My high school’s commencement speech was done in 3 languages and I wasn’t offended, this woman needs to chill.

“To me we live in America and that’s the beauty of America: that we all bring our backgrounds our cultures our languages and that’s what makes us who we are,” said Esquival. Sounds great except English is the official U.S. language and in regards to what makes this nation great is people come to this country from all over the World, from all walks of life for a reason! Either to genuinely benifit from “The Great Experiment” or escaping from tyrant rulars that seem to plague the World, or to under the banner of America’s generousity, pillage her for all its worth since their true loyalty is with his/ hers home land!

I doubt English is used in Spanish speaking countries for their speeches in place of Spanish. Same in France, Italy, Germany, etc. In America we speak English. Learn it or please leave and go back to your country and speak your language.

The principal said it english and Spanish.. What’s wrong with that since d majority of the students are Spanish speakers. You are guys are ignorant to think English only is the way to go.

I need to remember this when I have kids not to send them to this school. Im moving away from this stuff as soon as possible. Hppies enjoy the neck tattoos and violent street murders. remember to be civil as your people eat you away.

LOL… Listen to some of you uneducated dimwits….

Here’s a newsflash for you: ENGLISH IS NOT THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNITED STATES!!!

You speak like you are true American patriots and yet don’t even know one of the most basic tenets of our country. Do you know why there is no official language? It is because America consists of a melting pot of cultures.

So please, educate yourselves before speaking and stop pretending that you actually know what you are talking about. By doing so, you are only placing your ignorance on full display for all to see.

The “official” language(s) in the United States currently resides at the state level, not the federal level. In case you are wondering, at least one state has more than one official language and around half of them have no official language at all. In California, the official language is indeed English.

And even still, California has done so via amending the state Constitution. This only means that official state docu-ments need to AT LEAST be in English. Thus, that is why when you go to the DMV, you can take your driving test in some 30+ languages.

Cheers!

GReno says: “Sounds great except English is the official U.S. language”

No it isn’t. Educate yourself.

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“and in regards to what makes this nation great is people come to this country from all over the World, from all walks of life for a reason!”

For what? To speak English? LOL

You realize that we are a melting pot, yet can’t utilize your critical thinking skills to comprehend that is precisely why we don’t have an official national language.

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“Either to genuinely benifit from “The Great Experiment” or escaping from tyrant rulars that seem to plague the World, or to under the banner of America’s generousity, pillage her for all its worth since their true loyalty is with his/ hers home land!”

LOL… this was classic… you talk about English being the supposed official language and yet you can’t even be proficient in it. It is “benefit” not “benifit.” It is “rulers” not “rulars.” It is “generosity” not “generousity.”

Cheers!

this is freaking america
we speak english
how rude
im offended
http://ethicalfutures.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/is-michele-bachman-a-serial-killer/

Do us all a favor and don’t procreate. America will be better off without more people who are afraid of their own shadows.

As far as “violent street murders,” pulling up stats from 2009, California ranked #19 in murders per capita. Out of every 100,000 people, only 5.3 of them were murdered.

In fact, according to the CDC statistics in 2007, there were 18,361 homicides in the US. Compare that to:

43,945 deaths by motor vehicles.
29,846 deaths by accidental poisoning.
23,199 deaths that were alcohol induced.

Get a grip!!!! The reality is that the household chemicals under your sink or in your garage are more likely to kill someone you know than getting gunned down in the street. You better not ever drive again and never take a sip of alcohol either.

In any event, good luck with your move… it just creates more room for the rest of us.

Cheers!

“this is freaking america
we speak english:

This is freaking America and apparently you don’t know very much about it.

Cheers!

Just because something offends you, doesn’t make it wrong.

spanish is one thing….but when they start saying their speechs in
russian,chinese,etc…thats where I’ll draw a line. I don’t agree
with even spanish but atleast that language has been around
since this country was founded and even before that.

And not that it matters, but my ancestral lineage stems from Canada, not Mexico.

With regard to Spanish, I’m not extremely proficient in it. I can speak some “Spanglish” which was enough to get me by in Europe and South America by picking up every third or fourth word and then guessing what they were trying to say.

Thus, it is in my OWN best interest that we are an English only country. However, I value our country’s freedoms FAR more than I value a little bit of an inconvenience of seeing and hearing Spanish occasionally.

Those of you that are afraid of it aren’t “Patriots,” but rather bigoted xenophobes who are afraid of people that don’t look like you and don’t sound like you. It is your lack of education that drives your fear. As Yoda says, “Fear leads to Anger. Anger leads to Hate. Hate leads to Suffering.”

From the tone of many people here, you have already superseded the “Fear” stage and are now hovering around the “Anger/Hate” level instead. Some of the posts here that were recently removed by the administrators were already at the “Suffering” stage… but they all start with fear.

Cheers!

All of us in the western U.S. should learn Chinese. That way we may be able to know our fate when we’re interned in FEMA camps. That is if you survive the initial attack.

GReno, English is not the official language………although it should be………if you want to speakspanish back to Mexico.

Don’t know why,We would Cater to the Roach. All they do is bankrupt our States! worthless people.

A freaking CANUCK. Go back to socialist Canada you knob.

You figured “why not do it in Spanish” when you should have been figuring “WHY do it in Spanish”

And I’m sure your high school ranks low on the academic scale

I would just have gotten up and left.

If the folks in the audience are naturalized immigrants they should know english, as that is a requirement to become a citizen.

Yes, because we wouldn’t want to delve into how the students did in their english proficiency. You really wouldn’t want schools to actually prepare minority students to succed in the United States. Just keep them at the Lowest Common Denominator level.

Remember when a melting pot meant people actually melded into society? Not sat like oil on water?

If they don’t assimilate there can’t be a melting pot.

The author said about half the students in California are Hispanic. Aren’t they Hispanic AMERICANS? Or are a sizable percentage actually illegal aliens?

This is the United States. English is spoken here. If I choose to move to Mexico, I will make it my business to learn Spanish.

We are no longer a melting pot, but a chamber pot.

This is america -If english is not the primary language, then it is time to begin the division. In that way, you and I will both have a choice we don’t have now.
btw, you can stick your cheers where the sun don’t shine reality boy

“reality” keeps referring to the “melting pot” as he insults others on this board.

The Merriam-Webster definition of melting pot is a : a place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole. A common language (i.e. English, by tradition and majority) is a core component of assimilation. We will never be a cohesive whole unless those who are here embrace THIS culture as their own.

Awaiting the sanctimonious insulting Canadian response.

This is still America, speak English or GTFO!

“Tim Howard, a player on the U.S. Soccer team, created controversy after Saturday’s loss to Mexico during the gold cup final.” No Maria Medina, the controversy was when the visiting mexicans/sympathizers booed our national anthem and the postgame was done in spanish in our home stadium! Try reporting reality once in awhile, dork.

FIRE THIS PRINCIPAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEN PRESS 1 FOR SPANISH

Go Raphael!
Reality: It’s only your reality you douchbag. Just because you’re a waiter, doesn’t make you a diplomat for Latinos. CA is a toilet, propagated by “dimwits” like YOU. English is not the official language you POS; it’s the recognized language, since our founding. If you can’t handle that, you don’t belong here. I’m the majority, not you!

I should hope that by graduating high school– you have learned to speak English. That is why the speech should not be traslated. If someone cannot understand the principal’s speech in English then they shouldn’t be allowed to graduate!

what do you expect from a illegal alien mexican?

This country is too splintered. We can not have everything repeated numerous times. This is a waste of time.

This is the result of the balkanization of the United States fostered by the Democrat party.

The Bible says a house divided cannot stand. The United States is doomed if we keep going this way.

The second address in Spanish was for the parents, who may or may not speak English. For those of you wanting to send them all home, try it.the economy of California would collapse and the state would go bankrupt.

Speaking Spanish, or more correctly Mexican, to a graduating class, and their families in the United States, with native English speakers in the audience is insulting. Nothing you have said changes that. What language was taught in the school? The incoming people should conform to the existing standards, if not conflict and Balkanization will be the result. Is that what made this a great and prosperous country? I don’t think so. Quit pandering to the PC gods, and start working to save our country.

Anyone ever hear of the Tower of Babel? How does one person or a country succeed if we all dont speak the same primary language? Guess they dont get it.

What arrogance! You go throuugh and spell check others’ posts? Anyone with an opinion that differs from yours is a fool and living in fear. We are all really impressed with your vast knowledge.

“[I] wouldn’t be offended. We’re a melting pot,” Wrong, we use to be a melting pot when America was great, now we celebrate diversity and cater to the worthless. Social engineering and liberal policies have destroyed this country.

Same with my son’s — English, Spanish, Vietnamese. We thought it was interesting.

Twenty years ago we used to complain about this kind of thing in Miami. Now in Miami, you can walk into a Government building and not find a single employee that even speaks English. I went to 3 DMVs before I found was able to find a copy of the driving test in English.

Hey Kel., This is America! did you forget? We are just handing over everything that is right and letting foreigners come in tear our country apart because “they dont get treated right”. Conform or leave! And any born American who believes non-Americans should have rights here can get out too.

Don’t feel the troll, guys. I’m sure the unwashed mouth-breather known as “Reality” doesn’t really have much else to do than nitpick spelling and grammar as well parrot the same response to nearly every poster that doesn’t agree with him… all day.

Move out of the basement, buddy. Sunlight is actually good for you.

http://is.gd/RH8BO9

This is reality

Language = Culture = Unifying principles/morals/values etc. etc.

Destroy a society = mix and muddle the languages. Balkanize and alienate.

Wake Up People!!!!

I’m glad my kids attend a “normal” school.

the legal immigrants came and made our country better. have you all been living under a rock? since the influx of illegal immigrants the country is in great decline: lawlessness, loss of respect at home and abroad, greater class envy, et al.

I’d have to say English is the official language.. our laws are written in English, our currency is written in English, our government is run in English, our Constitution is written in English.. our politicians benefits are written in English.. yet our worthless politicians will not make English the official language and allow our flag to be burnt.. Maybe we should send our politicians to Mexico..

And just because you agree with something doesn’t make it right.

Dave C – where have you been? The economy of California has already collapsed and the state is bankrupt. What is your next act, resolution or delusion about the situation in California?

it shouldn’t be easy to live ANYWHERE without knowing the predominant language. period.

I work in aerospace; there is no Spanish spoken there. The only Spanish is on the janitors closet. Spanish is a gutter language.

I agree. It could be much worse.

If the School was a classics school, the commencement speech might have been delivered in Latin because all of the students and most of the parents would have understood. In public schools many languages are taught but the foundational language is English and should be understood by each student in order to graduate. If a student did not know what was being spoken, they should not have been given a diploma.

No problem. Pay him in pesos

I would yank my kids out of that school so fast that it would make the worthless principals head spin..

Your already bankrupt….wonder why

Speak English MoFo, and assimilate into our culture or get out.

Esquival is doing no favors to his students by speaking in Spanish. He’s probably wondering why his Spanish speaking students can’t get a good job after graduating.

Multiculturalism fails every single time it’s tried. Just ask several European countries.

If you want to come to America, WELCOME, but become an American!

What sense does it make to bring the failed miserable Mexican lifestyle to America? If it was so great, why are you here?

Oye, malvado Wayne. Hablare el espanol en donde quiero. Naci aqui, y mis antepasados llegaron en el Mayflower.

This is America. We speak English here.

GReno – this is a FREE country – we don’t have an official language. You get to speak whatever language you want – but you may never, ever tell me what to say or what language to say it in. .

Hmmmm…. this is a high school graduation right. Am I safe to assume they actually taught English at this school as well? Maybe not, that would make too much since. So did they get a diploma without learning to speak English? Really?

That’s a very mean, insensitive and unfounded comment. Shame on you.

What, exactly makes you so sure? Please be specific.

When a cross offends someone in public, it’s taken down. When a nativity scene offends someone in public, it’s taken down. When prayer offends someone in public, it’s disallowed. Why should this principal be treated differently than a Christian? Just saying…

The principal lives and works in America. We have not changed our majority language yet. He was wrong to present his speech in any language except English. If the students are graduating, don’t you think they should be able to understand English? I would have been offended.

I would have gotten up to leave. In theory, you need to know English in order to graduate, correct? Otherwise what are we doing, just handing out diploma’s to make ourselves feel enlightened? We’re essentially creating a dual language society, which is a TERRIBLE idea.

The Hispanics in this country are breeding faster than rabbits. Pretty soon they will be the majority and we will all be speaking Spanglish since they can neither speak proper English or Spanish. This country is going down the toilet quickly. As their numbers increase, they keep voting for more and more Government handouts which is why the Democratic party wants to grant them all amnesty – more votes for them. If the current trend continues, we will have to change our name North Mexico.

I spent 11 years in Greece when I was in the military so I learned Greek and, when I was off the base, I spoke Greek unless the person I was talking to asked me to speak English so they could practice theirs. I did not immigrate to Greece. I was merely a guest in the country due to my job. But I learned the language to be polite to the local citizens. In fact, I learned it so well that, one day, one of my troops and his wife walked by me while I was downtown speaking to one of my many Greek friends. I called out the troop’s name and asked why he shook me off. He looked surprised and said, “I thought you were a Greek.” So…all you freakin’ Lllllatino immigrants, both legal and CRIMINAL, learn to speak English.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

Puede no todos acabamos de se lleva?

STOP TALKING ABOUT A POT!!!!!! Mexicans DO NOT want to join the pot. Yes, at one time we were a melting pot, but here’s the thing….Germans melted into the pot, Italians melted into the pot, chinese melted into the pot, Africans melted into the pot, hatians melted into the pot but Mexicans want their own pot.

A melting pot takes different ingredients and forms a new substance (AMERICANS)!!!!! Mexicans want to join the pot to get all the benefits of the pot but still be able to get out of the pot and do their own thing like keep their prior language.

SO STOP SAYING WE ARE A MELTING POT until Mexicans start to melt into the pot.

The problem is that non-White Hispanics are the second-dumbest racial group and are lowering our national IQ.

A national IQ of at least 90 is required to maintain a technological society. American Blacks are only 85 and non-White Hispanics are 87. Whites are 100 and Asians 106.

Kalifornia’s economy has coo\llapsed, teh state IS bankrupt, and it will soon be evident for the world.

BTW, glad I left that cesspool years ago.

I agree Skitch1. It would be interesting to check.

Step 1: deport all the illegals – every last one of them.
Step 2: guest worker program – no familes in tow.
Step 3: fire this principle.
Step 4: Use ENGLISH!!!!!

