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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.
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Answered No! We speak English in the States thanks.
Our country was founded on the principles important to all Americans and no American should be forced or required to speak spanish in the United States because as far as many of us see it, English has always been the official language of the United States and Mr. Obama threatens to force Americans to speak spanish?
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 t...Our country was founded on the principles important to all Americans and no American should be forced or required to speak spanish in the United States because as far as many of us see it, English has always been the official language of the United States and Mr. Obama threatens to force Americans to speak spanish?
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.(less) -
you tell that to Obama because its Obama's way of doing the double talk in pursuit of the latino vote, where does Obama think that because he makes the ridiculous suggestion that American speak spanish, that means he gets the latino vote? Mr. Obama should know that latino people are not as ignorant as he thinks we are and for any candidate to go to the extremes of making Americans learn to speak spanish in their own country, is an indication of what lies ahead for the United States being run by a muslim
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when our ancestors came here, they did not bother to learn the language of the people they encountered. they made them learn the language of the people who raped their land and destroyed the old societal structures. when we visit other nations, out of courtesy to the people there, we need to make the attempt to learn, yes, but we cannot do this without people there who also can understand us and help us to muddle through. when people come here, they need that same help. english is a very difficult language to learn because it is a germanic language with a forced latin grammatik and cognates from so many world languages. if we want people to learn, we have to do the same thing we do in any learning situation- we have to be willing to lend a hand and help them.
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. -
Answered No! We speak English in the States thanks.
Why does there need to be a legally recognized language in this country for people to understand that we speak -ENGLISH- in the USA? If you're coming here to stay, learn English or do us all a favor and don't! -
Answered Yes! We should cater to people speaking other languages, even if it means not getting a job.
Why not? You will definitely get far in life. Instead of being stubborn why not take a chance? Thats whats wrong with America now...if other countries can speak two languages why can't we? -
Answered No! We speak English in the States thanks.
I live in Dalton GA and we have the same problem here, if you don't speak spanish you're not going to get the job. You walk into any employment office, doctors office, insurance company, or store in a mall and all that is working there are hispanics because they're the only ones fluent in Spanish and English. The reason they have to be bilingual is because of the illegals that have come here and don't know english. So NO, we should not cater to them; the majority who can't speak english are not legal anyways. -
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Most countries residents speak much more than 1 language. Typically it's 3-4 languages.
Germans generally speak German, Turkish, Serbo-Croatian, Italian, Kurdish.
Tagalog, English is the official language of Philippines
People in Romania speak Romanian, Hungarian, Romani, Turkish, and German
German, French, Italian, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian is the official language of Switzerland
so, asking for spanish is nothing. -
Yes, but in those countries it's a requirement to take -some- other language, not a specific one. I will agree with curriculum requirements for students to take a second language, but never a requirement for a -specific- second language, and unless the position you're applying for involves international relations/correspondence, then knowing Spanish, should certainly not be required.
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Answered No! We speak English in the States thanks.
Today the threat to Americas language is very real. I just read an article about the Timberline Elementary school in Grapevine Tx. where more than half the students are Spanish. To make American children conform to the majority, Spanish is now mandatory. Some parents say that their children shouldn't be compelled to accomodate those who live in our country who refuse to learn the primary and current native tongue of English. The school won't budge. Spanish is for the students own good, it says. " The whole intent is to give students a foundation that we believe broadens their experiences and prepares them for success in our diverse World"
If we don't wake up soon we are going to lose the USA as we have always known it. How sad. -
Answered No! We speak English in the States thanks.
fuck no there use to be a time where if someone couldn't read or write or speak American (not english they speak that in England) that person was shipped back to where ever the hell they came from. we should adobted that again because all these fucking illegals piss me off, how they got jobs when they only can say 2 mabey 3 words in American fucking illegals. if they want to become a citizen and pay taxes like the rest of us i could care less but they should learn the fucking language too -
Answered No! We speak English in the States thanks.
I believe learning another language should be for ones own benefit...perhaps if you were to travel to another country so you could communicate with the native speakers "there". Learning another language so you can communicate with others who can't or refuse to speak english in the US is wrong. Imigrants and illegal aliens should be working to learn english and how to fit in to our society. US makes too many consessions to "others" using various freedom acts as an excuse. It cost tax payers millions in the end. -
Answered No! We speak English in the States thanks.
It ticks me off i agree with the comment that taxidrivr made. We do hve spansh and english on everything we have shoot if we go to sweden or even Mexico they are not going to have english under their language on their products!! -
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Even though english is the main language in the states, learning and speaking a different language has its benifits. Should people wish to recieve these benifits. It should be learned upon choosing to, not being forced to. I speak some spanish but that's because I choose to learn it. When we were in middle school, we were forced to but now it an elective. -
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I do not think we should cater to the foreigners coming to America- but I do think that its sad that America is the only country that's not bilingual at all. I think we should learn how to speak the second most used language after english. I also believe if you move to America you should learn to speak english- my ancestors did. They knew in order to survive and strive, they needed to learn English- and did so. They didnt expect the rest of the country to change for them. -
Answered No! We speak English in the States thanks.
I don't care what language any one else speaks...it's their perogative, but no one should be forced to learn theirs. English is our national language and if foriegn people want to communicate properly in this country, they need to learn our language, not the other way around. It would be nice to know spanish, just so I could know what's being said, but I don't think having it as a job qualification is right. -
Answered 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.
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 cultu...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?(less)
Answered No! We speak English in the States thanks.
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 cultu...
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?