Ut certainly doesn
 Hurt to know Spanish, but by the same token those who come to this country should learn English.

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:49 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: It's Time To Learn Spanish

Angel,

This is still a free country.  I don't want to learn Spanish, nor am I
required to do so.  I have to Mexican grandchildren, too.  They don't speak
Spanish either.

Phil.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angel238" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: It's Time To Learn Spanish


> Most people in Africa and in European countries know multiple languages.
It
> wouldn't hurt us to learn.  It would improve us considerably I think.
> Knowing Spanish gives you a greater variety to watch on cable, because you
> can watch the soaps originating from Spain.  It would also give the blind
a
> better chance at employment as employers are always looking for someone
> fluent in that language.  They are even more adamant about finding those
who
> can write the language well.  It is rare to find someone who can write a
> decent business letter in Spanish.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "JULIE MELTON" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 6:40 PM
> Subject: Re: It's Time To Learn Spanish
>
>
> > If we were to go to any other country to live, learning the language
would
> > be a given.  That's not so in the good old US of a, though.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 1:01 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: It's Time To Learn Spanish
> >
> > We attended, as a family, my oldest grandson's sixth grade commencement.
> > The first lady spoke, in English, for about 10 to 12 minutes.  Then
> > everything she said, was repeated in Spanish.  By the time it was over,
I
> > would say at least 70 percent of the program were done in Spanish and
with
> > no English interpretation.  This is America after all so it is a given
> > that
> > we should all speak Spanish.  I'm sorry.  My two years of high school
> > Spanish just wasn't quite enough to interpret for others nor for myself,
> > for
> > that matter.  Did you know that the new Mexican trucking transportation
> > law,
> > which allows below the boarder trucks to roll across the boarder into
all
> > parts of the United States, and without being checked, has a fool proof
> > plan
> > to test all Mexican drivers to insure they can read English road signs?
> > Yep, they sure do.  The Mexican drivers are shown English signs but the
> > Mexican drivers are allowed to answer the question of the sign's nature,
> > in
> > Spanish.  Works for me.  I've been thinking of heading south and getting
a
> > truckers job from below the boarder.  I can read that much English into
> > Spanish.
> >
> > Phil.
> >
>