Read up on how Mexico treats illegal immigrants in THEIR country!!!

I came here from Vietnam many years ago, and not willing to learn English. However, I learn very quickly that I need to learn English, otherwise I won’t function too well in school. For you to function well in this country you must learn English.
Yes, I am very proud to say that I can still speak, read, and write Vietnamese. However, it became my second language, and trying my best to teach it to my children. I am not doing a good job at it, and thinking of signing them up to a private class to teach them to speak, read, and write Vietnamese. But it’s not mandatory since English is more useful in this country. This is my humble opinion, and not to offend anyone reading this.

cali is bankrupt because of all the freebies illegal aliens get

Una loca se sintió enojada porque el director de la escuela dijo un oracion bilingue. ¿Es noticia?

My question is, how are these kids graduating if they can’t speak English? How did they pass their exams?

I thought it already was bankrupt…”"California is deeply in debt. You could say that it’s bankrupt,” Attorney General – and presumptive Democratic gubernatorial candidate – Jerry Brown told a group of young Democrats earlier this month.” quoted from SFGate.com 22feb2010
http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-02-22/news/17950763_1_bankruptcy-treasurer-bill-lockyer-golden-state

It’s already bankrupt doofus! As are all states run by progressives.

That right there is the problem. I have no issue with people for whom English is there second language, however if the majority of the students graduating from this high school speak better Spanish than they do English then the school has failed them.

If we really believe in equal opportunity then we need to impress on them to learn English. Without it they will never have the same opportunities as the rest of us. Nor should they; in Germany or France you will never have the same opportunities unless you learn German and French. The more we cater to Spanish the less we push them towards learning English, which does them no favors.

IF the kids don’t understand enough English to know what the principal is saying in Egnlish, how can they graduate?

Its disgusting the way we “bend over” for these people who come to America and do not learn the language. Speak English, if you do not understand go to school and learn – After all its free! No wonder we are in so much trouble. No pride – the problem is this is not a melting pot. Its a land that people come to who want to embrace our culture. NO SPANISH

You idiots keep voting for democRATS and this is what you will get and then some more.

Oh yeah…just one more thing…Yo soy el tonto de nadie.

This is the usual attempt by activists to diminish Western culture. Liberals always use their position in life to advance the agenda. Anti Americanism is a large part of it. They believe America has no culture since we have freedom and liberty. Then wrongly assume they are justified in claiming their little part to enjoy the previlidges of what has been built here while attempting at the same time to destroy it. They wish to bring the Hispanic culture here. We simply need to look to south of the border to see what this great culture holds for all of us once it happens.

““[I] wouldn’t be offended. We’re a melting pot,” Only the Spanish speakers aren’t melting.. and this moron is the kind of trash we have to fight to make any progree forward, not regression backwards inro a country with ten languages..

Steve, this response is the problem with America. Everyone is running away from what needs to be faced up to and challenged point blank. No more flight!

Since American women have chosen to not have babies, our future is not in English. All educated people know that. Much better Spanish speaking future than Arabian. this is called “reality”>

Speaking Spanish for the parents might be nice, but things like this are the very reason they don’t learn English when they move here. We’ve made it too comfortable. What about immigrants from Russia, Germany, Italy and France? How about African immigrants who speak any number of languages, including Swahili? Hows about Arabic? Why is it that the Spanish speakers are special? My ancestors came to America and learned English. We cease to be a melting pot when we differentiate by speaking different languages.
Hubs is Spanish – he learned English. Better than most native speakers I might add. Why do we as a country continue to reward laziness?

… and intelligent people know that the more languages you learn in life, the more opportunities and experiences and expressions you add to your life. The naysayers that try so hard stifle that growth need to get out of the way. All first generation immigrants struggle with English and if someone shows compassion towards them and provides a way for them to experience the best of America then kudos to him/her.

If the parents have been here long enough for their children to graduate then they`ve been here long enough to learn the language too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This principal is a product of the misquided left which is no surprise.

Our country’s past greatness was NOT that we were a dizzying blizzard of outside nationalities going their own way.

It was that we melted into ONE predominate culture.

Put out any coin from your pocket and read…..

E pluribus unum …….. Out of many, ONE. Not two, not three, not many…but ONE!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_pluribus_unum

I was in a McDonalds with my wife in San Diego and everyone there was speaking mexican (aka Spanish ebonics) except we and two black kids. I made a comment about it and a girl said, “if you don’t like it, leave.” I don’t know if she meant leave the store or leave San Diego. But that’s the attitude we’re dealing with.
That said, I can ALMOST understand the issue at hand. Many of the kids are probably children of illegal parents who never learned English. That’s no excuse, but if you’ve ever tried to learn a new language after age 50, it can be challenging. It’s not like being a kid when the brain is fresh.
Perhaps this is a dustup we can skip.

This enables immigrants to never learn English or assimilate. This is doing no one a favor.

CALIFORNIA- MEXICO’S CANADA

Am I the only one who finds it hilarious that a vast majority of the posts advocating for English-only ceremonies are written by people using terrible redneck grammar and punctuation? Learn YOUR language people!!! And while you’re at it, learn the proper use of a comma.

America is a free country;
Free to speak whatever language you desire.

The United States has ALWAYS been a multilingual society. Moreover, if you live in the American South West, you live on land that has been Spanish speaking longer than it has been English speaking. If you don’t like that fact, then you shouldn’t live there. There are very few countries on this planet where only one language is spoken. Get used to it.

the problem with acts like this show america has dropped the ball. since the 70′s america has refused to insist that people who live in america should speak english. if they cant they need to learn. of all the so called melting pot of america it is only the spanish speaking americans who refuse to do this. when we call a goverment office we have one button for english and one for spanish. why not have a # for chinese, french, or any other language. the reason we dont is these people actually learn to speak english. its costs americans billions to supply these people because they refuse to learn english. if you go any place now adays. you have to have a spanish speaking person. post office, stores banks all because they will not learn english. and that abomination at the soccer game shows what america has become. if america had won would they have still done it in spanish?

There is no “Mexican” language per se. There are a number of dialects spoken in Mexico but all of them have Spanish as their base. Spanish, in one form or another, is spoken throughout Mexico. Regarding America, we have no state religion and we have no official language and I hope we never do. The principal was courteous and correct in his motives for translating his remarks into Spanish. It is rude to speak to guests in a language they do not understand.

The left’s insistence on “bi-lingual” education is really, “learn in Spanish with English as a second-hand language.” This has been the greatest diservice to Latinos. The drop out rate for Latinos in CA is north of 66%!

And more importantly, it has not served to bring Hispanics and Anglos together but has created a great divide.

” In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American, and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for vit is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated on the person becoming in very facet an American, and nothing but an American. There can be no divide allegiance here. Any nan who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an Amereican at all. We have room for but one flag, the Amereican flag. We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language. And we have room for but one sole loyalty, and thgat is loyalty to the American people.”

Theodore Roosevelt 1903.

I* see nothing to add, or detract from this observation

FIRE THIS AMERICA HATING TRAITOR NOW!!!

My wife did not speak a word of English in kindergarten. She graduated
as valedictorian from High School and gave her speech in ENGLISH
If we give them a crutch they will never learn to walk.

And the chamber pot is being pi$$ed in!

Just another part of the reconquista. You’re right, Steve, it is a terrible idea.

Step 3: Fire this principal.

uh… it does happen in other countries especially if it is known and English only speaking parent is in the crowd. I’ve lived and worked in many countries already. Some of them I’ve learned their language, others not. But I never get treated with the disrespect shown here on whether I learned their language or not. I’m the first one to know that I can excel much more if I learn the most common language in the country I’m in… it takes time, money and skills… not everyone has those three privileges. Other countries actually require more than one language to be learned in schools so their students can be higher educated and brought further away from ignorance. Many individuals in the US prefer stubborn ignorance out of fear of diversity.

progress instead of progree and into instead of inro

Shut the uck up. How is that for grammar and language?

Remove the funding and close the school.

If half the graduates can not speak English then they are not going to get a jopb worth having in the USA.

Shriff Arpaio should have arrested half the audiencs.

A “melting pot” is what we are.. that means adapting to American culture and learning English. This country has rather turned Multi-Cultural which is entirely different and a danger to AMERICA remaining AMERICA. Wait till Sharia Law because one of the multi-cultures that principals want to “fit in” to make “everyone” feel “comfortable”. Will they let the girls graduate?

Deo Gratias !
We Catholics have LATIN, in our Worship. So, we can speak with anyone on
Earth. We’ll stick with Geocentricism and Geostaticism. ApPARENTly, Heliocentricism is falling apart.

it won’t stop until we come to our senses and enforce border laws.

The article clearly states it was translated so the parents of some of the graduates could understand what was being said. Parents who are probably working 3 jobs, struggling to pay the bills, to make a better life for their children. To then see their child graduate from High School has got to feel excited and proud! Kudos to the sensitive and intelligent principal!!

Hey, Repuglicans, you can thank Ronnie Rayguns and all the Corporate Repugs who wanted cheap labor for the invasion of hispanics and depletion of jobs and stagnation of wages in America. Ronnie gave amnesty/citizenship to over 3 Million illegals in 1986, and passed the “American Free Trade Agreement” plus reduced/eliminated Tariffs on goods produced overseas. Repug CEOs wanted cheap labor and busting of the unions along with lower taxes, etc. so they could pay themselves huge bonuses/salaries, average over 260 times the average employee. So, Repuglicans, you did this to America, the low wage, the jobs overseas, the busted economy via “W” and his two stupid unfunded wars, tax breaks for the rich that cost US over $400 Billion in lost tax revenue every year for the last 10 years and over $600 Billion in interest for Reagan’s, Bush Daddy’s and “W’s” Devicits. If you voted Repuglican then it is your fault that America is in the condition it is in.

If you elected to go to Germany to attend college, I doubt your graduation ceremony would be conducted in English so your English speaking parents would understand. That’s not rude but instead very normal for a German university. The same would be true in Mexico, France, Italy, etc.

Says the “genius” who put three exclamation points at the end of a sentence.

do you really think this land is yours? have your forgotten how you got it? if you all want to get technical, it belong to the native Indians, speaking their language

so shut up with all this b.s.

this is America, land of all races and languages. DEAL WITH IT PEOPLE

sue do you speak french, german, hindu,chines, japanese or any other language. you dont have to those people learn english. it is only the spanish speaking people who refuse to do this. why because in the late 70′s carter signed a bill to not make them have to. it costs america billions of dollars a year to make this possible. to a democrat that is no problem that is why we are on the brink of collapse. it took only 50 years to destroy the only true democracy in the world. speaking spanish was one of the nails in our coffin!

I speak several languages. English is my first, but I’m pretty much fluent in Spanish. I love speaking Spanish with my wife and daughter in public. The looks we get from inbred Anglo morons is a gas. We can also talk about them in the check out line. They get all paranoid. lol

You forgot a comma between “language” and “people.”

Excellent, Jimbo! You nailed it perfectly!

Oh,but if he had mentioned GOD everyone would be offended. You can’t have it both ways. ASSIMILATE!!

“To me we live in America and that’s the beauty of America: that we all bring our backgrounds our cultures our languages and that’s what makes us who we are,” said Esquival.

That’s the beauty of America?

The founding Fathers spoke english not spanish. There is enough ESL courses out there learn it. Otherwise get back to where you came from.

Yes, you’re the only one, JAHsswipe.

I don’t see that’s become a problem…ppl just jelouse because they don’t speak any other language then English…

going to California is like going to another country
you have to go through the fruit nazis to get in

Well you let them hand your country to Mexico what did you expect. All you can do is get an American to replace the leftist Obama from Kenya. Then round up the invaders from Mexico and send them home. If you dont have the balls for that then shut up.

“Maria: You never meant to offend anyone, correct?”

And, Maria, you never meant to be less than an objective journalist, correct?

Nice obfuscation, revisionist history, and generalization. Wrong, wrong, and wrong.

FIRST OF ALL, DEPORT ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS. THAT WILL GET RID OF A LOT OF THE SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE, BUT MOST OF ALL IT WILL MAKE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FINANCIALLY SOUND AGAIN. ALL THE THIEVES RIPPING OF OUR WELFARE AND BENEFITS WILL BE GONE.
START IMMEDIATELY!

Did you call McDonalds? I have been very diligent in contacting corporations and reporting events such as this one. I have had some success in not only recieving replies but also in identifying businessing I will no longer patronize. The key is always get employee name and precise time and date information. I have also used my cell camera to great effect.

But we’re not free to fire teachers or adminstrators whenever we desire.

it wouldn’t have Tim, because I would have held it you putz

Just mine the f’ing border……..the only reason the left gets involved in anything is for votes….the left does not care, buy the votes illegals voting…dead people voting….blacks voting 7 or 8 times per election(why else does the left object to picture id’s?)…If there are 12 million illegals in the US and in the interest of racial quota’s(a bastian of the left) we should allow 60 million legal immigrants from Eastern Europe. Ofcourse they would not vote for the sociualists left seeing that they experienced the humanity of socialism first hand! And being white they would work hard and smart! The fruit of their ;llabor would trickle down to all and pay for thof the 12 million and also pay for the rest of the left’s welfare schemes for votes.

Actually, the Founding Fathers spoke English and Dutch. At the time of the founding of the USA, German was spoken about as commonly as English. Where I live, French was spoken in most places.

If the U.S. had won there would have been such a riot that there would not have been a ceremony.

You ‘re basically the only one who sounds like a moron right now. Then again, I haven’t finished reading the other posts.

America is NO LONGER a country it is becomming an loose Empire. I say, let the left coast float away and 50 to 100 years form now it will want or need economic assitancefrom the powerful new CSA with its capital located in Nashville! Sad but true…

The problem is La Raza……………

At a Safeway store in san Mateo ca a Mexican worker told a customer to learn Spanish when the customer inadvertently triggered Spanish on the self checkout! At the high schools—-theexicans turn their backs during the pledge if allegience in the morning shoving their hands into their pockets pulling down their pants. Wake up people!!

for JAH

When I see someone, who voices criticism concerning someone’s typing, speech or their use of a comma, this tells me one important fact.

The person being critical, is doing so because they are at a loss to refute what the person originally said.

They have no valid argument(s) concerning the discussion at hand, so they revert to personal criticism; calling the other guy a racist or referring to a typo that they deem was written by a redneck.

If I asked you for the definition of a redneck, the real definition, you would be at a loss for words. Typical ignorant behavior.

