Illiteracy shockingly high in L.A (53% can't read English)

Daily News ^ | 9/9/04 | Rachel Uranga

[jpsb]

This problem will go away as soon as Calif is reunited with the "mother country" Mexico.

[MarkeyD]

Even, as of late, Bill Cosby.

[N. Theknow]

As a resident of Los Angeles, I think that number is too low.

Must have been just the ones who could understand the question in the first place to answer the survey.

[ken21]

that's the democrat plantation.


can you imagine immigrants of a century ago being cheated by the unions of the same party that they vote for?

[ClearCase_guy]

For example, the report found that no school in the county offered Saturday classes or tailored classes for adult students with families or multiple jobs. And while nearly 90 percent of adults take literacy classes to improve their employment opportunities ...

Apparently 90 percent find a way, even without the "tailored classes".

[Salvey]

Illiteracy shockingly high in L.A (53% can't read English)

Wrong headline. Should read: 47% can't read Spanish.

[StoneColdGOP]

"The application asked why I wanted to work for this company and I didn't know what to answer," he said.

Well, you could have answered... BECAUSE THEY DON'T CHECK ON IMMIGRATION STATUS HERE!

[shattered]

How far away did you move and is it any better. I'm living the same situation in Texas and it is difficult.

For example, I bought a 2nd grade math workbook for my son at the local walmart. Got it home and started him on it and all the problems were (in English) but with a Mexican tilt. Instead of "cutting a pizza into 4 pieces" it was cut a tortilla!! All of the book was like this - only one example of the way that immigration, here most of it illegal, is changing our cities and our history.

[TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl]

The figure is 54% when judges and legislators are included.

[Penner]

"This is a ticking time bomb, a dirty secret we don't want to talk about. We are losing the battle," said Mark Drummond, chancellor of California's community college system.

It's not a secret to long-time CA residents. But don't worry. The Bush amnesty will take care of this problem.

BTW, back when CA was the Golden State, community college was free of charge.

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

bump

[cartoonistx]

Et's awl Buchis falte!

[cartoonistx]

Actually, most spanish-only speakers in L.A. can't read anything at all!

[TheCrusader]

"Illiteracy shockingly high in L.A (53% can't read English)"

The Democrats have a plan to correct this. The rest of us will just have to learn Spanish.

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

It's shocking what can happen to a city over a ten year period. Dallas is turning into a giant barrio. I'd like to move my family farther north, thinking Great Lakes or Dakotas, in ten or so years. And a light goes off over head: "So THIS is how the Balkans happened."

[TheCrusader]

"It's shocking what can happen to a city over a ten year period. Dallas is turning into a giant barrio. I'd like to move my family farther north, thinking Great Lakes or Dakotas, in ten or so years. And a light goes off over head: "So THIS is how the Balkans happened."

It's what happened to Rome as well. They let in hundreds of thousands of 'barbarians', (foreignors), to work the farms and become soldiers. By the time they were attacked by the the rest of the 'barbarian' world it was too late to defend themselves, they had already been infiltrated and weakened, and the decadence was too much to overcome. History is definately repeating itlself in our own times, in our own country.

[Pa' fuera]

All of the book was like this - only one example of the way that immigration, here most of it illegal, is changing our cities and our history.

Let me guess...if a coyote leaves San Luis Potosi at 8 am traveling 10 mph, and a drug smuggler leaves Culiacan at 12 noon traveling 15 mph, which one gets to the border first?

[Nea Wood]

I've lived in the San Fernando Valley for over 30 years, and your post is the gospel truth.

[Pa' fuera]

Actually, most spanish-only speakers in L.A. can't read anything at all!

They can devour those 2" comic books, though.

[Flashman_at_the_charge]

There's a turd in the melting pot.