Are you morally outraged by the prospect of having to learn Spanish? A group of parents in the town of Grapevine, Texas are. According to Leigh Allison, one of the more outspoken parents, the mandatory Spanish classes at Timberline Elementary School only exist to make life easier for children of Hispanic immigrants.
Says Allison, "We're not going to turn America into a bilingual country to accommodate (immigrants)".
Personally, I think these people need to take one massive chill pill. Learning a second language is a great way for children to be more educated about the world around us. Public schools aren't on some weird vendetta to transform America into a bilingual country. Granted, if your going to require a foreign language class, offer some variety. Add French, or maybe even German to the mix. Maybe then parents wouldn't be so uptight.
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