This is America, we speak English here, learn it or leave. Or, enjoy those minimum wage cleaning jobs.

no racist comments nice tag. when you call a goverment office do they tell you to press 3 for chinese, 4 for french, 5 for latin, 6 for japanesese. no it is only press 2 for spanish. their is no racism involved. if you live in a country thats national language is english you should learn english. all those other foriegn nationals learn english. are spanish speaking people unable too? i dont thinks so. we have just made it too easy for them not to! no i am not a racist i am a pragmatist. that has to pay billions every year to accomodate it!

“W” is gone, he, his daddy and Reagan are the ones that destroyed what America was. Thirty years of Reaganomics, the “Trickle Down” BS, corporate welfare, unfettered deregulation and “laissais faire” business practices, raping the employees and the country! Obama and the Dems have been trying to fix the problems created by “W” and the Repuglicans but it is more than difficult and the Repuglicans do everything they can to stop any progress, they want America to fail, it’s part of the Reagan “Starve the Beast” program/philosophy promoted by the Ayn Rand/John Birch Society that want to destroy anything that helps America and Americans to have the “American Dream”. Why to Repuglicans want to go back to the age of Robber Barons where workers have no future and are at the mercy of rich, powerful, hateful people like the Koch brothers and Rick Scott, Gov. Walker, Christie, Kasich and other heartless Repuglicans? Fire who, “W” is gone?

Maria would not have her well-paying job if she spoke only Spanish.

How is it ‘good’ for your families to enable them to continue to live their lives en Espagnol, limiting many opportunities for them in this country. Maid…yes. Ad exec–no. Perhaps you should consider an outreach to those families to help them learn English. It seems strange that of all the immigrant groups–including those whose native language does not even share an alphabet with English–so many Hispanics seem unwilling to learn. I don’t think it’s an exceptionally difficult transition since Spaniards and ‘Cubanos’ seem to have no problem.

To have a Democracy requires everyone be discussing all sides of issues, using the same facts to begin the discussion. This is impossible if both sides don’t speak the same language for then there is no common ground. This could be any language, it so happens that English was the language of our Founders. The Constitution is written in English, as are all Supreme Court decisions.

Why all the denigration of English? Is there something intrinsically wrong with it as a language? True, the grammar is confusing, but at least we have the same alphabet. Try learning Russian!

For all the talk of melting pots and multiculturalism, one thing is extremely conspicuous. Whenever we speak of being considerate of these other cultures, we almost always have one culture in mind. There are no immigrants who are demanding that we conduct ceremonies in Russian, German, Swedish, Korean or any other language. The only language which is ever given consideration is Spanish and a particular dialect of that language. For some reason, immigrants from all other parts of the world understand the importance of assimilating to the culture of the country to which they move and in which they have sought a better life.

I have lived and traveled in other countries and, while there, made an attempt to speak the native language. Neither I nor anyone else that I knew demanded that our host country accommodate us by conducting services or ceremonies in English.

It is an insult to the United States of America that people from one particular part of the world believe that they can relocate to the USA and forgo the learning of English and integration into our society. Please do not misunderstand me, there are many immigrants from Mexico who work extremely diligently, learn the language and integrate into US society. However, there are many others who believe that such a prospect is completely unnecessary. Those individuals see the USA as nothing more than an ATM from which they can withdraw money and services. They owe no allegiance to this nation.

Immigrants who came to the US from all parts of the world early in the 20th century risked their lives to come to this country for the privilege of becoming Americans. The learned English and assimilated. There were no Russian-Americans, no Irish-Americans, no French-Americans. There were Americans. Is it too much to ask that those who choose to come to this country, for the freedom and liberty that it offers, recognize the importance of becoming Americans and demonstrate that understanding by learning the language of the USA which is English?

This is a ridiculous complaint. What a bunch of racists! The principal gave the remarks in both English and Spanish. There is nothing wrong with that.

Your comment is made of irony.

Really? Well, I see a problem. ‘jelouse’? ‘then English’? Apparently English is your second language.

We Live in the UNITED STATES we speak ENGLISH is the US if one cant even learn the Language thn they shouldnt come here we shouldnt have to accommodate people who are to lazy to learfn OUR Language.

Technically, Mexico is on land that was other than Mexican for longer than it’s been Mexico, so I guess they should give it back. While we’re at it, let’s go around to every country such as France that has a relatively recent establishment and undo it and its language because it was something before. But you only meant America, right?

As a “journalist”, Maria Medina should learn how to properly ask a question.

You never ask…

“Maria: You never meant to offend anyone, correct?”

In doing so, you’re trying to get a specific response.

English should be the reciognized and official language of the United States. Yes, this country has alway been a mulktilingual society. My grandparents and their friends in the “little Italy” part of our town spoke Italian, but they also learned and used English in public settings. They did not expect everyone else to make special arrangements for them. There is no need for legal immigrants today to be trated any differently.

There should only be a limited need for goverment forms and program to be available in languages other than English. Immigrants should be expected to learn and use English. If they refuse to learn Egnlish then any special accomodations should be at THEIR expense, not at the taxpayers. THEY chose not to learn English. Don’t tell me it is too dififcult. It was done for years until it became politically correct to bow to the needs of those coming here to improve their lives.

Why Don’t You Learn How To Spell And Write Properly In English, Idiot.

yes – true. As long as I’m not paying for your forum, I can choose to ignore you.
(like what I have chosen to do starting now Timmy)

My grandparents learned to speak English after arriving here. Most everyone did back then. And when interacting with the general public, those who hadn’t learned the language always brought along a relative who had. My grandparents spoke German. When’s the last time you heard the recorded voice say “Press 2 for German”? But hey, maybe America wasn’t the great country back then that it is now.

This is the United States. We speak ENGLISH. This is one of the reasons why Rome collapsed.

It seems that you cannot write in English.

and why are they graduating from High School if they cant even speak English. Whats wrong with them 4 years in High School and they cant learn English?

Should have given it in mandarain Chinese. Honor america’s sugar daddy.

The argument I find most hilarious is this one:

“We live in the UNITED STATES so we speak ENGLISH.”

So, in England do they speak “United Statian?”

Cut and paste from DailyKos AND off topic. Nice! You can take your welfare debit card down to Kmart and get your government cheese now, knowing your work is done.

YEAH!

(you misspelled “through”)

=)

And apparently … you down’t speek eenglish either….

This is exactly the problem. It is the great American melting pot. Not the “stay separate” pot.

When my parents came here, they worked hard to pick up the language and the culture. And they made sure I did the same thing.

I am bi-lingual as well.

But unless this school is specifically a bi-lingual language school….the only thing this principal is doing is show what a poor job some people are doing at properly integrating into American society,

“The immigrants that come here, they WILL learn English” —Obama 2007

Remember the Roman Empire and how the open borders policy there destroyed the whole thing. Welcome to liberal America, err MexiAmerica.

Interesting that the Prinicipal is showing why he should be fired, if kids that are graduating do not speak english and understand English then he failed as a principal!!

Hey Sue, listen up and be educated. It is a free country. but in the public square we speak English. Feel free to dress in your native garb, speak to your kids and family in the confines of your own home, but when you are in the public arena and you want to communicate, you need to speak the common language of the land, In this case it is English. English is the language of business and commerce. If you want to turn this nation into your homeland, you should have stayed in your homeland and made the changes necessary to make your life better there. No one goes into Russia and tries to make everyone speak Spanish, French, or even English. They learn the language and assimilate. Our language is the one thing that binds us or unifies us as Americans. Without that, we are a bunch of fractured groups who cant communicate effectively.

He’s probably illegal. Give his job to an American.

And some “ppl cant right a desent sentince in english ither”. Yeah, let’s condemn someone for not speaking Spanish while we can’t begin to properly express our thoughts in written English. You look ludicrous.

blah…I see it is easy for you to defend any non-English issue as you can’t write it either. It is “jealous” and you need to practice your Grammar too. When you can handle that maybe you can focus on other languages to use with some sort of incompetence.

And he learned it all in public school folks. Yay for teachers and their unions!

Did anyone check to see if this principle is in the country legally? Although these days i doubt it would matter. This is what happens when a people allow themselves to become weak-minded sheep. They lose their country, their history, their traditions, their language, and their very way of life. Have you ever heard of any country to our south caving-in to people who are in their country illegally? America is doomed. Not because of the foreign invaders, but because the American people lack the brains, the courage, and the will, to even hang onto their own nation. A people that weak and stupid don’t deserve freedom, which is why it’s being taken away from them…

The Principal said he will probubly do the same thing next year. If I had a child in that school I would do everything in my power to see that he isnt there next year!

So true.

One language unites a Nation. The Principal demonstrated poor judgment in this instance. He should be removed.

We Live in the UNITED STATES we speak ENGLISH is the US if one cant even learn the Language then they shouldnt come here we shouldnt have to accommodate people who are to lazy to learn OUR Language. Also Why are they graduating from High School if they cant even understand english.

What’s the problem? The prinicpal said it in English and Spanish in a community where half or more of the population speaks Spanish.

People should just STFU about this and stick to more important issues. It was one sentance!

This is what happens when people are ignorant blowhards. Focus on something insignificant while ignoring the real issues.

He means Canada, where they teach whatever version of history is currently fashionable and anti-American. Oh wait, they do that here too……

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No kidding Sorely! That jumped out at me.
She clearly has an agenda.

PS to the principal, coddling people will allow them to avoid assimilating into the American culture. It’s just another form of slavery, allowing them to be comfortable in under achieving.

If Mexicans want to speak spanish and live in their culture, they really should do so back home.

Rome collapsed because they spoke Spanish?

it’s america,stupid,speak the language or get the f— out!

How can you seriously call someone a racist and then turn around and use the term redneck, which is a racial/ethnic slur? You do see the hypocrisy there, don’t you?

If he’s doing what’s right for ALL his families, then why is he going to take a hit? I mean, give me a break!

It makes me slightly uncomfortable, but I won’t write a letter about it. But imagine if every minority did this? How long the speech goes on just from pure translations. Gotta be fair to everyone. I mean, who’d put a stink up for this, though? It’s just like when inner cities have their principal give a speech in rap-slang. Oh, wait, that doesn’t happen (that I know of)…

Very good point Jeff, even if they took the time to teach their parents the language this would not have had to be a topic today

This is a GREAT example of enabling. The language in the US is English. For whatever reason, Spanish speaking immigrants from South of the border (mainly Mexico), do not decide to assimilate into the culture here. They decide to not learn the language and then I and others are required to translate everything so they don’t feel isolated. Come to America, learn the language and truly be a part of the GREATEST country on Earth. It’s not difficult.

Onto free college! Como se dice…freeloader.

Jeff, you failed to read the article thoroughly and are making false pretenses about the children at the high school. All tha happened is the principal decided to translate one sentance into Spanish. Nothing more, nothing less.

Focusing on this topic and blowing it out of proportion does not serve any contributing purpose; the only purpose is wasting time and losing focus on other real issues that are more important.

The problem is this. When people come to America they should assimilate themselves into OUR culture, not force us to assimilate into thiers. The melting pot boils both ways you know. Come to America, learn English, and we welcome you. For example, a family of people from Vietnam live a couple of doors down. They did not speak English at first. They sat down and learned it. We invited them over every couple of weeks for the neighborhood BBQ and every time they understood and were understood more. We made it a point to converse with them as much as possible for practice. They brought some wonderful meals to the parties and some I even cook to this day. It’s a MELTING POT, they assimilated to us and we reciprocated. THAT is what America is all about. Mexicans and other central americans come here and do not learn our ways, they come here illegally and then demand we learn spanish for thier convenience. Don’t you see how thats wrong headed? If I go to mexico, I speak spanish, if I go to France, I speak french, If you come to the USA, please try to speak english. Is that asking so much?

They don’t even speak Spanish in Mexico. Mexican is the Spanish Ebonics. Just ask anyone from Spain.

Folks, graduated high school near the U.S./Mexico border. While our graduation ceremony was conducted exclusively in English, the grandparents and even some of the parents were more fluent in Spanish than in English. I think it’s great to be inclusive and dare I say polite to those attending. It’s great to acknowledge the accomplishment for all attendees.

Face facts, people. Hispanic students now comprise over 50% of public school enrollment.
http://www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/StudentTrendsNew.asp?reportNumber=128&fyr=2010&level=04&report=enrollmentbyethnicity

To all of you Californians debating this as a racist issue, you should just chill as very very soon, this will be the norm. Since you have been giving your State back to Mexico, you will only hear when a pricipal does speak in English rather than Spanish
And for all of you fine idiots in Cali that voted for obama to prove that you were not a racist in 2008, you must surely vote against him in 20012 to prove that you are not stupid!!!
STOP THE INSANITY. Get our country back. Socialism does not work. Open borders does not work.

someone should let Obama know… he wants everyone to speak Spanish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZprtPat1Vk

Nice troll comment. I’m not going to feed you.

I don’t have a problem with Spanish but I will never hire anyone whose only language is Spanish. We speak English in my company and if a person applies for a job and is not fluent in English they do not get hired.

I’m not really surprised that more people don’t know that the United States has no official language. A few states like Louisiana have both English and French as official languages, but the country as a whole does not. People should do a little research or sit and listen before they go around shouting: ” ‘Merica dammit!”

President Theodore Roosevelt wrote in 1919 ” We have room for but one lanuguage here, and that is the English language….and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”

most americans cant communicate cause they cant speak correct english…. you silly american’s complain, complain complain… it that what your parent taught you.

If youy read the story, it will answer your question. Both English and Spanish and taught at the school. He did the speech in both languages. What’s the problem. The people who come here and learn English are more educated than the people born here who can barely read, write and speak proper English. The immgirants have two languages. That puts them a leg on on many of the rubes here.

Que tal amigo!

I think the Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, and all other ethnic minorities should have had the opportunity to hear it in their language. Of course, their language is English.
If Latino students are too stupid to learn English, just admit it. Don’t play this racist bull card.
La Raza my butt.

The best strategy is not to teach them in English if they cannot or will not want to learn. Then when they complete, or drop-out from, school the only jobs are low-paying ones here, or they can freely go to Mexico or Latin America and get Spanish speaking jobs there.

“To me we live in America and that’s the beauty of America: that we all bring our backgrounds our cultures our languages and that’s what makes us who we are,” said Esquival.

A nation without an identity will not be a nation for long. We cannot have two competing languages and cultures and not expect to divide at some point in the future. When the southwest hits critical mass, Aztlan will be born.

