While it is nice to know more than one language, making it a requirement for employment in the USA is unacceptable. If people want to retain their own language when they immigrate to the USA, that's fine but they must learn English if they plan on staying here.
My wife and her family immigrated to the USA many years ago and she is not only fluent in English, but also Italian and Spanish as well. When people come up to her speaking Spanish, she ignores them and finds that most of them CAN actually speak English when they have to. This just reinforces my theory that these people just want us to convert to their language instead of them learning ours.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you immigrate to another country, you are declaring your desire to become a citizen of that country. As such, it is YOUR responsibility to learn the language of that country and to assimilate to the culture. If you don't feel that you want to, for what ever reason, then you can move right back to wherever you came from and retain your own culture and language. If a person moves to Canada, they are required to learn both English AND French since those are the official languages of Canada. If you want to immigrate to Italy, you learn Italian, France-French, Germany-German, so why has it become OPTIONAL to learn English when people immigrate, legally or illegally, to The United States of America? It's time we take our country back from the invaders that refuse to respect our culture, diversity and language. We didn't move to their country, they came to ours so, why then must we learn THEIR language to retain employment in OUR country?
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Should we be forced to be bilingual in our own country?
ACEDMagazine March 18, 2008 16:29:23
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So many job descriptions of late require applicants to speak Spanish and English. The last time I checked this was America, and America is an English-speaking country. Why is it we have to know Spanish to write for an English-speaking publication? To work at any local business that does not deal directly with Spanish-speaking countries? Even an office assistant in a doctor's office is required to speak both languages... They even tried to make Spanish the primary language in some South Florida schools. I am sure there are other similar circumstances in other parts of the country as well.
It is my opinion, if people come here they need to learn to speak English. We did not go to their country they came to ours. And if we had moved to their country, then we should learn their language. I don't think it is right to "require" people to know Spanish or any other language for a job in the US that does not directly deal with other countries.
It is my opinion, if people come here they need to learn to speak English. We did not go to their country they came to ours. And if we had moved to their country, then we should learn their language. I don't think it is right to "require" people to know Spanish or any other language for a job in the US that does not directly deal with other countries.
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No! We speak English in the States thanks.
While it is nice to know more than one language, making it a requirement for employment in the USA is unacceptable. If people want to retain their own language when they immigrate to the USA, that's fine but they must learn English if they plan on staying here.(more)View thread
My wife and her family immigrated to the USA many years ago and she is not only fluent in English, but also Italian and Spanish as well. When people come up to her speaking Spanish, she ignores them and finds that most of them CAN actually speak English when they have to. This just reinforces my theory that these people just want us to convert to their language instead of them learning ours.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you immigrate to another country, you are declaring your desire to become a citizen of that country. As such, it is YOUR responsibility to learn the language of that country and to assimilate to the culture. If you don't feel that you want to, for what ever reason, then you can move right back to wherever you came from and retain your own culture and language. If a person moves to Canada, they are required to learn both English AND French since those are the official languages of Canada. If you want to immigrate to Italy, you learn Italian, France-French, Germany-German, so why has it ...
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No! We speak English in the States thanks.
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It is discrimination, but not always on purpose by employers who want to reach as big a pool as they can. It's an exploitation on the part of all the barely educated Spanish speakers who come to milk the system in U.S.A. and refuse to learn English. How many times I've gone into some business and no one would speak English to me! So don't cry to me about the importance of reaching out to all people- that's crap that certain people say to get themselves in the door and feel entitled to way more than they actually deserve.
Citizens first. Not a one of us can go to any other country and get by without speaking their language. It is true that the unskilled native Spanish- speakers benefit the low wage/no benefit type of employer. But believe y...
It is discrimination, but not always on purpose by employers who want to reach as big a pool as they can. It's an exploitation on the part of all the barely educated Spanish speakers who come to milk the system in U.S.A. and refuse to learn English. How many times I've gone into some business and no one would speak English to me! So don't cry to me about the importance of reaching out to all people- that's crap that certain people say to get themselves in the door and feel entitled to way more than they actually deserve.
Citizens first. Not a one of us can go to any other country and get by without speaking their language. It is true that the unskilled native Spanish- speakers benefit the low wage/no benefit type of employer. But believe you me, some get paid nicely (above and below the table in all companies and industries). Spanish speakers want so many benefits in U.S., why don't they put their lives on the line in their own country like Americans forefathers did, Black and white, to get their rights in their own country and speak Spanish there?
I'm a conversational in three languages L.A. girl. So I get to respond when some low-lives try to get away with insulting others assuming that they are not being understood. Bilingualism in Spanish (and as many languages as you'd like to learn) is a beautiful thing, but I believe is largely a scam nowadays in the U.S.
No! We speak English in the States thanks.
No! We speak English in the States thanks.
English is beautiful. Don't you think so?
Yes! We should cater to people speaking other languages, even if it means not getting a job.
No! We speak English in the States thanks.
