Posted on 09/30/2007 7:31:11 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
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http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070930/NEWS01/709300304/1002
snip] Teachers at Tussing Elementary didn’t want language barriers to get in the way of students being able to read “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”
snip]So the school made sure it ordered the new Harry Potter book in a translated version for Spanish-speaking students.
snip]He said he’s also heard of other schools changing the foods offered at lunch or diversity programs for staff members.
snip]He couldn’t order lunch as easily because the cafeteria workers wouldn’t understand him. He couldn’t ask questions in class easily because no one could understand him.
Total immersion is the only way to teach kids a foreign language.
Too bad it doesn’t bring in the bucks like “Bilingual Education”.
BTW—have you checked your $chool Taxe$ lately??
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