Build the wall, Send them home. By Hispanic I guess the MSM means Mexican. This is all about race and stealing the Southwest for Mexico. Quit electing Obummer Marxists/Democrats. Save your country.

NEVER EVER VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If he had done it only in Spanish, as the ceremony at the soccer game was done, it would be one thing. But seeing as how he did it in English and then Spanish there is no case for controversy. The same thing happened at my sister’s confirmation earlier this month with the Bishop saying his homily in English and then again in Spanish.

This was beyond unacceptable. English is the language of my country, and believe it or not, it is my country too, even though I am not Hispanic. I expect people who live here to learn to communicate with ME, not the other way around. It is not my responsibility to understand Hispanics, or to reach out and speak a separate language for their benefit. I find it insulting. I’m also sick of hearing the sob stories about the poor Hispanics who came here to live. Okay, you’re here now. Learn my language, get working, become an American citizen, and knock off the cultural junk. It grew old decades ago.

“The United States is doomed if we keep going this way.” And that is exactly the idea. Just ask MEChA.

I’m so sick if this Hispanization of the USA!! I wish more AMERICANS would have enough balls to stand up for their country, culture and language!! Why are we handing this entire nation over to a bunch of Mexican illegal aliens and their anchor babies? It doesn’t make any sense!

Wow perfectly said. Congrats

I think you say it like this…………liberal

Esquivel shows how big of an emebcile he is when he says “people bring their cultures here..”

No, moron! They bring their ethnicity here. We have a culture. It is unique and it is an American culture. Multicultural systems and countries have a 100% failure rate historically. (Think Balkans) Multi-ethnic countries with a singular culture fare much better.

And since when does a “journalist ask a question like, “You didn’t mean to offend anyone, correct?”

BTW – The Spanish speaking parents wouldn’t feel uncomfortable in the first place had they respected the culure enough to learn English when they got here.

One of the reasons why the United States is doing so poorly from an economic standpoint is that most Americans are ignorant monolingual knuckle-draggers.

“Offended”? He still delivered the speech in English. I don’t see the offense. He didn’t kick white parents out of the ceremony, or say California belongs to Mexico. Should we pretend half the parents at his school don’t speak Spanish as a first language? What’s the threat here? It would be amazing if America were one day a multi-lingual society. Do you know how many advantages that would give our children in the world economy? Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland, Canada… These aren’t third world countries. They don’t fall apart once a second language is introduced. If you own a business and want to forbid employees from helping customers in Spanish, that’s your right. If a Mexican immigrant wants to do the same in reverse, that’s his right. America has no official language. English is my first language, but I learned Spanish for business purposes. I’m also going to make sure my children speak Spanish. Anyone who is too lazy or racist to make sure their children learn a second language will be working for my kids, I guess.

That’s the whole point, they consider this their home, but stolen.

Well, I wasn’t 50, I was 45, which is close enough. I had never spoken Spanish before, but I learned it before taking a job in Central America for two years. I didn’t plan to live there forever–just two years, and I learned Spanish well enough to conduct business, attend Mass on Sundays, socialize with friends and the business community, tell jokes, and to give presentations and speeches at functions. I didn’t speak native Spanish and I spoke with a gringo accent–but my point is that I didn’t have ask anyone to speak English so I could understand what was being said.

I made no attempt to speak English unless I was dealing with Americans who didn’t speak Spanish. If they spoke Spanish, then I’d force them to speak Spanish, otherwise they would just take the easy way out and use English, deminishing thrie ability to be successful in that culture.

There was one exception. We formed an American Club. Spanish-speaking citizens of that country could come there once a week and associate with Americans and practice their English. We gave talks, socialized, and helped people learn English. And we made a lot of friends in the process.

And here is something that I found interesting. Among the highly educated in that country, they spoke English as if they had lived in the US all their lives and with almost no accent. And many had never been to the United States except to attend college.

The only way you learn to speak a language fluently is to use it.

The Principal is wrong in fostering Spanish speaking students who obviously can’t communicate sufficiently in English to listen to a commencement speech. He should be encouraging those who live the the United States to learn the language and culture and to be successful–not to remain outside of mainstream society.

That doesn’t mean an ethinic group has to give up their customs. There are many groups who form cultural groups to get together and enjoy their traditions and customs of their former countries. The Son’s of Italy, the German American Clubs, here in my city there is the French Alliance of America, etc. They are social and business organizations where those who want to celebrate their heritage and enjoy themselves. They too give talks, socialize, and help Americans practice their language skills. It’s not only educational, but great fun as well.

My advice to non-native speakers–celebrate your heritage and culture, but speak English.

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So in your perspective since my mother is from Germany, Stuttgart to be precise, that the commencement speech wasn’t held in “Hoch Deutsch” that the principal offended my family. That is what is wrong with Multi-culturism. Why don’t you read up on what happens to a Country or Empire when Multi-culturism is established. Think of the Ostrogoths crossing the Danube River into the Roman Empire. Some 20 years later they revolted and created their own kingdom. The same will happen in the US.

Huh?

velma…we silly Americans? how about u get your butt back to Mexico on the first bus so u dont have to associate with Silly Americans?????

Wow, what a bunch of xenophobic idiots. The guy is a stand-up guy, obviously, trying to do the right thing. The US is a country of immigrants, always has been. You people too stupid to understand the value of knowing other cultures and languages are exactly why the US is in decline. Do you know how many Chinese nationals learn English by the time they graduate high school? You sit here using the great technological leveler, the internet, and expose to everyone how ridiculously out of touch and misinformed you really are. I’m embarrassed for you.

Why is it that if we don’t like translating everything, we’re the ignorant blowhards? We seem to understand that not learning the native language and assimilating into the culture is a hinderance.

I could care less what race/ethnicity more than have the population is in that area. Look at any other group of immigrants and see that they come AND learn the language…and are WAY more successful professionally and monetarily than this particular group. This isn’t insignificant. Do tell, Paul, what is a “more important issue”? I’m guessing you’re too busy hugging one tree and incapable of seeing the whole forrest.

What about the parents that are deaf? Did he use sign language too? Why is he discriminating against deaf people?

Tom: Learn to read.
Go back and read JAH’s original comment, then re-read what Michael wrote. Does your arrogance always make such an a$$ of u?

50 years from that speech in Spanish our beatiful country will be trha Capital of the Underdevelope Country. God bless Chiguagua

Can you please translate STFU into Spanish?

Ask a liberal what the Tower of Babel was then watch the blank stare….

Mezopalestinians need to crawl back over the fence before we throw them out forcibly.

The US Gov’t had NO PROBLEM rounding up Japanese, Germans and Italians during WW2. Any excuse now is BS and we have computers now versus the 1940′s.

WE FINISH THE JOB 2012

I have been to TWO graduation ceremonies recently where one of the kids was Mexican and gave most of the commencement speech in Spanish! Had it not been that I was there for a close family member, I would have stood up and walked out. This is AMERICA! We PAID for these kids educations! If they wanted their families to understand the ceremony, they had 12 years to learn a little English, too, and should have done so out of respect for the taxpayers buying their children’s education for them!

This is outrageous! This principal or some of his family members is probably an illegal. Last I checked this IS America!! Immigrants need to assimilate! That’s one of many reasons LEGAL Americans don’t like immigrants.If they don’t speak English then they’re feeding off our taxpaid systems!!! Throw this principal in jail for treason!!

I’ve been to Mexico and they speak English in public squares. I’ve been to India and they speak English in public squares. Same thing in Amsterdam, China, Sweeden, and yes, Russia as well. Have you ever travelled to a foreign language speaking country? More importantly, why are you being so insecure?

I demand that they teach Korean in my school !!

Oh IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII get it !!

“I figured why not do it in Spanish? I think it’s important for me to make sure all the families feel comfortable,” said Principal Crespin Esquivel.”

Oh?
You mean those in this country LEGALLY should put up with that?
Try that cräp in any other country on the globe – and I don’t mean Switzerland.
The sooner California secedes to become part of Messiko, the better.

~(Ä)~.

Paul, that one sentence has a larger implication. That is what you missed. Many in this forum has already pointed out the implication of the need for all foreigners who decide to live in this country to learn our language. The Principal was not helping the Spanish speaking parents by speaking in Spanish. The bigger issue is for immigrants to learn the national language….English.

Paul, maybe you should read the article again. It wasn’t just one sentence, it was his entire speech. And while he says that he spoke in Spanish for the benefit of certain parents, it begs the question, “What are we doing to assimilate these immigrants into American culture, a culture which includes English?” If they are not learning English, then they are instilling their home country’s culture over top of American culture. A group is defined by the language it speaks. We now have two cultures in America: an English speaking (white, black, asian) and a Spanish speaking (latinos, hispanics).

Last time I checked this country was founded on the basis of freedom from prosecution. So our ancestors could practice a religion that was outlawed over seas. So ho arrogant do you have to be to all of a sudden have a problem with “foreigners” that is what this country is about. If you don’t like it lock your self in a bomb shelter. He spoke one line of Spanish to recognize all of the students accomplishments. I am sure if you look far enough back your ancestors didn’t speak “american english” either, so get over yourselves.

Hispanic students may comprise over 50% of publice school enrollment….but the U.S. language is still English.

Chances are they’re going to have to vote for a woman to prove they’re not male chauvinist. If they don’t support the female candidate, they’ve obviously got deep seeded problems with females in authority. It’s truly a shame, maybe the country is not ready for a female president….I thought we had progressed so far. I guess we’ll have to keep our current president and his big business cronies.

So then you must be insanely angry over Obama’s FOUR unfuned wars right? Or HIS corporate welfare and tax breaks to the rich (unions/GE)…..want to know what costs the taxpayers MORE than $400 billion in tax revenue? Obama’s ridiculously wasteful stimulus spending filled with pork that did absolutely NOTHING to benefit the country.
You are an idiot. You know nothing of history. Try reading beyond the headlines and digging into those critical thinking skills that you seem to lack. The economic meltdown was caused by the collapse of the housing bubble that Democrats caused and Republicans WARNED AGAINST for years. The Demoncrat education system failed you BIGTIME….but then again, that’s their goal. Educating you would mean they lose a sheeple voter so they don’t want you smart enough to understand legal political process. Just easier to keep you as dumb as you are so you believe the talking points.

You are aware that at least Spain, Ireland and Canda are in economic turmoil. No? you didnt know that? oh, well i guess you were too busy learning that second language right?

Here Here old boy! Good one

I have an idea that will solve this problem. The Principal should give the entire speech in English. The family members should have someone who is bilingual to translate it into Spanish if some of them do not speak English. The resposibility is for THEM to LEARN English because we LIVE in AMERICA, not speak Spanish…

Obviously, you are a liberal swine. And probably a staunch union guy. Go play with Soros.

Remember: “Left” in Italian is sinestra — SINISTER!

Yo quiero Taco Bell!

““To me we live in America and that’s the beauty of America: that we all bring our backgrounds our cultures our languages and that’s what makes us who we are,” said Esquival.” -You’re a school principal, so I’m going to help you out; first you obviously don’t know the difference between being American and being multicultural. Being an American has NOTHING to do with multiculturalism; multiculturalism seeks to replace the very thing you are so impressed with about my America and American values. YOU NEED TO LEARN THE DIFFERENCE. I bet you won’t have the same job next year, imbécil.

Your missing the point. It doesn’t matter how may people from Mexico or Spanish speaking countries infiltrate the school systems here for free. This is still the USA and we still speak English as our common language. This is what makes the USA a sovereign nation, defensible borders and a standard language. If you want to be here legally and be a 100% US citizen you must learn the native language. The only reason not to is if you are here to bleed off the system long enough to get through college or make enough money to go back to your homeland. If a person is the later then we should not be accommodating to them as they will never be a participating member of the greatest country the world has ever seen.

what’s funny is when someone you think doesn’t know what you are saying, turns around and beats your ass for insulting him. good luck with that.

Hey, while you rail on Bush for “tax cuts for the rich” make sure you don’t forget to include Obama…since he EXTENDED BUSH’S TAXCUTS knowing that it would HELP the economy. Liberalism hurts the economy….Conservatism HELPS the economy, that’s why Obama kept the tax cuts for the rich. They do a better job of creating jobs than he could ever even dream of doing and he knows it. Also, taxpayers know it which is why he’s a one-term loser.

Paul, you fail to comprehend the point. This represents the disintegration of the most common thread that binds a nation together, a common language.

This is another example of the decline and fall of the United States.

Mr. Esquival is a poor example of a principal. I think his Spanish “outreach” reflects latent hostility to American culture, and is frankly racist.

IDIOT.

English is the the language of navigation worldwide.
English is the the language of technology worldwide.
English is the the language of the greatest country in the world achieved in less than 200 years.
Other countries that have been around for thousands of years owe their “success” to US whittle Steviekins. Your parents had no problem just speaking English, why do you?

Mexico…. Or should I say Mezopalestine. A dinosaur. A nuisance state.

Those who come to America do so, with the understanding and agreement (based on our laws), that ENGLISH will be the language of this nation. That is why we are so unique, because no matter where you hail from, no matter what your station in life, our common bond in this great nation is LANGUAGE…and by continuing to muddy the waters w/ devisive actions like this, we are eroding the very edicts upon which our country was founded, to come together as ONE from many. Anyone remember, E Pluribus Unum…?

emebcile? You tell me who the moron is!

True, but even multiethnic (multiracial) countries are destined to fail. There should be one race, one culture, one system, etc. Otherwise you are pretty much trying to organize a rat’s nest, and it just fails every step of the way.

We indeed are Balkanizing our country. I worked in an academic summer program 12 years ago where I encountered 14 and 15 year olds who had never been to Mexico, but who were illiterate in both English and Spanish, thanks to the misguided zeal of the teachers’ unions that are giddy with dreams of diversity and “multiculturalism”. In fact, California’s teachers are required by law to complete a “CLAD” program. It costs $500 and essentially advocates being nice to Spanish speaking students. Which any good teacher would be to begin with. Just another failed liberal idea. (And note, that once in place these programs metastasize into cottage industries that are almost impossible to eradicate).

A quality education system would teach these children English and provide the means for their parents to also learn the language of their adopted country. Not pander to them.

By the way, have you ever crossed the border into Mexico? All of the bilingualism immediately ceases. Everything is in Spanish.

No Steve,
It is because no nothings like yourself have some idea that it makes America a better place if we accept Spanish, or other languages as somehow equivalent, or beneficial.

They aren’t. You know nothing…what is the language of Math?
What is the language of Science?

