program for Spanish-speaking adults
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - There's a new program within the Kansas City School District that focuses on teaching adults instead of children. Within KCPS, 27 percent of the students are English language learners, which the district said is the highest percentage in Missouri.
Do any literate people graduate from KCPS?
ReplyDeletePerhaps the Mexican Consulate should open their doors for their citizens for English Language classes instead of using the resources (buildings, employees, etc.) of the Kansas City taxpayer. More important, why are we investing in the future of individuals who have violated our laws?
ReplyDeleteExcellent points.
ReplyDeleteThat’s a good program to get folks to learn English and assimilate and lead toward citizenship.
ReplyDeleteOh, if only they could teach black people to speak English.
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ReplyDeleteI'm an American, pay taxes, abide by the law, where's my freebies??????
@ 8:36, I don't know your ancestry, but these sort of English Language For Adults classes have been offered in the Public Schools since the early 1900s.
ReplyDeleteIf you have any immigrant ancestry at all, "your freebies" were given to them, plus the ones you received as a child, plus the ones you are receiving as an adult, plus the ones you will receive in the future as a senior citizen.
I'm afraid the reality of life involves more that you getting to next weekend, my friend.
What if your ancestors spoke English upon arrival and were here at least 100 years before the nation was founded?
DeleteAnd still no lessons i ebonics.
ReplyDeleten. Abbr. AAVE. The set of vernacular or nonstandard varieties of English spoken by working-class African Americans and often by other African Americans in informal contexts.
Einsmal Amerikaner sind dumbkopf.
ReplyDeleteIn a free country, you can speak whatever language you wish, & practice whatever religion you wish. A lot of Americans don't really want to live in a free country, they want to control their neighbors; tell them what language to speak & what church to attend. Some radical fascists even want to inspect women's vaginas to see if they've had an abortion.
A lot of white men just think its their place to tell people what to do.
^^^ Idiot.
ReplyDeleteLiberals are the new totalitarians.
ReplyDeleteI agree with 12:32PM wholeheartedly.
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