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This BLOG will cover various topics of (mostly) current cultural, social, political, and literary interest. However, "Literature is my Bag," so I am planning to concentrate more in that area now. Through thoughtful and thought-provoking dialogue, we can learn from each other. Did I say "learn"? Okay. We can argue with each other.
My Blog Mascot was rescued from the country. She is a Lab-Border Collie mix, and the best dog imaginable. Both of us were lucky to find each other. I am a prof. and have authored a book-almost two-with St. Martin's Press. I am honored to be a Fulbright scholar. I have also published poetry and nonfiction, mostly in journals. I also have a few pieces on-line: "Shakespeare: Alive and Well," and "Sleaze Run Amok." I hope you'll keep writing too by submitting comments to this DOGGONE EVERYTHING Blog. I am an Independent politically & otherwise, but mainly I throw ideas out there and see what others think.
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I don't care if immigrants don't learn English, however, I don't believe we need to accomodate them by making everything bilingual and granting them benefits of citizenship when they are not citizens. They have to take all the citizenship classes etc in English, so that also will help urge people on. Let them suffer the consequences of their laziness if they don't learn.
Secondly, I don't buy the "good old days" argument. There have been enclaves of new immigrants from the early days of our country, they just happen to be different today. Quite often, the first generation has a bit of a rough time, but by the second generation everyone is speaking English. I don't think this is such a big deal.
I was a resident alien in another country for nine years and in the beginning I had trouble because I didn't know the language. Frustration alone was enough to motivate me to learn quickly and though I am reasonably fluent, no one would ever mistake me for a native nor was I nor will I ever be fully acculturated there. If I had stayed in that country like many of my friends, my kids would have been fully acculturated, yet would still have had their US roots. Now they are acculturated in the US and retain their roots from their mother country. As the world shrinks, this type of arrangement will continue to increase until it is the norm.
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Onca, at September 21, 2006 1:45 PM
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