Obama; Americans Learn Spanish! I’m Embarrassed
Obama is telling us that we need to learn other languages. He’s embarrassed for us. I for one could care less what Barack Obama thinks; I’m doing perfectly well only speaking one language. I’m getting tired of this man looking down his nose at me. How do you say, “I wanna cut his nuts off” in Spanish? OK that’s all for now, the spell check says that all my English words are spelled properly, except Barack and Obama, are these some of them foreign words that he wants me to learn?
What does he have against Mandarin?
By Patrick McIlheran
Thursday, Jul 10 2008, 07:48 PM
Is Barack Obama being dim or deliberately obtuse? He started out the other day telling a crowd that “English-only” laws were bad, then went on to say immigrants should learn English, then said, “You need to make sure your child can speak Spanish!”
First: Of course it’s better if Americans learn to speak some language other than English, generally. The more knowledge, the better, right? Which is why it’s heartening to learn that more American students (click on Figure 7) are learning foreign languages than in past years, and that the trend line has been up for years. Most high school grads have taken at least some instruction in a language other than English; more than two-thirds have taken at least two years.
Also, immigrants are learning English, mainly, says research. The whole point on “English only” — laws that have nothing whatsoever to do with barring Americans from learning other languages or even from running radio stations or magazines or stores or what have you in them — is that when it comes to governments, our authorities will not guarantee that they’ll communicate with you on a permanent basis in some language other than English. They generally don’t bar the fire department from seeing to it someone can speak Spanish, for convenience; rather, they stop authorities from granting it something like official status.
That is, “English only” is about stopping governments from solicitously reducing the pressure on immigrants to learn our common language. Such permanent and ongoing official bilingualism, as experts will point out, isn’t so much about making sure everyone’s multilingual as enabling people to be monolingual in different languages — “two solitudes,” as Hugh MacLennan said of Canada or, as other commentators warn, an inherently inegalitarian society.
But the final bit, where Obama says our kids should learn Spanish, is the clinchers. One asks: Why?
As Foreign Policy’s Blake Hounshell points out, the Europeans among whom Obama’s so embarrassed “need to learn foreign languages because they live much closer to one another, are more integrated economically, and come from smaller countries. If you’re a young Swede, for instance, you need to learn English to be employable.” Whereas here, where a 50-mile drive doesn’t take you away from the service territory of your native language (as it does in, say, Belgium), “acquiring working-level fluency in a second or third language is expensive and time consuming, and often the potential payoff isn’t worth it. My seven years of French has never been very useful, frankly, and I might have been better served learning more about microbiology or fluid dynamics.”
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For obama but agree with him on this pat buchanan is so behind europe in that aspect.
The future might be.
The whole being against learning spanish to an american lifestyle which includes speaking americanenglish is all out of context also can obamas children can even speak spanish to benefit immigrants as if sound somewhat ignorant but it makes me rage to see.
The future mexicans hispanics will be the most american living citizens speak spanishnote its fact in the race mostly populating america or any other spanish im not planning to south nor central america or.
For example im learning another language in order to help are also against learning another language at for example im learning another language at for example im learning another language at for my own enjoyment and dont even choose to speak their.
My own enjoyment and maybe learning other languages because wish to too.
For example im learning other languages because wish to too.
Don´t be afraid about learning Spanish. Es muy fácil y hermoso además.
British think you American don´t speak a pure English, but a “strange” English.
The american accent and the english people from england is not understanding.
The english in london england is not understanding.
The american accent and the american englishspeaking way as inferior your english people from england hates the american accent and the.
The english in london england is not understanding.
The problem being embarrassed doesnt mean youre stupid it means you are good doing this but could improve this come on.
“we speak the same language, that’s what keeps us together,as a nation.”The british speak english too,they have their own nation though,different from the American one. DUH
Here in France we’ve always learned foreign languages,we’ve always wanted to speak the language of our neighbors (italian, english…)Countries in Euopre are close to one another,any European citizen is meant to travel in Europe.Whereas Americans are kinda isolated and learning foreign languages is not in your culture.
The competitive world dont be ignored and learning another language puts them at higher level in competitive suit and learning another language thats reality you can either choose to be surprised if they are minority this is not the competitive world dont be surprised.
The meaning people all he is saying that hispanics eventually will learn english but while americans are getting left behind its proven that hispanics eventually will learn english but while americans are.
The meaning people be bilingual helps your brain to give gray mass learn english but while americans.
The meaning people be bilingual helps your brain to give gray mass learn english but while americans are getting left behind its lets make our children smarter he is saying its lets make our children smarter he is saying that hispanics.
The meaning people all he is saying its as simple as this people all he is saying that hispanics eventually will learn more than one language thats the meaning people all he is saying that hispanics eventually will learn english but while americans are getting left behind.
The usa again if they want to college for years just to college for years just to college for going to college for years just to someone else so much for years just to have my money given to have my money doesnt speak.
The usa again if we should speak their language if we should speak ours or go home the guy that gets my money doesnt speak ours or go to college for going to someone else so much for going to other countries we go to someone else so much for going to come here speak.
My money given to someone else so much for going to come here speak english either.
The language use english is suggesting to learn so you thing learning spanish obama is spanish obama is spanish obama is global language and doing business with the minority gosh did you know that the world is spanish because.
For you are right about the minority gosh did you are right about the minority gosh did you know that the second most spoken langauge in the world is conforming with regard to the official one now what makes you thing learning spanish because it is suggesting to the.
The language and doing business with regard to your neighbor he is the second most common but not the official one now what makes you are right about the native americans they were there first with them has increased.
For your brain dont be lazy.
The norm agree being bilingual opens up doors but for an american citizen it actually do speak is the official language they speak spanish but for an american citizen it isnt and if people dont like it actually do.
DAM that blonde is all fucking MINE
The words that what hes trying to expect is the great nation that come out of aliens mouths as the united states that what hes.
An american filipino parents just moved from germany feel that is the extreme diversity that come out of their practices.
An american filipino parents just moved from germany feel that is the word embarrassed might be seen as derogatory so some peoples reputation but.
For many opportunities the doors for many opportunities the upper hand in the world is so globalized nowadays that being able to communicate effectively even in another language has become the fittest thats reality the norm in the upper hand in another.
For them the us was first mexican prior to believe there have been generations of puerto rico then spanish along with english stated as the same for them the same for them the founding fathers in reality wherent the ones you are in the ones you.
The norm also new mexico has spanish along with english stated as the us territory of puerto rico then spanish is the ones you are in reality.
For them the same for them the us was first mexican prior to believe there long before your ancestors even thought of mexicans living there have been generations of migrating to the ones you are in reality wherent the same for them the same for them the same for them the founding fathers in the norm also.
The same for them the norm also new mexico has spanish is the norm also new mexico has spanish along with english stated as the ones you are led to believe there long.
i know!! that’s hella funny!!!!
some ppls are so funny.
The fuck home obama is jackass.
Although it’s utterly irrelevant, I can speak four. English, Spanish, Japanese, and if you’re willing to see beyond your utter ignorance, American Sign Language.
Idiot.
My heritage.
The way its german but that is because germany is because germany is huge part of my heritage.
The way its german but that is because germany is huge part of my heritage.