What about employers who won't hire people who don't know Spanish. Being bilingual is basically a necessity for some areas of business.
I do believe that English is the language of our nation and it annoys me that my neighbors, who are good folks, speak Spanish to their little kids.
Also, being bi-lingual adds value to the employee because, well, so many people come here and don't bother learning English and we have accommodated this to the point of absurdity. Now in some jobs, I suppose it doesn't matter but I would not likely hire a non-english speaking employee. But all it takes is one good amnesty and Spanish will become our primary language. I suppose this is continent appropriate but I still dread the day.
For English press 4.
The napalian speaks english well enough to talk politics with me
I certainly hope you are right. I don't know much about children. No doubt I was a child once but still....
yes. She is actually. There are others who speak spanish and others who speak napalian. But the others are able to communicate fairly well in english.
where is Napalian spoken?
I have never heard of this language.
Maybe you could fill us in.
I do believe that English is the language of our nation and it annoys me that my neighbors, who are good folks, speak Spanish to their little kids.
Also, being bi-lingual adds value to the employee because, well, so many people come here and don't bother learning English and we have accommodated this to the point of absurdity. Now in some jobs, I suppose it doesn't matter but I would not likely hire a non-english speaking employee. But all it takes is one good amnesty and Spanish will become our primary language. I suppose this is continent appropriate but I still dread the day.
For English press 4.
Yes. She is actually. There are others who speak spanish and others who speak napalian. But the others are able to communicate fairly well in english.
A person who speaks 2-3 languages should be more valuable than a monoglot.
Why must they be more valuable?
Latin is not of much use
Hebrew in Alabama
The redbrick synagogue now has religion classes full of children, and a temple bowling team is starting. Six new Jewish families with 18 people who used to live in Florida, New York and elsewhere now call Dothan their home. Their arrival helped double the size of worship services, and more families are applying for the assistance.
The businessman, Larry Blumberg, smiles when he talks about what has grown in the few years since he had the idea to pay moving expenses for families relocating to the area.
“The injection of this new blood has really been helpful and refreshing,” Mr. Blumberg said. “I think the program has created a lot of buzz and attention both in our local community and throughout the Jewish community at large.”
Rabbi Lynne Goldsmith, who moved to Alabama from Connecticut to lead the reform Temple Emanu-El about a year before the program began, thinks Mr. Blumberg’s strategy could become a blueprint for other small-town Jewish congregations fighting to stay alive.
And , from a Conservative...Sounds as if taking a course in conversational or workplace Spanish will be very helpful to you.
Really? I'm a native speaker of English and I've no idea what you're talking about. What's napalian or samolian? If you mean Nepali or Somali you should say so. Those are English words; learn them.
A private employer should be able to deny employment for any damn reason he or she wants.
This is just another.
For the same reason programmers who know C++, HTML5 and Python are more valuable than people who know how to use GeoCities.
Depends, it seems as if Hebrews are indeed flocking to rural Alabama:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/u...-congregants-stretches-out-its-hand.html?_r=0
However, why go to such an extreme case like Hebrew? Why not pick Spanish? Well.... because then the extreme examples would make no sense. In Alabama (or for that matter any state) today, it makes sense that a person who speaks Spanish and English would be move valuable to a company than someone who speaks only English. The country in general has RADICALLY changed - and whether legal or illegal immigration is to blame, there are still millions of hispanics in the country. So in about 15-20 years, learning Spanish will be a necessity for many looking to get hired.
But only if the language is valuable.
Guess what? I happen to no Pascal, COBOL 1974 and FORTRAN 77.
Guess how valuable those skills are?
And do you want to know why I said "rural Alabama"? I actually lived in Dothan for 5 years. But Dothan had a synagogue (actually well known in the area), and it is not really "rural". I was actually thinking more like Cowarts, Headland and Slocomb.
And knowing Hebrew is still pretty worthless there. I can't exactly see Dothan becoming the "New Fairfax District".
My wife is Hispanic, and she conducts all her affairs in English when possible.
My son is Hispanic, and he knows about as much Spanish as I do (mostly for swearing, asking for another beer, and asking where the bathroom is). Most 3-4th Generation know little of their heritage languages, and this is accelerated when their predecessors are of mixed marriages.
In fact, my son does not even think of himself as "Hispanic", even though he is aware his mom is from South America, and her name is not one commonly found in the US outside of a bar.