IT IS ENGLISH!

Instead of pretending to be smart, go pretend to be stupid. You’ll be much more believable in that role.
Regards

He doesn’t HAVE a tool…he IS a tool…of the racist left.

Well golly, my parents are from Germany and I want them to deliver the speech in German, oh and my grandparents are from Italy so please include that language also and and……. Congrats to the graduating class from a US school where english is the language.

I dont care whether the next president is brown, black, white , sits to pee or stands…i want someone who will secure our borders, keep us safe, cuts personal and corporate taxes and REDUCE SPENDING !!! We need less of the suckling sound of people n the Goverment teat

So is Greece, the UK and Iceland. What’s your point?

They speak Mexican b/c they were too stupid to learn Spanish….and now its Engllish that poses the problem

Absolutely!

Hey Steve,

FU, you progressive nitwit.

Shouldn’t they know the language? Why then, by your theory, was it not rude to speak spanish? The whites in the crowd didn’t know what he was saying in spanish. For all they know, he could have been making a racist joke about the white students.

Denigration of others is so unbecoming. I am sure your mom did the best she could.

steve, thanks for showing us exactly who and what you (and liberals)are by putting your best end forward!

Oh really, so the fact that I don’t expect the commencement address should be given in Deutsch because I am a Knuckle dragger or is it because when I moved here 30 years ago I wanted to be an American. Which means learning the language and customs and not expecting everyone to speak to me in German!

How many languages do we need? Answer: One. This is America, here we speak English. It is ingnorant to think that you can be a success here and not speak it. You’re as likely to be an NBA superstar. The story talks about a melting pot by a guy defending this teacher. A melting pot is where people of different cultures come together and form ONE PEOPLE (i.e. U.S.). Coming here and not asymalating is essentially not melting, it is staying the same third world ghetto person and bringing us down with you. Melt MF-ers… speak english for your own sake.

Think u have the answer Steve…..give your mommy her keyboard and go out for recess followed by a big glass of KoolAid.

Actually, there are very few countries where, if more than one language is very commonly spoken, there is not an active successionist movement, discord and cultural battlegounds where there is always a struggle for supremecy. I’m not talking about very recent immigrants in very small minority numbers; Spanish as now spoken in the American Southwest is practiced by huge swaths of the population who have no desire or intention to learn or use English; this will eventually lead our nation to splinter into dual allegiances if it hasn’t already happened. You can see this clearly in the large but so far minority movement of our Mexican residents who still identify more with their homeland and even talk about returning the Southwest to Mexican sovereignty.

Finally, if the fact that Spanish has been spoken in some spots in America longer than English (although not continuously, as areas with majority Spanish-only speakers were very rare for a very long time) is reason enough to abandon a common English language, then it would follow that the Mayan and Incan languages – not Spanish, the language of a ferocious European colonial conquering power – should actually be spoken in the places where Spanish is now the accepted national language. When Mexico abandons Spanish for Mayan, or whatever native Indian language that the Spaniards stamped out, perhaps, we should then accept Spanish as the official language of the the Southwest United States. Until then, let’s keep our official language English and require and encourage eventual English fluency and use in our immigrant population; what they choose to speak to one another and in their own homes is their business as free Americans – if they’re here legally – but, for obvious reasons of social cohesion, in the public square, English should be required for all but the very newest arrivals.

Well this is where civil rights got us. The idea was to reduce the number of White people and replace us with Mestizos and Negroes. I assure you when all is said and done, the LAST thing you will be worried about is whether we are speaking Spanish or English, or another of Aryan man’s languages.

You will be more worried about getting from point A to point B without being killed by a doped up mob of Third Worlders and their machetes. That is the future we are headed for right now.

He had good intentions but they are misguided. These people think we are helping the non-English speakers out by interpreting for them. But what it does is gives them yet another reason to learn the bare minimum to get by. Ever run across someone who has been here a decade or more and still can barely speak a word of English. How is that even possible? It’s possible because we enable and empower them to discard our language and continue to operate in their native language. If they are able to function in our society without learning our language then they will choose the obvious easy way. Yes it is difficult to function without knowing English. But it adds a level of intense necessity when you can’t conduct daily business like ordering food, going to the doctor, going to school to learn, etc… It’s a fact that when someone is immersed into a society where only the native language is spoken they will learn, they will function, and they will survive but by speaking that language. It also give them a sense of belonging and unity which is greatly missing from our rank and file as a country.

“Hispanic students now comprise over 50% of public school enrollment.”

And what? Is ethnicity destiny? Is pigmentation determinative of language preference? Does racial background really determine culture? They are here, they are not in their failed civilization to the south. The pressure should be on them to adopt local customs and habits of mind that will ensure success here. Your white man’s burden-tinged comments are of a piece with those of our domestic Left who seek to manage society by pitting racial or ethnic groups against one another and then dispensing government largess to favored members of those groups on a mathematically proportional basis. That is a sick way to deal with anyone as it denies their value as individuals. What do you intend for these people in the long run? Do you expect them (as so many who breathlessly report the demographic changes) that they will eventually establish a just regime filled with gratitude for you and your exertions while they were on the way up? Do you really expect to be given an honored place in their society? Can you name any society or group of individuals who govern themselves on the basis of gratitude for efforts ostensibly made on their behalf by members of the former oppressor class? There are none in the history of mankind. So, how many generations will pass until we can demand of them the same that we demand of others? Ultimately what you seem to be working for are results that are no different from those promised by the racial determinism preached by the KKK: self-segregation on a racial plantation.

Awesome Post Rick, my ancestors are from Rhinelandpflaz, and no we don’t expect them to speak in German, that would be racist you see!

This is exactly why we have immigration laws. EVERY immigrant group that’s come to the United States in the past has assimiliated to America. Illegal immigrants from Mexico hate America. Illegal immigrants from every other country like America and learn English.

This type of stuff should help to build an illegal immigration database. It’s not based on race. It’s based on refusal to speak the official language. If the parents don’t speak English, it should raise serious concerns about their immigration status. Americans can speak English. Once Obama and Holder are gone in 2012, incidents like these should spark serious immigration investigations.

Just like there are known spots for drug dealers and prostitutes, there are hot spots for illegal immigration. This principle just flew up a giant red flag that there’s a lot of illegal immigrants in his community that need to be investigated and deported. In 2013, this whole community will face a immigration shakedown because of this principle. It won’t be based on race; it will be based on inability to understand the official language.

You should learn proper grammar before you cast aspersions. It seems to me that the people upset with the principal (such as Rick and Lewis) are the educated ones. You and Keith and Steve are just name-callers.

So if commencement speaches in Mexico were done in Spanish and English (which they most certainly are not) then Mexico wouldn’t have any problems? Fail.

Robert

You are correct – and to think this uneducated person is a principal?

They want to turn us into a hispanic nation, little by little. I say no.

Ask the UK how well they are doing with their Multi-cultural stance and its drain on their coffers. I live in London and it is a mess….an absolute zoo of people with their ahnds out and the government putting coins into them…oddest thing

Porter never heard of the Tower of Babel.
Babel on Porter, uneducated dolt and a tool of the left, what a hypocrit.

WHY DO CHINESE LEARN ENGLISH HUH?

It’s the language of technology, but don’t tell Porter, he’s still using Microsoft and thinks he’s “hip”.

No, the US is struggling economically because we are footing the bill for all the Spanish-ONLY speaking monolithic knuckle-draggers that are not smart enough to fix their own country or learn OUR language so they just come destroy ours too, everywhere they go turns into a toilet-the only common denominator is Mexicans.

This moron shouldn’t be a principal. The BEST thing he can do for the families and the nation is teach them ENGLISH and how to be an American first and a Mexican second. The survival of this nation depends on it..

Exactly!! Good for you, Lewis, for saying what all good “melting pot” and Patriotic Americans feel about this issue. This principal’s actions make it imperative that we come together as a nation and make English the official language of this country – or America is doomed. As a melting pot it will go down in flames because which ethniticy or culture as he puts it is going to win out the battle between Orientals, Africans, Asians, Arabians, and the Hispanics or Latinos – etc, etc, etc.

We actually do know that the US has no official language. Furthermore, we also know that English is the “mother tongue” for 82% of the population and that English is the primary language used for legislation, regulations, executive orders, treaties, federal court rulings, and all other official pronouncements.

We do do our research. Which is why this particular topic is so enraging!!!

We also expect people to come here and become a part of the US, not remain isolated.

Instead why doesn’t he setup an english as a second language class for these parents who can get their lazy butts to learn english after 10 years in this country. But what I cant believe is the leading questions from this reporter. ” You didn’t mean to offend anybody, Right?”. Please, we all know which side of the debate she is on. And before anybody calls me a racist. Look at my name.

If the principle really wanted to do something good, he would encourage these families to learn English. They’re going to get deported because of this principle. Someone should take videos of future graduations so ICE has some pictures of possible illegal immigrants to go on.

Canada seems do be doing very well, thank you very much, eh?

Really, “‘Merica dammit!?” Who says that other than preening self-regarding wannabe elites who can’t quite get in the gate because they could only manage a second-rate state college education? Thanks for playing; adults talking here.

Bravo Keith. I’m so tired of people bringing politics into everything. I would be proud to have this man as my childrens principal.

Are you American or Mexican-American. If you are American you speak English. If you put Mexican before American, then you claim to be Mexican-American.
This is the United States of America. We speak English. If you want to speak “Spanish” (Mexican is no more Spanish than the native Mayan), then move back to Mexico!
I am Scot, Choctaw and Cherokee. But I do not say I’m Scottish-American any more than I say I’m more ‘Native American’ over American.
If you are not proud to be an American, then leave! Same goes with the “First Lady”, seems like the only time she has pride in America is when her husband does something else to help tear down this great country…

“The US is a country of immigrants, always has been.”

Yes, immigrants (not illegal aliens) that learned to speak English and adapted to our culture.

“Do you know how many Chinese nationals learn English by the time they graduate high school?”

It sounds to me like that make English the dominate language. Are any of them learning Spanish?

If some of us are xenophobic idiots, I guess that would make you a culturally diverse moron. The U.S. is in decline because everything that made it great is being systematically eroded by the culturally diverse morons.

Well, we all know 30 million Mexicans didn’t legally apply for immigration when they came here. They came here illegally and believe they are above our laws and above the rest of the world trying to get here legally. So, why not fly their flag, speak their language, and bow to all their demands on American citizens.

They deserve a free education, health care, and all the benefits the rest of us have paid a lifetime of taxes for.

The Swedish pilot sitting behind the French pilot, sitting behind the Chinese pilot, sitting behind the German pilot, sitting behind the Jordanian pilot, all prepared for takeoff from Hong Kong are all speaking English to the tower. I’m sorry Queen Victoria conquered the world, but she did.

All you need to do to understand why the media and the liberals are not offended is to review Debbie Wasserman’s, DNC chair remarks – “The Republicans” act as if Illegal Immigration is a Crime – that says it all! They solicit votes the balance of the country pays taxes, believes in God and speaks english as a primary language. I totally agree that it would be beneficial on an international level for our children to learn to speak another language such as French, German or Spanish.

The illegal immigrants have caused taxpayers an amazing amount of money by requiring printing services etc for thos illegals that do not speak english – I work with many ethnic groups – one thing the Polish/Lithuanian, Russian and Viewnamese do is learn english as quickly as possible – why is it so difficult for the Mexican Immigrants – simple answer it is not – they just do not choose to do so!

ADAM You’RE a MOron! ANd MOST likely an OBAMA voter.
Aren’t you able to comprehend the situation here?

OUTRAGEOUS – this principal and his parents should MOVE to a SPANISH SPEAKING country if they want to conduct business in Spanis. I say to the LEAVE our country NOW!

Is it that the global economic recession caused by mortgage backed derivative securities, credit default swaps and over leveraged banks was REALLY caused by Spain, Canada and Ireland having more than one national language?

I travelled through several European countries while in the military and no one spoke English to me to make my life easier.

He’s warping the concept of the melting pot. E pluribus unum means one language – all the customs and traditions form ONE American culture. What they are calling the melting pot is a salad bowl not a melting pot.

Porter, you are totally wrong!
Just like many fuzzy, muddle-headed liberals, you are not only wrong, but for the wrong reasons.

Hey brain trust, the reason Chinese learn English is BECAUSE IT IS THE LANGUAGE OF MATH, SCIENCE, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE A COUNTRY/BUSINESS MONEY!

It isn’t about multi-culture….and people here are allowed to be offended when a public official, paid for by the community, launches his own ideas around multi-cultured baloney!

Go back to school…….the US is in decline because too many people want everything handed to them. Too many people are fine with taxing business more, and more….the real reason, by the way, is that Business and Jobs are going offshore because you allow your politicians to tax them more than other countries, you allow the EPA to regulate them to death, you allow your local, state and federal reps to impose stupid regulation, all the while thinking how much better you are making America.

Out of Touch? You are so far out of touch, you have left the Planet!

Spanish is the language of conquest. Learning English frees these people from the bondage imposed by an autocratic and corrupt culture.

This is what we call “the big lie,” folks. Go to France, Germany, or any number of the EU countries and see how many official language there are. The correct answer is ONE. They teach multiple languages because so many countries are packed in together, and ironically for “HaveRespect,” each has its own official language so you need to know it or suffer disadvantage. If every state in America had its own language, we’d do it too. In other words, other countries do it out of NECESSITY, not out of some sort of superior enlightenment.

Plenty of Mexicans can’t speak Spanish properly nor do they know the grammar rules of Spanish.

That is why a lot of ESL students get behind. They have to learn Spanish and English grammar at the same time.

Gigi, i’m Russian by birth and when i was graduating from college, my mother who didn’t speak a word in English came to my commencement ceremony. I do not recall the dean speaking Russian or any other languages for that matter. He spoke English. And it wasn’t rude at all. According to your argument, to be polite to the guests, the dean/principal/president etc. must speak all languages to people in order not to offend anyone… This is an absurd statement.

oh boys YOU HAVE JUST GONE TOOO FAR

http://www.examiner.com/republican-in-orlando/amnesty-democrats-dream-of-more-voters

look around illegals, we are entering the Depression, there is NO MORE MONEY

For all you idiots that keep saying “we are a melting pot!” So…why only spanish, why not French, Chinese, Korean, Italian, German, Russian…doesn’t that make this principal a RACIST! Notice how he only gave the speech in English and Spanish! What if there were some family members from Rome in the audience! Do you see how stupid this is! When does it stop? You are all lemmings headed over the cliff.

