Equity model editorial

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If you never went to formal schooling when little even in your home country— as many. Central Americans have not- you will have limited Spanish or village language and will not know how to formally learn a second language since you have no concept of parts of speech, verb conjugation, vacancy for anything in a developed society, punctuation, etc. Maybe some texting shortcut words

You don't have to know any of that stuff in order to learn a second (or third, or fourth, or nth) language.

uh

When someone asks you to conjugate a verb in the present tense, you will NOT have the conceptual knowledge to do so. So yes, you need to know basic grammar in order to learn another language.

Imagine then conjugating verbs in the future tense, past tense, imperfect, the past subjunctive . . . I could go on and on. And then, if you're only "literate" in a spoken dialect, your vocabulary will mirror your community/village/town.

Put me in Northern Italy or Sicily - in towns where dialects are spoken - and there's no way I can pick up on the language, as many of these dialects are VERY different from the standard.

So no, Spanish dialects are NOT the same as standard Spanish. So kids entering the country knowing only a dialect are starting at square one, with basic grammar (noun, adjective, adverb, verb). Therefore, equity, in this case, means providing MORE resources for those programs in order to level the playing field. Since resources are limited, schools are often robbing Peter to pay Paul. And guess who suffers? your average student

But that's the county's definition of equity.

The definition of Equity could be different people, depending on their life experience, their position in society, their community, and their missio. Most likely, equity in out come cannot be reached unless the ceiling is brought down. If MCPS expects 2rd kids to know two digits addition and subtraction, they need only focus on the slow learneres. The fast lreaners will sit inthe same room to wait for others to catch up. No teacher will care if the fast learners are bored or not.

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I am not really grasping why people are contesting the notion that uneducated children have a lot of catching up to do in order to thrive in school, especially when they have to learn a new language and are lacking vocabulary even in their native language. It is a pure fact that some people have an educated, extensive vocabulary and some have a limited vocabulary in their native language, depending on their life experiences.

Comparing all this to a genius ancient poet who may not have known how to write but was clearly exposed to an education and extensive vocabulary is really weird.

Nobody is disputing that they have catching up to do. Just that it's not true that they don't speak any language.
The original quote that we’re discussing is the person who said it’s not true that there are people “who don’t know any language well”. That is very different than saying “they don’t speak any language “.

Call me when they pass the low bar proficiency test for their actual age and grade.until then, save the ridiculous excuses and tangents for someone elseZ

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