tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169859315882049985.post8239712263100775331..comments2023-09-28T11:01:13.713-05:00Comments on The Unloading Zone: ICE is Trying but they are Fighting a Losing BattleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169859315882049985.post-22806453887406141622008-06-16T09:07:00.000-05:002008-06-16T09:07:00.000-05:00When I took a foreign language in High School..is ...When I took a foreign language in High School..is your key phrase. This program is aimed at K-7 and is described as Spanish Immersion from day 1. <BR/><BR/>The DMN article described it as Bedford only. If it includes Hurst and Euless, that's even worse.<BR/><BR/>And why only Spanish? When I was in High School, we had the choice of 4 languages we could take..and again, that was High School, not K-12.<BR/><BR/>If the program is optional (that was not indicated in the article), I wonder how many parents were crazy enough to sign their babies up "future phycological damage?". And if not enough sign up, what do you want to bet it's mandatory within 2 years?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting, KarenMr. UnloadingZonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02663593853883249003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169859315882049985.post-50271260840075835942008-06-16T09:01:00.000-05:002008-06-16T09:01:00.000-05:00The "mandatory" spanish classes in that Bedford, T...The "mandatory" spanish classes in that Bedford, TX school is actually the Hurst Euless Bedford ISD. The classes are a choice, not mandatory for all students to take. If you select to be in that curriculum, you know you will have to speak Spanish in class.<BR/>[22:45] Karen: When I took a foreign language in high school, decades ago, our second year we knew we had to speak only that language in class.<BR/>[22:45] Karen: This is an optional program, certainly not for all students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com