How about a little truth in reporting here. Tim Howard did not create a controversy. He merely voiced his opinion. The tournament officials who made the idiotic decision to use the Spanish language during the awards ceremony are the ones who created the controversy.

You wanna be here in America, you speak English! I don’t care if you speak Spanish! Give the speech in English! If the Spanish speaking parents don’t understand, too bad!

I don’t understand why anyone would be surprised that they speak Spanish in Mexifornia. After all, since they’re bankrupt and resemble Mexico in many other respects, they may as well adopt Spanish as the official language.

There’s a price to pay for letting liberals run your state into the ground.

Totally agree with you! My second language is Spanish and I am totally offended that Spanish speaking people come to this country and can get on government assistance of all sorts, but can not learn the language. It seems to me that 20 years ago in our effort to become a “melting pot”, we hindered the progress of this nation and made it to easy for our streets and communities to look like a third world country. If I went to China I would have to learn the language. Period!

My kids are half Mexican… this is America, speak freaking English.

It is already happening. Most of the illegals and even legal Hispanic immigrants are here , not for love of our Constitution and the freedoms it guarantees(I say this tongue in cheek), but for the financial opportunities. Our strength was a love for freedom, independence, a pioneer spirit. LaRaza, wants to take back California, New Mexico, Arizona, etc and make them Mexico. How’s that working out for you? If one is not willing to give up their old political bias and adopt a love for our free constitutional republic, I say back to where you came. I am an immigrant from Germany. My love is for our country and for what it used to stand for. We need to get that back and by diluting the country with folks who do not share that love, we weaken the US and will eventually see it fade, never to return. I see it happening everytime we cheapen citizenship and allow the poison in our country. What does pledge allegiance even mean anymore?

If you want to hear everything in Spanish, stay in your Spanish-speaking country. What motivation is there to learn English when speeches, signs, ballots, TV, radio are all in Spanish. I would never expect to hear a commencement speech in Mexico translated into English for me if i migrated to Mexico (legally of course). Immigrants should not expect the country to which they migrate to bend over backwards to accommodate them. They, instead, should bend over backwards to learn the language and customs as quickly as possible so they can assimilate.

I don’t worry about it too much. Remember, we need people to cut our lawns, pick our produce, wash our cars, and clean our toilets. As long as they don’t learn English, we’ll have plenty of people for those jobs.

The principal was well intentioned, but sent the wrong message. If I went to Spain and raised my kids there, I would not expect the principal to give the commencement in English. Instead, I’d want to try and learn Spanish as quick as I could.

Instead, Esquivel unknowingly sent the message that you don’t need to try and belong to the host culture, but rather, that you can live your life in isolation of the greater community and that’s just fine.

“Awaiting the sanctimonious insulting Canadian response,” which would be ironic considering that an entire province of Canada, Quebec, has its own official language…French. Seems some Canadians and their language are a little more special than even other Canadians.

My dkis are half Mexican….this is America… speak freaking english.

My grand parents came to the USA as immigrants from Poland. They knew no English. They insisted that their 5 daughters learned English and were proficient and possessed the communication skills to discuss US History. They were so proud and wanted nothing more than to embrace America and what she had to offer.
I fear that we have made a monstrous step backwards by cowtowing to the ‘i want my culture’mantra of illegal immigrants in this country.
For all of ou folks that voted for obama in 2008 to prove that ou were not a racist , ou must surely vote against him in 2012 to prove that you are not stupid. Help get our country back

This is America. It doesn’t matter that 50% or more of his students are Spanish speakers. If they don’t learn English, they won’t succeed. Besides, their families need to know that in official situations they will be in an English-only environment. If the parents don’t wish to learn English, there is a cross border alternative that they’re free to explore and they should do so as swiftly as possible. Finally, in education, the mess that is bilingual education ensures that the children are proficient in neither English nor Spanish.

Parents!! or 1 ignorant person? Que babosos!

English is my second language, Spanish is my Mother Tongue. English is the historical and majority language of these uSA. I live in Texas, since 1985, and I speak English 99% of the time. Learn the English language as you are supposed to do when you adopt, in this case, these uSA. If a private school that accepts international students wants to give a speech in one or more language, that makes sense and is their right. Government schools, as part of their mission, is to integrate immigrants to our society. Speaking and understanding English is crucial to that integration. Try giving a speech in English in a Mexican government school, then, you will experience real nativism. May the Republic of Texas raise again.

AGREED!!!!!

Good for you. The woman who objected is every bit as entitled to her feelings as you are and she absolutely does not need to ‘chill’. YOU would do well to understand that her opinion is differen, not wrong.

It’s “persecution” not prosecution. May want to consult a dictionary.

It’s not foreigners we have a problem with. It’s foreigners not assimilating.

You’re right. When our ancestors arrived, they didn’t speak American English…but they learned it right away and became successful.

We are losing our distinct identity as a country and culture due to a deliberate effort by people with an agenda….America has always been open to everyone as long as they become Americans not spanish or mexicans who live in America….we need to take the country back or we will be a third world nation in 20 years…..I want to live in America and speak english not Mexico light

What an utter moron, in his effort to justify his nonsense he clumsily contradicts himself. It’s easy to see how this dimwit became a school principle, his ethnicity, because it sure wasn’t his intelligence!

Were there ONLY English and Spanish speaking people in the audience? If not, then it is insulting to anyone who does not speak English or Spanish as a first language. Unless EVERYTHING is translated into the language of EVERYONE who is not a native speaker of English, then it is insulting. It is all or nothing, we cannot choose whom to favor. That is why it is important to have a common language. America is made of people who speak many, many different languages and dialects. English is the common thread that bonds us together. Those who argue otherwise should ask themselves this question: Are you saying that Spanish speaking people are too stupid to learn English? Is that why you think they need extra consideration? That is the ultimate insult. Every group of immigrants who have come to this country from other lands have learned the English language to mesh with and enhance American society. To do otherwise puts them at a disadvantage. Tell me, please, in what other country could we move that would accommodate English the way we are expected to accommodate Spanish? Why are we expected to learn a foreign language to function in our own country? If I moved to a country that spoke a different language, I would expect to learn their language to function there. To expect them to change their culture to accommodate me would be quite rude and arrogant.

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My grandfather entered this country through Ellis Island in 1915 from Italy. He worked on the railroads his entire life, raised 10 kids through the Great Depression, 5 of his kids fought in WWII, and he died here at the age of 91. He never spoke a word of English.

Speaking English is not, never was and never will be a requirement for being American.

Amen to that

El Assholio!

It doesn’t say that. Only a parent mentions that her kid learns English and Spanish. It can mean the child is taking Spanish. I’m sure other languages were taught at the school, too. Why didn’t he do the speech in those languages as well. He’s a racist and thinks he’s abusing his powers as the prinicipal.

What about members of the audience who speak only Japanes, or Chinese, or Norwegian?…Where does it end?

This is a big deal – One thing that unites a people is a common language, things that enabling people to avoid assimilation are the things that will keep us divided. A nation of hyphenated groups cannot survive.

TIMOTHEE: Why deeed you say door when you could have said puerta?

Haverepsect: That argument doesn’t hold water. Do you think conditions were any less difficult for others who emigrated here a hundred years ago? In fact things were exponentially harder for those folks yet they managed to learn the language and assimilate. They didn’t have ANY of our modern conveniences that today’s immigrants enjoy yet they succeeded, all four of my LEGAL immigrant grandparents and LEGAL immigrant husband included

Until we make English the Official Language of this nation we will continue to face these situations. The cry for multi-lingual forms and translators at all government and medical facilities will continue. You have to have some proficiency in English for US citizenship, go figure. How to you undermine a nation, undermine its language, in our case we actually help them by not identifing an Official Language like other Nations.

Principal Crespin Esquivel should be fired

The United States has never had an official language. German and Italian immigrants often went for generations before speaking English as their primary language. There are Amish and Jewish communities in the Northeast that still speak German and Yiddish. There are even cities in New York with street signs in Yiddish. There are also areas of Hawaii and Puerto Rico where English isn’t widely spoken.

Well on the other hand the white anglo community can soon benefit from liberal- free money and services and mooch off the backs of the new working class.

We can burn our papers and our drivers license.Work under the table and enjoy crusing the neighborhood looking for open garage doors.Grow a few plants and ponder the universe.After all work is over rated…Then the media will like us and showcase our sad situation.Demand higher taxes to pay us not to rob people.

Who cares really look at the country we are leaving them trillions in debt,moral decline pot holes every where.Economic wise guys suggesting spending is saving,unemployment is economic recovery.Enjoy the leftovers folks..

“To me we live in America and that’s the beauty of America: that we all bring our backgrounds our cultures our languages and that’s what makes us who we are,” said Esquival.—SO MAYBE HE SHOULD SPEAK THE LANGUAGE AND/OR DIALECT OF EVERY SINGLE IMMIGRANT!

“[I] wouldn’t be offended. We’re a melting pot,” –We’re a melting pot that needs to communicate with each other in one single language, ENGLISH!

And Esquival, in his first year as principal at Whittell, believes that if he’s got a tool to reach out to students and their parents, then why not use it?—His “tool” is education! Is he afraid that he didn’t do his job and teach his student English?

So why didn’t he also translate it to Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Hindi, to be “inclusive”? My point is quite simple: it’s nice to acknowledge that some in the audience don’t speak English–but I bet there are asian parents whose English is limited but do they expect the principal to perform simultaneous interpretation into their languages?

English is the common language that unites all those diverse groups. What he did was done in a positive spirit, but it has unexpected consequences. So I say to him: No manches; stick to English, ese.

Idiotblaster I agree with you 100%. MOST, not all Mexicans have a low IQ and a surf mentality that needs direction. Mexico is encouraging the low IQ Mexicans to invade our country so that the elite educated Mexicans remaining will not have to put up with the mutt people of their country,…let the stupid gringos do it for them.

Yes, so ignorant! or does the ignorance lye in a population of people who are unable like the rest of us immigrants to speak English…I don’t know what you said in Spanish and Believe me, I could not care less!

I had exactly the same reaction to the reporter’s question as you did. But these days you cannot expect intelligent questions or interviews with reporters. The headline is misleading too, it implies that the principal gave the speech in spanish when in fact he translated, presumably before or after speaking in english. I am an immigrant who came here in 1958 but I already spoke english because my father kept harping on me, saying I wouldn’t be finding a job if I didn’t speak the language of the country.

If those people you say were guests in this country and don’t speak English, why are we obligated to speak to them in their language or rude if we do not? I have lived all over the world and in each place I had to register, carry an alien ID and did not expect them to change their language to English because I happened to be there. You are dead wrong on this one!

He never spoke A WORD OF ENGLISH? Yeah right Julio.

Anyone notice the reporter is spanish? Anyone notice the report is pro-spanish? Anyone see a theme here?

Hola, mi nombre es Principal Politically correcto. Soy una herramienta, por favor, voten para Presidente Obama.

I got the impression the speech was in Spanish only. Now that I know it was first in English then in Spanish… What’s the big deal?

Looks like you need spellchecking.

Ok my 9th grade child with an l.a. Tutor cn edit a paper better than this! Maybe this guy needs to re-read the first sentence in the article again!

Mexico is not a friend to the US, never has been, never will be.
Who did Mexico in World War I, the Axis. Who did Mexico support in World War II, the Axis (except for a company sized ‘aero Battalion’ that stayed in the US training intil the very last days of the war). Who did Mexico support in the Cold War, the Soviet Block. Mexico had more Soviet Block intelligence personnel anyplace in the worls, outside the Soviet Block.
Mexico is not now, nor has ever been, a friend to the US.
in 2003, the Mexican government broke down it’s GNP this way: 50% directly or indirectly from drugs; 30% from Remisa (monies sent back to Mexico from the US, generall from illega aliens who pay no taxes. In 2003 this was som 23 BILLION dollars). The US can stop drugs and illegal immigrtion…just seal the border. We did it when DEA Agent Kiki Camarena was kidnapped and killed. We should do it again..permanently. However, if we do seal the border, the economy of Mexico will tank, and the population will go where/ Cuba? South to Guatemala? No, they will come north and we will not have enough bullets to protect our own country.

Normally I would be offended also. But in this instance I am not. He was NOT speaking in Spanish for the students, he was for the parents. These parents are proud that their kids are graduating and isn’t it nice that they can understand what is being said during the graduation. The fact is that they are there so their kids learn English and have a better life then they do. I am all for everyone in this country speaking English. But you get to a certain age you can’t. I am 57 and I wish I could speak Chinese. Its not going to happen

A melting pot means that we bring our different backgrounds together to become American’s, like a metallurgist creates a new alloy from several elements. The melting pot is not like a stew pot where each ingredient maintains its past identity, as many today who use that argument would like to have you believe. Immigrants need to assimilate into this country, learning the language and culture, not try to change this country into the country that they left. My Italian and Polish ancestors were able to do it, so why can’t immigrants today do the same?

White people are almost 80% of the population. If we don’t band together we will be the slaves of Blacks and Browns. Wake up people this is just another example of these anti American minorities pushing us in a corner. Time to push back.

“To me we live in America and that’s the beauty of America: that we all bring our backgrounds our cultures our languages and that’s what makes us who we are,” said Esquival. WRONG! Immigrants bring their backgrounds, cultures and languages BUT we are American and we learn and USE the language of America – English! If they want to speak Spanish – go back to Mexico or wherever they came from. It’s a disservice to students to let them continue to speak Spanish and not learn English.

I agree and the reason your statement is probably correct is because the schools who cater to all these special interest groups take time away from teaching the basics, thus academic achievement suffers. Don’t let the loony lefty comments bother you .

I am an american and am very proud to be one. I have respect for other cultures, other languages but I feel that I should be able to understand when people speak to me, I should be able to get a job even though I do not speak another language in my own country. If I travel I should make every attempt to learn how to communicate in what ever native language I am exposed to, that is respecting another country and their language. Where is the respect for American and our language. Politicians have made every attempt to disrespect American in an attempt to respect everyone else, where does it stop, and before anybody gets angry with me, I attend meetings at my childrens school and I am in the minority I speak English; because I have been with this school for so many years I will tell the principal not to conduct the meeting in English just so it does not take twice as long translating from English to Spanish since I am the only person who does not understand both languages. I do this willingly but I have made the choice I do not like when I have no choice.

This is Obama’s fault how?

