Student Suspended for speaking Spanish

by **Tim Gray** on Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:40 am

I think they might have gone a bit too far on this one.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10372148

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by **Danny Hogan** on Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:45 am

!aye dios mio!

by **byualum** on Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:52 am

Looks like you just bought yourself a day-and-a-half susupension from the boards... :shock:

by **Brent Burns** on Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:55 am

byualum wrote:Looks like you just bought yourself a day-and-a-half susupension from the boards...

Can I get away saying this, "mon dieu!"

by **KnoxVegas** on Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:34 am

Brent Burns wrote:Can I get away saying this, "mon dieu!"

I prefer my families motto from our crest, "Mon dieu et mon droit."

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by **James Foote** on Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:45 pm

That's ridiculous. Especially since he said 'no problema', which many english speaking people say thanks to Bart Simpson. And also, the last time I checked, the 1st amendment didn't specifiy a language.

by **KnoxVegas** on Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:06 pm

The latest state to attempt an english-only state law was West Virginia. The bill actually passed the legislature after it was placed into a parks and rec bill, one of many the body was voting on before the end of session.

The governor vetoed the bill eventually.

by **Campbell** on Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:32 pm

I dont have anything against having English as an official language. It would probably cut some costs on not having everything in two different languages. Of course that doesnt mean we should go around banning languages or not having ESL classes in school.

When I lived in Milwaukee all the ATM machines had the option for English or Spanish, which living in Texas was something you got used to. But I end up down in Study Butte, TX, just a stones throw from the US-Mexico border and no spanish option on the ATM. I always wondered about that.

by **shrekjr** on Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:05 pm

TSULacrosse wrote: But I end up down in Study Butte, TX, just a stones throw from the US-Mexico border and no spanish option on the ATM. I always wondered about that.

That's because the spanish speaking population living that close to the border probably doesn't have any money in a bank account accessible by an ATM machine. Most of them are paid just enough cash to get them to come back to work the next day.

by **Hackalicious** on Sun Dec 11, 2005 4:10 pm

Tim Gray wrote:I think they might have gone a bit too far on this one.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10372148

Wonderful. Let's punish students for being bilingual. Great way to prepare American students for a globalized economy.

If they were smart, they'd require students to learn Spanish and another foreign language.

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