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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people pick immersion because they like the idea of being able to say, "My kid speaks two languages!"  It makes their kids sound smarter than your kid  :mrgreen: .[/quote]

Do people think that?  My maid speaks 2 languages and didn't graduate high school my FIL has 2 PHDs and is monolingual. [/quote]

I always think this in my head when I see the "monolingual is the new stupid" mantra reposted on DCUM by the kook-aid drinkers.

The guy who cuts my grass in 96 degree weather is also bilingual.  [/quote]

The guy who cuts your grass is also likely a survivor of multiple hardships/atrocities in his home country. He is here taking advantage of your expendable cash ( an laziness) to better himself and or a whole family in the US and likely back home. He will take your money and bring his family here or support them at home. I think that makes him less of the loser than you think he is.[/quote]

Yeah.  Between PP and the guy who cuts his grass, I think I know which one I'd rather Be around.[/quote]

Employer of lawn service here.     Point out in my post where I said the guy who cuts my grass is a "loser" or that I "think he is" a loser.    Or even implied that.

[b]Here's what I do think:  I think he and the millions of bilingual people living in the US aren't necessarily geniuses with massive advantages over monolingual people in the US. [/b]

This contradicts the Kool-Aid fueled mantra of many young white DC parents who like to post on DCUM.   That is all.  [/quote]

[b]Oops, bolded the wrong quote.  Sorry PP that I bolded, I meant this one to be bold.[/b]

Isn't it great when people try to defend themselves and then say something equally as racist as their prior post?  Really, immigrants who are bilingual and cut grass are not geniuses, what, because they cut your grass?  Wow your ignorance is incredible.  Do you know how many people in the US were professors or professionals in their home country and cannot get anything at all similar here, so are driving taxis, cutting grass, working as housekeepers?  I'm not saying all in those jobs were white collar workers in their home country, but to judge that someone who's bilingual and cuts lawns is not a genius is your racism and ignorance showing yet again.

The number of people who are clear we'd rather hang out with your lawn service guy than you is growing rapidly.  I'm not the person who says that above but I totally agree with them.[/quote]

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