Kids kicked off a bus for speaking English

ktsp.com ^ | 01/09/2007 | staff

[Michael.SF.]

Which reply are you talking about specifically?

I am not going to attack anyone specifically because they have missed something in this article (which is exactly what was intended by the way it was written, imho).

Instead, consider this, from the article:

that particular bus route serves one of three language academies. The one at Phalen Lake is for Hmong students learning English.

Now consider this:

The bus serves kids who are trying to LEARN English. Since these kids already knew English, they were on the wrong bus!

The driver handled it badly, the school district screwed up, yes. But, they were trying to get the non English speaking kids to a school where they could learn English.

[Syncro]

By speaking Viet in the home they avoid giving their children strong accents in their English.

That's a very good point, I never would have thought of that. The parents are very aware and intelligent, helping their kids assimilate using that method.

[khnyny]

Yes dear, we all "get that".

I was asking for specifics, which you can't or won't give, that's your prerogative, but don't cloud the issue with nonsense.

[eleni121]

This is absolutely disgusting. Absurd. Insane.

And when you call companies to do business you are asked to press a number in order to hear English! English should be automatically default...and other languages should not be offered.

[Michael.SF.]

If you want to have a serious conversation do not talk down to me, Honey.

[Rembrandt]

'This is where "multiculturalism" is headed, off the deep end. Politics is like a circle, once you go so far left you start going in this extreme direction.

Wait till we have the "no white" drinking fountains, we're headed back towards segregration, and it will be at primarily the hands of the left, just like it was the first time.'
~~
IMHO, multi-culturalism is primarily led by womyn. Take a look at the make-up of your typical grade school. If there is a male in the administration, it's probably one or two, but the top few posts are womyn.

The vast majority of teachers are womyn.

Take a look at the texts, the lessons, the projects; males are left out - womyn rule, figuratively and literally.

Yes, the multiculti crowd will indeed steer us all toward the deep end.

[Theresawithanh]

You bet the school district made a mistake! What if their mom couldn't have gotten off work to pick them up after school?

Just imagine the outcry if this had been a Hmong kid on an english-speaking-only bus.

[khnyny]

Hey, I'm just a "right wing nut-job", lol. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black...

[Rembrandt]

"Pig-Latin always works for me...;0)"

Don't use that when addressing Rosie O'Donuts, her native language is Pig-Latin.

[khnyny]

Can't get a date, huh?

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Rosie Boo-Koo Dinkey Dau!!! Numba`Ten Tao' !! Boo-Koo too much Sop-Sop!!...

[ApplegateRanch]

what Language are they supposed to be Speaking? St.Paul?....Minnesota:

Saint Paul: Either Greek, Aramaic, or Hebrew. Maybe some Latin; bit of Egyptian...some Syriac?

[Riverine]

I've had the impression for a while now that the Hmong don't seem to be doing as well as the Vietnamese. ?

[oldbill]

I thought they spoke Norwegian up there.

[khnyny]

http://www.parentsunitednetwork.org/Language_center_causing_a_stir.html

There are about five elementary schools in this area that have opened these "language centers". They are located at the elementary schools, but are a separate classroom or onsite area, apparently. Sorry not to "mail you", but everyone needs to know this info. Tax dollars at work and all that.

[weegee]

That's okay, Houston renamed all of the streets downtown with Vietnamese names in addition to the English names. Must make responding to emergencies and mail delivery "wonderful".

[kinoxi]

The driver refused to drop off elementary school children back at the point where he/she picked them up? Couldn't that be considered endangerment leaving them there like that?

[BruceysMom]

I would suggest that perhaps you are the one that doesn't understand what you are reading:
"The district decided to enforce the separate routes beginning Monday, but it did not tell the Armstrong family."

[familyop]

You (Michael.SF.) wrote:
"They were not 'kicked off' for 'speaking English'.
People really need to read this more closely before getting to excited about it.
Somehow, I picture a liberal headline writer saying to his buddies: 'Watch what kind of reaction this one gets from the right wing nut jobs!'"

But the article said:
"So even thought the district apologized, if they want to still go to Phalen, they are going to have to get their own ride."

So they won't be allowed to ride any bus to get to their school, even though their family pays taxes for the transportation.

Residents in the USA should be required to be able to speak English. No English-speaking American should be deprived of any taxpayer-funded service for not being able to speak a foreign language.

Left-wing "nut jobs" would argue in favor of what the public school adminstrators did by posting arguments beside the point and calling us "right wing nut jobs."

I've worked in public schools. Most of the teachers and administrators in those places often exhibited lunatic behavior, and most of the material given to students was garbage.