jamesrage

Superintendent proposes making 2 public schools Spanish language
Charlotte Local News | Charlotte Observer
Thirteen schools would lose magnet programs.

Collinswood and Oaklawn elementaries would become K-8 Spanish-language schools.

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Vader

I propose that Superintendent be immediately fired and all of his anti-American plans be scrubbed.

The national language of this country is ENGLISH. We CANNOT allow that to be compromised!

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Hatuey

Can show where this is written?

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McSame/Moose Field Dresser 08!

winston53660

Que?........

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Awesome!

I'm not sure about this, but I'm assuming that the flood of Irish immigrants to this country did not prompt schools to change to gaelic, or to Italian for the flood of Italian immigrants many years ago? So is this an example of another culture being pushed on America, or that we border Mexico? Personally I don't agree with this at all. English should be the only language in our public schools.

Arcana XV

Why not? What's wrong with bilingual countries? Do you have an example of a multi-lingual country where the different languages spoken cause a major problem?

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jamesrage

Quebec sovereignty movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While the most apparent reason for separatism is Quebec having a Francophone or predominantly French-speaking (French-Canadian or Québécois) majority, as compared to the rest of Canada which consists of all but two English-dominant provinces (New Brunswick often is considered as essentially having a bilingual population), the origins and evolution of the movement are actually fairly complex

Arcana XV

That doesn't really answer my question. The Quebecois fought for the right to preserve their language and to make it the 1st official language in their own Province and they won. Canada officially became a bilingual country. Whatever other social, political, religious and economic reasons the separatists had for continuing their fight for independance has very little to do with the language they speak. Bi-lingualism is not the problem in Canada. As a matter of fact, it was the solution. It solved one of the many points of contention between the Quebec separatists and the rest of the country.

shuamort

Although the United States doesn't have an official language, North Carolina, where this superintendent is employed, does.

GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA,
THROUGH 1992 SUPPLEMENT
§145-12. State Language.

(a) Purpose. – English is the common language of the people of the United States of America and the State of North Carolina. This section is intended to preserve, protect, and strengthen the English language, and not to supersede any of the rights guaranteed to the people by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of North Carolina.

(b) English as the Official Language of North Carolina. – English is the official language of the State of North Carolina.