In Europe one would be at a huge disadvantage NOT to learn several languages as travel and interaction between its various countries is inevitable. I too have lived abroad for extended periods of years on several continents and I can tell you that one cannot survive long term without learning the language. It is disrespectful and lazy to expect your hosts to accommodate your inability to communicate. That is unless you’re interacting with folks anxious to practice their English on you. Since English is the universal language of international business, science and medicine, it continues to grow in common usage and, ironically, we in this country are doing its immigrants a huge disservice by not requiring them to learn the language.

HaveRespect: I understand your perspective, but I’m also sure there are Chinese parents who didn’t understand in English OR Spanish…was he also supposed to translate to Mandarin? Or just let them wonder what he said?

That’s the deal about this “inclusiveness” effort: it’s only inclusive in ONE direction. The result is that he sends a message that the Hispanic (mostly Mexican) residents are more important than the rest.

English is the common language that we ALL use here to communicate. Or doyou expect the Chinese and Russian and Italian and Arab immigrants to learn Spanish as well as English just because it would be “nice” to not expect our Hispanic immigrants to learn English?

My Latina wife (immigrant from South America) is insulted by the idea that liberals perpetuate: that Hispanics are the only immigrant group too stupid to learn English. And as a University Professor who taught English to Hispanics, she knows what she’s talking about.

And how is it FAIR to American citizens that a foreign language is REQUIRED in order to graduate from High School, but learning English is NOT requireed of the immigrants?

It sounds to me like you think everyone should “be nice” to the Hispanics because they aren’t smart enough to learn English. Well I think they are.

Palabra.

Yet another friend of illegal immigrants giving the finger to America.

that slimy? Yevette, one person at a time to stand up for America. Do you remember when the Mexicans cheered in Mexico City when the Twin Towers were falling. Yeah, real cool. I do not want UN-American people coming to this country.

Read the novel “The Camp of the Saints”,to see the logical conclusion to all this.It’s coming folks.

Speak the language, or be a ward of the state forever. Oh wait, thats the plan, isn’t it?

What is treason if not upholding the citizens and culture of another nation above your own?

Be very offended. Also be offended by Univision, Telemundo, Galavision as well as all you local Spanish language radio. We should. We are not a melting pot we those new to the country are not melting. They are creating their own pot, it is getting bigger and it does not want to mix with ours. When Ameican born Mexicans boo the US national soccer team and wave the Mexican flag, what exactly unites us if not for our language? No we are not a melting pot at all.

Stop calling them illegal immigrants that is an oxymoron. They are illegal aliens, an immigrant ihas moved here legally. The democrats just want them for their votes because no real America could vote for the modern democrat party. They are socialists.

Sanity, Obama’s fault? Open borders, Special treatment for people that are not citizens, like Social Security, Welfare, Food Stamps, Housing, Free Education. He goes along with this, doing nothing to stop it. Destruction.

As a multillingual immigrant myself I can tell you a simple answer. All these others you mention speak english, even those people who come from Spain, Argentina and other latin countries. If they arrive speaking little, they become fluent within a year or two. In the seventies when the Vietnamese boat people arrived their children, within a few years in school, dominated high school graduations with their valedictorian speeches all over the SF Bay Area, CA.

This is pathetic! Our tax dollars at work, NOT!

A reporter that opens her interview with “You didn’t mean to offend anyone, correct? ” Gosh, why would I question anything written after that neutral statement!!!!
Go liberals…….Did they also say the Mexican national anthem before the graduation?

If they are in this country LEGALLY, then they are required to speak English. Tell you what, you move to Russia and demand that they speak English to you and see what happens.

I am “Black and Brown” and I am a constitutionalists and libertarian. I am highly offended by your comment. How can you claim to be part of America yet be so divided by race. You should be saying “The liberals will do anything to appease tp every other culture but our own, and make this a socialist nation. It’s time for us to push back before we become China”, instead you think this is about race. How narrow minded.

I feel sorry for you.

To: Principal Crespin Esquivel

Thank you for sending a clear message to these parents and students that its really not entirely necessary to learn english in order to participate in our society. What a stellar job you have done, I am sure test scores will improve at your school soon because we all know about the upward trend in scholastic achievement for US students that focus on other skills besides english. Your probably one of those math and science lovers, so we’ll be waiting for the reunion in 2021 to see 30 engineers and scientists!

One of the nine requirements for becoming a citizen is that you must learn to speak, read and write English. Look in up!!!

I think JustSayNoNow’s comment about you being an ignorant blowhard referred to your spelling of “sentance.” It’s actually sentence. He/she probably should have made that clear.

With that said, illegal immigration is a huge problem here; you should know that. It IS an important issue for our country. I think this topic warrants discussion, instead of telling people to “just STFU.”

I don’t have a problem per se about the principal speaking Spanish after he made the commencement address in English. What I do have a problem with are the schools that cater to Spanish-speaking children and parents to the detriment of those who were born here legally and speak English. I hear that kids who speak English get far less time with the teacher than those who don’t speak the language. Is that fair? One of the elementary schools in my neighborhood has a sign outside in Spanish. How will they learn our language if they’re coddled by the school district in their native language?

Bilingual is great, but a lot of them expect you to speak to them in Spanish and refuse to communicate in English (I have personal experience with this). I think that’s the way it should be if I’m in their country. When I’ve traveled to Mexico, I’ve communicated in Spanish. I think they should learn English if they expect to live in the United States. It’s called assimilation.

Well, really don’t care if it was for the parents, if they are in the US they need to speak and understand Engish regardless. It is similar to the person giving testimony in Texas at the state capitol in spainish when the moron has been living in the US for over 20 years, give me a break, what a lazy jerk, just the kind of immigrants we want here!!!!

did he speak Vietnamese or Apache.. how about Chinese or Swahili ..what are we the USA or the UN??????

Yvette, you are a fool. “Look at me! I am Latina, and I use spanglish in my posts”. I know it is hard for Mexicans to make a living down there, and you feel like you need to stick up for them even if you are no where near as Mexican as you claim you are, but don’t you think that they should fight to reclaim THEIR country from the drug lords instead of running scared and trying to claim ours?

“I am Cuban by birth, American by the grace of God. And a darned proud, dignified, thankful and respectful American. … I refuse to be lumped together as a class or a race simply because we speak a similar language. … I ain’t Mexican, I ain’t Latino and I ain’t Hispanic. I am an American of Cuban descent. And damned proud of it.”

- Val Prieto

! ! ! THANK YOU ! ! !
I thought I was the only person who understood that!

If you lived in China, you’d want to learn Chinese as I doubt they’d speak in English for you.

I am a first-generation American whose grandmother could barely speak English. We never expected anyone to do anything special for her, as we did the translation for her.

Years aog, I would have applauded the principal for being inclusive. Instead, he is now pandering to immigrants and illegal aliens who are not trying to assimilate.

These immigrants found left-wing liberal allies that are balkanizing this country, emphasizing differences, rather than praising the American ideals.

To head of the school said “I know that I’ll take a hit for it”.
That comment shows so much. English has not been taught in any school that principal attended. A teacher with a poor education is a problem in many schools. Teachers need to be better spoken. Forget cool go with educated.
Teachers and principals set examples to students. Appearance counts. Sloppy dress says a lot of things as well. Lets raise the bar for education and society. That is a sure road to improved education. We can do so much better than this. Neat clean and tidy is possible by all. No matter the income or language spoken at home.

I think we should have compassion for everyone trying to make a living here. People forget that if you take this rhetoric seriously about “learning the language” or “assimilate” then by golly, we all need to learn Dakota, Cheyenne, Navajo, Apache… depending on where you are living right now in what is the USA. Stop all the arrogant hypocrisy of forcing people to ‘assimilate’ when our ancestors did NOT assimilate… the forced European culture and Anglo language on the existing inhabitants and terrorized and massacred those that did not abide by our forced standards. The root of all this current hatred and bigotry is that many Americans are afraid new immigrants might treat / threaten / change us like our ancestors did to the original inhabitants of this land… and yes, I am well aware this posting will spark a lot of hate-filled bigoted comments against me. No, I’m not a liberal. I’m a very successful, conservative, self-employed businessman that has learned other languages to improve my success in my own business. I reach out to anyone in as many languages that I can afford to learn because it increases my bottom line. You nay sayers can sink or swim.

it is rude for a guest to impose. They were not the only guests – maybe you don’t recognize the English speaking folks as guests as well.

For all of you who need to know or who want to know here are the nine requirements:
http://immigration-law.freeadvice.com/citizenship/naturalization_requirements.htm

America is indeed a melting pot. However, the main thrad that holds our country together is our shared language. If that becomes secondary then what shared identity holds us united? We are becoming balkanized as a nation where new immigrants, both legal and illegal, are living off our system while at the dame time insisting that we transform our national language to suit them…all in the name of multiculturalism. How sad.

you hit it on the head.

I love the ignorant comment that we’re a melting pot…it was called a melting pot because we all melted together into one culture. The exact opposite is what this guy seems to be for- multiculturalism which promotes the differences between cultures.

Just another axe chop at the trunk on which our nation once thrived.

The answer to this whole mess is::::If you live in the USA then learn to speak ENGLISH If not go back to your homeland. Is that so tough to understand??????? Ferrari, if you want to speak Chinese then move to China.

Dont tell me he is a la raza(racist gruop) or mesa group when he was in college. its disrespectful to speak in a foreign language other than our language in the US English!

Aw, the poor little gringos get angry when someone is smarter than them.

What a moron. Your school did not teach the students how to speak English?
Fire his ass / fuego en el culo

Idiot.

Thank you for stating exactly how I feel about a “melting pot” contrary to Nanci Pelosi’s San Fran version.

Teach these f*cking illegals English – when whites, blacks, Asians came here they learned the language! These puto’s just want to suck up all the welfare and steal jobs!

Big difference there. Cubans are OK. You guys are running away from a terrible Dictator who destroyed your country. Remember the guy last year I think in the old pickup truck with barrels welded to the sides “driving” to FL? Even our Coast Guard was cheering him on! But Mexicans, they are lazy. Instead of cleaning up their own country they come up here a take what we have worked hard for. They didn’t knock on the door and ask politely if they could come in. Mexcians kicked down the door and just walked in.

My Grandparents and my family who came to America before them were from Poland and Germany. They learned the English language and were proud to do it! They did not feel “offended” by the process but embraced it. No one has ever come up with a good reason why this should be changing. It is all nonsense. Learn English!

John – to be accurate the principle said he did it for the parents AND THE SPANISH-SPEAKING STUDENTS (because half of the student body speaks spanish).

I think the guy was just doing his part to buck the system of English-speaking USA.

Don’t worry, older gringos, no one expects you to learn the language of the future majority, we just expect your kids too, so start teaching them now because Spanish is not only here to stay, it will be the number one language of the USA. Get used to it.

This is America – speak English. If you want to speak Spanish go back to your native country. Immigrants in the past learned to speak English. Take note of why they were successful and why our country in in a downward spiral today. Language is the common denominator that unites a people. You are trying to segregate and keep people in groups.

Actually they’re not required to speak English. That’s not the law in this country. Go to a DMV, you can take the test in multiple languages.

If you want to try and make that the law, that’s fine and good luck to you, but it’s NOT currently the law.

that’s why we have ballots in over a hundred languages – so those that can’t bother to learn English but are supposedly well versed in politics can put a tick mark next to a proper name. If somehow you have responsibly done some research to find out Steve Jones is your Guy how is it that the rest fo the ballot needs to be in a different language “adhfjasdfsdf Steve Jones”

I bet your grandparents spoken English poorly and used their native language whenever they could. It takes two generations before an immigrant group transitions completely to a new language.

If those parents don’t speak English, they are most likely illegally here. What would be nice if if they would assimilate; and become Americans (if they are legal immigrants!)

so exactly how does not understanding English make someone smarter? Or maybe you’re just stupid?

Every language I know of has been around since before the founding of this country. Why was the Constituion, Declaration of Independence, etc. written in English?
Just in case you did not know it one of the nine requirements for becoming a citizen are that you learn to read, write and speak English.
http://immigration-law.freeadvice.com/citizenship/naturalization_requirements.htm

Actually there is no designated National Language in the Constitution or set to any law that English is the official language.

Thank-you!!!!!!!!!! Beautifully stated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seems as if every language should have been covered if we really were considering inclusiveness….but I did not read what the make up of the class was beyond Spanish Speaking parents.. was the entire program Signed for the Hearing impared…did they have special elevated seating for senior citizen’s with headphones so Grandparents could hear and see being in a wheel chair? Inclusive usually means only to a select few, or those that will make a token impact-and rarely goes far enough to really impact the most marginalized…going part way is not going far enough….was it a public school, did they have the Pledge of Allegance.. did they have a prayer or invocation.. was it iinclusive of the Judo-Christian-Moslem Tradition and did it happen to include Hindu or Native American sensitivities… wonder if that was considered…just asking.. just asking- quite an extensive responsiblity if inclusion and multiculturalism is really taken seriously…

Really!? You truly don’t have an issue with him addressing the spanish speaking parents of the students? If those parents live here in the USA they should know the English language & if they’re here illegally they along with their children should deported back to their home country. Enough is enough. The American majority has caved in far too much for the minority… “The Uncontested Absurdities of Today Are The Accepted Slogans of Tomorrow” ~ Ayn Rand

Bill – I agree with you. That was certainly a ‘leading question’ from the so-called ‘reporter.’

How ironic, the parasites from south of the border come into the country ILLEGALLY, demand we change our laws, demand Constitutional Rights, demand we give them free college education, medical care, food stamps, free ride, turn our election system into a marxist travesty, keeping the worthless hippies from the 60s in power to extort more from the taxpaying PRODUCING class. They make laws and rules forbidding displays of the American flag, while plastering the mexican $#!thole flag all over their cars, buildings and even subortinating the American flag to the mexican flag. You have worthless stupid mexican punks telling whiteboy to go back to Plymouth Rock, then they expect us to open our arms to this thievery? Send their worthless, useless butts back to their $#!Thole country. It costs the American taxpayers 365 BILLION dollars A YEAR to support their worthless butts. So don’t tell me how great of workers they are, we pay through the butt for their supposedly cheap labor.

Exactly!

THEN GO BACK TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY ZAPATA…… I WILL BE HAPPY TO DRIVE YOU THERE

Not smarter…….idoit. Its what it means to be an American….something Mexicans donot know anything about, since they cannot fix their own country.

It’s sad that most of the, I assume, Americans posting here can’t even write in proper English and then get angry when someone points it out. Like it’s anyone else’s fault but their own that they are imbeciles.

