A Good Day For The English Language

TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 09/02/2009 | Eddie V. Garcia

[Patriot1259]

Well, the day finally came for me to actually be a first-hand witness of why knowing and understanding English is so vitally important when one gets a driver's license.

My Florida license expires next month and I will be on tour so renewing it in Florida will be impossible. So I decided to finally get a Tennessee license although I still claim Florida as my legal domicile.

I gathered my official documents as required by the state of Tennessee for anyone getting a TN license for the first time. It was a busy day at the DMV (when isn't it a busy day) but after furnishing my official documents proving my citizenship, my valid FL license, my TN residency, a valid SS card and other documents, I was given a "deli-ticket" styled number to be called up.

[Patriot1259]

The importance of being able to read, write and speak English before being handed a drivers license in the USA.

[kabumpo]

I remember renewing my license in L.A. in 2000 and all the other applicants were taking tests in Czech, Russian -— a plethora of languages. This should be illegal, Ditto the voter book that came to my mother’s hose with Spanish text — to be able to vot, you’re supposed to be English-speaking.

[Impala64ssa]

Gee, I wonder if Mr. Garcia could be charged with a “hate” crime? Failure to provide translating services and embarassing a non English speaking-American.