Re: General "Survey 1 of 2" Stuff
From: <Bklynbaby727@AOL.COM>
To: <CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM>
Date: Mon
6 Aug 2001 03:23:47 EDT
In a message dated 08/05/2001 11:56:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
creedyrn@WORLDNET.ATT.NET writes:


personally, i think that there should be a 'foreign language' requirement
from 1st grade on...how many of us took two years of high school spanish,
french, etc...and don't remember a damn bit of it (except, of course, how to
swear!LOL)  it's a proven fact that smaller children pick languages up more
quickly and easily (us 'older' folks have too many bad habits ingrained!LOL)
instead of focusing on the damn 'proficiency' tests, let's give our kids an
education which will truly prepare them for the future...many foreign
countries require their student not onlly to learn a 'foreign' language, but
english as well...that is why their students are better prepared to work in
today's world economy than ours...
Lee


That's a great point Lee, of course in the 4th grade my teacher taught us
French and I remember none of it lol.  Maybe if I had been assigned to French
instead of Spanish later in my academic career, it would've come in handy.  
But Spanish is much more useful in my neighborhood.
                                                                             
                         Jess