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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] One glaring example, IMO, is that there is no expectation that immigrants who come here learn English.  While English is not the “official” language of our country, I don’t think anyone can claim that it isn’t the primary language, and that if you want to get ahead in business or as a resident of our country, you need to learn English. 
For our country to bend over backwards to translate material into 10 or more languages is really ridiculous.  It comes at great expense for businesses, school systems, and our government.  [/quote]

Agreed but the market takes care of that. People get hung up on trees and ignore the forest. There is no data to conclude that children of immigrants do not know English. Can you post any link to your comment about school materials being translated into 10 OR MORE languages? It does make sense to translate immigration related materials to be translated into 10 or More languages to cater to NEW immigrants who may not know English. [/quote]

This is not ten, but it is seven.  There are probably other documents on the FCPS website with more translations.  And, there are translations for many, many documents in FCPS.
I am sure other area school districts are similar.  
http://www.fcps.edu/it/byod/index.shtml[/quote]

There's a difference between translating announcements that intended for parents and translating classroom materials.  I seriously doubt that FCPS is providing classroom instruction in all 7 of those languages.[/quote]

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