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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kindergarten at MCPS with 26 kids, no aide, no rotating aide and my child learning nothing but things they learned in preschool.  [b]Hanging out with kids that don't speak English.[/b] Good times! [/quote]

Oh, the absolute horror![/quote]

Says the person whose kids do not go to school with 2/3 of the class Spanish speaking and 50% FARMS.[/quote]

Actually my kid does go to a school with many non-native speakers & a high FARMS population. Some of us don't mind diversity.[/quote]

My child goes to a private school with more diversity and culture than I have ever seen.  Indian, Korean, Chinese, Hispanic, AA, Japanese, Iranian, Australian, African, Russian etc...

We love it but they speak English.  I can't imagine going to an American school where 60%+ of a school's population can not speak English.  Ridiculous   [/quote

I think this poster has a problem when over 50% speak the same language that is all the same i.e. 66% Spanish.  The English speakers are left out.
I have to agree, too![/quote]

[b]The way the first PP phrased her complaint ("hanging out with kids that don't speak English") implies that s/he was unhappy that her kids was socializing with kids from different backgrounds/cultures. I'm guessing that's what the second PP found objectionable about his or her comment -- & I have to agree.

The fact that the first PP then brought up FARM rates also indicated that it wasn't just the communication barrier that high ESOL rates might have caused for her child that the he or she had a problem with. Did his or her kid also feel "left out" because half the kids in the class were poor?

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Part of the phrasing used by the first PP in her initial post ("hanging out with kids that don't speak English") seemed a bit off to me when I first read it .I initially gave her the benefit of the doubt,though, & figured it was just a poor choice of words as it makes total sense to me why a mother wouldn't want her non-Spanish speaking child in a class where the majority of the kids only speak Spanish. That would almost certainly hinder the child's ability to socialize with his or her peers & affect the way the class is taught.

Once she mentioned FARMS rates, however, it became pretty obvious to me that the first PP wasn't just concerned about the potential issues her child might encounter at school due to being in the minority as a native English speaker.She was also clearly upset that her precious snowflake was being forced to mingle with those she considers beneath her family, including -- gasp!-- "the poors".

Sorry, first PP, but you sound like a major snob.[/quote]

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