Yes! We should cater to people speaking other languages, even if it means not getting a job.
For instance our company has an office in the United States and one in Central America, it makes sense that you be able to speak in Spanish if you have to call Central America. It is a job requirement just like having a driver´s license. If you do not have a driver´s license you do not get the delivery job no matter how much you want it.
This topic is questioning whether we should cater to those people who come to the US and refuse to learn English or whether they should be forced to assimilate into society (at least that's how I take it).
My view, (I believe it has been said before) is if you go to Germany, Italy, France, Russia, or any other country will they expect you to learn their language in order to communicate with them? The answer is YES. YOU will have to adapt to THEIR language, not the other way around. If you want to be here and work here in America, learn English. We should not be forced to learn a language just because people are too lazy to learn ours.
No! We speak English in the States thanks.
Now, I am at a point where I am in desperate need of a job, and because I am not bilingual, it is getting harder and harder for me to find one. If you want to speak your native language, that is perfectly fine. I FIRMLY believe that if you want to live in the United States, you should HAVE to learn basic English before you are given citizenship. If you are here illegally, then we should not have to cater to your needs. The people of the United States should not be punished just because we cannot speak someone else's language and we DEFINITELY should not be denied a job because we are not bilingual, even if we are better qualified than someone who has no experience, and no education and they are still preferred for the job just because they can speak another language.
I am by no means racist, I love diversity. I just think this is unfair.
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No! We speak English in the States thanks.
No! We speak English in the States thanks.
No! We speak English in the States thanks.
Yes! We should cater to people speaking other languages, even if it means not getting a job.
No! We speak English in the States thanks.
Basically what I'm saying is this: If you're going to live here, learn English. If not, then go back and speak the language you'd like to speak.
No! We speak English in the States thanks.
Yes! We should cater to people speaking other languages, even if it means not getting a job.
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No! We speak English in the States thanks.
What other ridiculous changes, is this Kenyan promising? That many of us disagree with because if this is an indication of the changes Obama threatens to bring, then people, voters, and all minorities, need to take a second look at what a foreign candidate who refused to use his middle name because its Muslim, or Hussein, can cause our country and or the national security of the country.
Because after all, Americans are well aware Mr. Obama has no experience and has dealt the race card and is trotting around the world as if he was president, thinking and taking our votes for granted, and trying to fly the plane in which he traveled, with an Obama flag, because I understand that Obama had to be reminded the plane had to fly the American flag, and this is very very very scary to me as an American, who will not vote for Obama under no circumstances.
Why should Americans be faced with the threat of forcing them to speak spanish because a Kenyan raised in Indonesia a...
What other ridiculous changes, is this Kenyan promising? That many of us disagree with because if this is an indication of the changes Obama threatens to bring, then people, voters, and all minorities, need to take a second look at what a foreign candidate who refused to use his middle name because its Muslim, or Hussein, can cause our country and or the national security of the country.
Because after all, Americans are well aware Mr. Obama has no experience and has dealt the race card and is trotting around the world as if he was president, thinking and taking our votes for granted, and trying to fly the plane in which he traveled, with an Obama flag, because I understand that Obama had to be reminded the plane had to fly the American flag, and this is very very very scary to me as an American, who will not vote for Obama under no circumstances.
Why should Americans be faced with the threat of forcing them to speak spanish because a Kenyan raised in Indonesia and born in Hawaii, wants to run our country upside down? Obama should know that its going to take a lot more to get the Mexican vote besides making the ludicrous suggestion that Americans have to learn Spanish which goes to show to what extreme and lengths, this Kenyan is willing to go where I can tell Mr. Obama, this latina, here in Texas, is not fooled by the Obama camp and tactics and manipulations to brainwash the country, got that Obama? YOU MAY FOOL THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, BUT YOU DIDN';T FOOL TEXAS.
God help this country, should this Kenyan anti white racist bigot, rapes his way into the white house with the dirty race card, Obama has dealt but latinos want to play it safe and most latinos know the meaning of experience determines the outcome of the future of our country and latinos need to take a step back and take a second look at the Kenyan, who in comparison to the experience of John McCain, has nothing, and zero experience to run the American presidency to the point of trying to make us think, that a trip to Europe gives ANYBODY! the experience necessary to be an American President, and I am sorry fools, but Obama is not that president.
No! We speak English in the States thanks.
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speaking multiple languages with any company makes you a valuable employee, able to work with a larger clientele and you have greater earning power for the company. if you want a job, you fulfil their requirements. if that job wants two languages and you really want that job, then do what they ask. it is the same in any field- if you want the part, you rehearse and you do what you have to in order to get it.
the world won't adapt to you, you have to adapt to it.
This is a complex issue we could argue for hours. My views are here because of my experiences, yours from yours. I would not be so arrogant to assume that I am going to change your mind, nor you mine, in a SodaHead discussion ;) .
No! We speak English in the States thanks.
No! We speak English in the States thanks.