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2002-10-26 Thread Euphorian
-Caveat Lector- 10/25/02 8:34:40 PM, William Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - eliminate proven teaching methods that work well (bilingual education - which teaches English), replacing them with one method that has been proven to be less successful (English immersion). Bilingual

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2002-10-26 Thread thew
-Caveat Lector- How the hell can anyone say that English is at risk of extinction. It is the most widely spoken second language in the world and 3rd most spoken language in the world ( maybe second when you consider Chinese isn't really one language) The old joke: what do you call someone who

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2002-10-26 Thread William Shannon
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/26/2002 1:43:09 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The problem is not Spanish kids learning English, It's Americans who will not learn anything else. The PROBLEM is that "Spanish" kids AREN'T learning English and grow up speaking a foriegn

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2002-10-25 Thread Smart News
-Caveat Lector- forwarded by request Please send this letter to everyone on your e-mail list. There is only one week left to fight to defeat this question. Vote NO on 2 (Massachusetts) this November 5th Reasons you should vote NO on 2 this November : If 2 passes, it would : - allow teachers

Re: [CTRL] please forward to all

2002-10-25 Thread William Shannon
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/25/2002 8:10:35 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: - eliminate proven teaching methods that work well (bilingual education - which teaches English), replacing them with one method that has been proven to be less successful (English