ENGLISH is the language that should be spoken in America. It should be noted that it’s our National Language, yet nobody has the guts to say it is so or pass a law. When people immigrated here in the past, the FIRST thing they did was learn the language AND the culture of America. And any children were taught English, too.

Yeah, you’re so smart your homeland is a wreck, you’re all dirt poor, and you flee like women rather than stay home and fix it. Real smart.

What about the Ecuadorian pygyies in the crowd? Calloused lout, next time speak every tongue known to man else you are fail

America, the melting pot has melted and the goo is in the fire. MoBama, Mo pain.

group? what a copout – where’d you get that “fact”? How many peopel speak when you open your mouth? Or are immigrants somehow a lesser type of people that have to be given special allowances? Liberal much?

San Diego tried telling you for twenty years. You get what you voted for

you know that laraza wants to take over the south west united states and make it mexico. I guess because mexico is such a good place to live being run by the drug thugs that we want it here. Go back and make mexico make it something to be proud of …otherwise learn the language!!!!

There are many Hispanic Americans who have nothing to do with anything you’ve mentioned above. In fact Hispanic Americans are the second oldest race group in America and many older families still Speak Spanish. What your rant has to do with Hispanics is beyond me. In fact, the article doesn’t mention the Mexican government AT ALL.

The people of America, whether Jew, Gentile, Mexican, Cuban, Chinese, Indian, African or what have you, are entitles to a little respect and I am glad someone in leadership at that school recognizes that and follows through.

What if he spoke in German or Gaelic? Of course this would never happen He is clearly a racist.

If the students weren’t comfortable or could not understand his speech in American-English, then they shouldn’t have been graduating now should they?

This is really not a big deal. This goes on in Texas…are people in other states just a bunch of babies that they have be offended by everything???

Doing what’s RIGHT for his families???

The Balkanization of a nation (or a community) is NEVER the right thing to do.

By catering to non-english speaking students and their families they make it much much harder for these immigrants to assimilate into their adopted communities.

By keeping a barrier between the communities creates tension and violence… Just what politicians and comunity organizers nee to stay in business.

I was outraged. He did not proffer the commencement address in Italian. I have demanded an apology for not including Italian Americans in the address.

Hello, ed…English is not the legal language of the United States of America.

Here is a thought. All of you who vote for the liberal lax immigration laws and curse Governor’s of AZ and AL for efforts to control illegal immigration have nobody to blame but yourselves. You want to partake in the American dream, great, become a US citizen, speak English, and pay taxes. Otherwise stop asking for my tax welfare and quit having kids.

En mi opinion, no es tan malo lo que el director hizo. Si el tiene las herramientas para ayudar a los hispanos, uselas. Bien hecho.

It’s sad when someone wants to take credit for illegally crossing the border in mass numbers and breeding like rabbits…

hmmm but let’s see white’s are oppressive and intolerant and bigoted. Well based on your mentality being a representation we may have more of them but there’s no way you’ll be smart enough to control anything, so not to worry.

Bien, y tu, amigo?

We ARE in fact poor little gringos, because the poor little mayhicans come here and exploit our resources. In fact, show me your green card shoeman.

Well Said. I was expected to Speak and Learn Italian when living in Italy for 3 years. This is America and unless it was an all Non-Native Language School, i.e. a Hebrew or Greek school where all students are expected to learn the language, it is Rude to speak in a non-Native language which in America is American.

Chaz54…your an idiot…My Grandparents were born here, my parents were born here and i was born here… I’ve been to Mexico and they speak English in public squares. Have you ever travelled to a foreign language speaking country? More importantly, why are you being so insecure?

Way to go Steve R!.

We should stop teaching Spanish as a second language in our schools.

In order to succeed in the next generation our students should be taught Arabic and Chinese. How else will Americans be able to understand the orders they must obey?

– well when that’s your only achievement…

I speak French in the square. We hear it on the radio too, from here. What are you going to do about it, moron?

It’s not about being offended.

It’s about ‘united we stand’ and E Pluribus Unum.

This is actively dividing the community and a house divided on itself can not stand.

the mexicans will do the same thing to our country that they did to theirs.

If the Mexicans keep breeding the way they do, they will be the majority at some point. Then our country will become a giant garbage heap like Mexico. Good times.

I can tell you haven’t been to Miami lately.

Try visiting Hialeah (where all the Cubans live). The official language practically is Spanish.

I hope el Principal has been fired before next year’s commencement. That would be el cool.

I find it difficult to understand why legal is broken down by most ignorant people like you into: speaks English = citizen and doesn’t speak English = illegal?

Wake up Racist America and smell the coffee.

how else can our children learn how to order at McDonald’s or speak to the help!

If the Mexicans keep breeding the way they do, they will be the majority at some point. Then our country will become a giant garbage heap like Mexico. Good times…

True that there’s no official language, but if we don’t all strive to learn English, we are not a melting pot. His melting pot comment is self contradictory, because E Pluribus Unum means “out of many, ONE.” Meaning different backgrounds fusing into one culture. So he really wants “e pluribus….MANY.” This is actually a very common view on the political left, that we shouldn’t all become Americans and embrace the one thing that would unify us more than anything: a common language.

Really? Pardon…but how do you say “arrogant, racist Mexican (Latino, Chicano, blah…blah…) ass” in Spanish?

BTW: how many Nobel Prize winners does Mexico have? I seem to have forgotten…

I do believe the native tongue of this country/land was from Native Americans. Just saying.

NOT ON YOUR LIFE.

There may not be an official National language but there certainly is an official California language.

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SEC. 6. (a) Purpose.
English is the common language of the people of the United States
of America and the State of California. This section is intended to
preserve, protect and strengthen the English language, and not to
supersede any of the rights guaranteed to the people by this
Constitution.

Oh come on guys, so what. It’s not like the U.S. v. Mexico soccer match where the soccer league went out of their way to insult the American fans by not using English at all during the ceremony. This guy was using both English and Spanish for the sake of the non-English speaking parents. I have no problem with that.

he should be fired. and I know it goes without saying, but, this cBS article has a leftist slant.

Americans speak English. Period.

USA vs Mexicao game ceremony….A TOTAL DISGRACE!

If you are American, you cheer for USA. I cheer for USA not Italy [where I emigrated from].

Stop the PC nonsense. Stand up for America and speak English whether you speak another language or not.

Which Native American dialect are you referring to?

The reporter’s own use or English is a good example of the conflux of two languages. The article is disjointed, and the sentence structrues do not follow proper grammar rules. The article reads as if it was written be a high school sophmore.

And dont’ even get me started on the Hispanic bais she displayed in her reporting.

keep in mind Mexico is a sh*thole: litter everywhere, drug cartels, wanna-be tough gangs, it’s pretty much a giant garbage heap. i guess thats what we can look forward to. a thrid world banana republic unless we start killing off the mexican cancer from our country now.

“coz spanish is here to stay” – its like saying “muslims will take over the world” – just imagine that… muslim mexicans… until they dont like that to happen and guess what, they’ll segregate themselves, turn to whitey, and say “ayudame!”. i was originally from the Philippines. i learned the English language and learned to love this country, and wasnt afraid to assimilate. speaking a language other than English does a disservice to the people that need to assimilate.

Ahh the drudge crowd is here .. You can feel the seething hatred and ignorance.

i’m a native american and i speak english so what the hell are you talking about, dolt?

Of course you don’t, because you don’t have any testicles.

I find it super funny how everyone who sites the mexicanization of America says stuff such as we all come from different backgrounds, melting pot, etc. THey never mention what makes this country great is people come here and learn new ways, languages, culturally accepted norms of behavior. We are creating second class citizens by not forcing new immigrants to learn english and placating these groups is insulting to EVERY immigrant who came before these people and made the effort to learn and be a productive and active member in AMERICAN society!

¿Qué herramientas ha utilizado el idiota? Él mantiene sus estudiantes y sus esclavos a las familias a las clases bajas. Se debe fomentar la asimilación y la unidad, no división y segregación.

de inmigración!

Rant? No rant, historial truth.
A ‘rant’ would be taking my historical facts, attempting to twist them around to support anti-American activities…

The children birthed for the 1st time in america are 50% hispnic making new births the majority hispanic, they said in 10 years hispanics will be the majority according to the US census

Sounds as though “Zapata” favors a Hispanic hegemony in the Americas. One wonders why he or she simply doesn’t effect cultural or economic change in one of the nations where Spanish is already the primary language? But he seems confused as well, where I was born (Peru) “gringo” is synonymous with outsider. The one who would erect a barrier to Latinos’ full participation in the American Dream is the outsider. He appears to simply want to re-create Mexico in the US. It’s lost on him that people want to leave Mexico..

With respect to this case, it’s not really a big deal that the principal would repeat his comments in Spanish for the families and friends of the graduates whose English might not be very good, but in actuality he is doing no favors for anyone involved. When we immigrated here, my father made a conscious decision to stop speaking Spanish because he knew that success rode on our not being perceived as foreigners. Not knowing English ultimately erects a barrier to success, unless the only success one is looking for is manual labor or selling carnitas out of a truck.

I do see America eventually being a bi lingual nation, at least as long as Central and South America continue on as they have. I do not honestly believe you can stop people who will risk everything to come here. But I am sorry that people who have taken those risks don’t simply make the effort to complete their cultural journey and learn English. Hispanics are great people and their vitality and values are very American.

All those highway signs are in English for a reason.

Yes, and in the USA you dump radioactive waste into the rivers, oil into the oceans, PCBs into the drinking water, and hypodermic needles on the beaches.

Go back to England if you don’t like it here.

I disagree completely. This is just another method for excusing a behavior. My grandparents emigrated from Italy and learned to speak English very well. Whether they chose to speak Italian in their household is irrelevant – they could effectively communicate with the English speaking populace. It certainly does not take two generations to “transition” properly.
This is beside the point as well. Come here LEGALLY. Most aren’t against immigration- they are against ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – a fact that is consistently misreported in the media. Again- come here LEGALLY – go through the process. Learn the language. ASSILIMATE without abandoning your culture – you aren’t expected to, but you are expected to be able to communicate, pay taxes, and contribute positively. Please… these issues become so tiring- I find myself getting angrier and angrier over issues I have openly supported in the past because of the unrealistic expectations and feelings of entitlement.

Herp soy un mexicano y yo soy demasiado tonto para aprender Inglés Derp

were they all illegals?

Your ancestors were able to do it? Well, of course, your ancestors are long dead and had years and years and years to assimilate to Americanisms and to English. Most modern Poles and Italians know a great deal of English but the biggest difference is that Mexicans are right next door to America with little time to prepare for a new world and 90% of Mexicans are illiterate, poverty stricken and desperate to get out of a country run by the cartels more so than by the people.

There are no schools to learn English in Mexico…well, there may be a few, but obviously those are toooo few and far between. It is nice to live in a metropolis centered country and have all the answers. To be able to sit back and say, “well, they need to be assimilated in to America and learn English and get with the program,” and, “I just don’t understand why they don’t learn English and American customs!” I venture to say that you are a proud Italian/Polish American who celebrates a few Italian/Polish customs here and there. Mexicans, too, nay ALL people, are proud of who they are, where they come from, etc… It is hard to strip the Pole out of the Polish and replace it with America “this or that.” Same goes for the Mexican or anyone, for that matter.

I was in a Hospital in New York – the signs were translated to many languages:
Spanish
German
French
Arabic
Italian
Greek
etc.

I think the whole wall was covered with translations. I like to see that in all our freeways too… LOL

I’ll take righteous hatred over soft headed mouth breathing apathy any day.

y si eres tonto.

not gonna happen. US citizens are literate, and gardeners are always gonna be gardeners…

In 40 years we will all be speaking Spanish. That is the bad news. The good news is Mexicans will no longer be coming over the boarder. The standard of living will be the same in both countries.

If you choose to live here, learn the language. I wouldn’t expect everyone to suddenly speak English if I lived in another country. It’s disrespecful and insulting to the citizens.

Your second sentence negates your viewpoint. A little self-defeating.

Check your own use of the English language before pointing the finger at someone else’s.

There are plenty of good American citizens who don’t speak English and there are plenty of bad American citizens who speak only English. If he delivered the speech in Spanish only that would be offensive and un-american. However he did it in both languages out of respect to all the cultures in attendance. Kudos to him.

@Zapata….Thanks for the racist response…and showing your hateful true colors…you are as arrogant and presumptuous as anybody you ever argued against….

I beg to differ. We will be speaking Chinese.

They are not so politically correct.

LOL!! Considering the mess you made of your own post, do you really believe you have room to criticize the author? I counted at least SEVEN errors in your very short post

A A,

We didn’t come from England, moron. This is unlike the millions of ILLEGAL foreign nationals who broke into this country because they are unwilling to reform their own. Besides, once the illegal immigrants realize that there isn’t any money left in welfare system that they plundered, they will go home.

The Principal should be paid in “Peso”.

Ever wonder why Asians, who have parents who can’t speak English, do so well in U.S. public schools but Latinos don’t?

How many local TV stations are in Mandarin? How many are in Spanish?

I see kids from India and China doing really, really, really well and their parents are immigrants.

Huh. Weird.

Yet we still drink water out of the tap in the United States and have no adverse health issues. Man, you’re right Jose, America is just like Mexico!

My father came here from Italy (legally) in 1955, at the age of eleven. He assimalated into American culture and learned fluent English. When we visit other countries we should at least attempt to speak their language. The assumption by some spanish speaking latins who speak spanish during a business gathering or on the street is insulting and ignorant. You came here, play by our rules; however, I have no problem with individuals speaking their native tongue to others in family and social settings. Just like the seperation of church and state, spanish should not be part of an American schools graduation ceremony. Keep the bilingual ceremonies in Canada!!

Go back to Mexico you illegal immigrant!

I hear the same claim from yahoos here in Northern AZ where I live. I find it hysterically funny considering there are more sun-bleached trailers surrounded by old car, appliances, and other trash, then there are nice neat homes. And since this county is 98% white………..the people who live in nearly all of them are poorly educated, minimum wage, white trash. Being a slob, or of little real value to society, is not restricted to any particular group.

A 7-day period brings us the legalization of gay marriages in NY, an American high school commencement speech in spanish, the U.S. Supreme Court legalizing children of ANY age to purchase violent video games, anti-caribbean riots in DC, and a San Diego judge rules against fireworks for the 4th of July.

The destruction of American Values is alive and active.

One more point some may have missed. Some are bemoaning the fact that the Anglo culture was imposed onto America, that it is not the native one here. Well, what do they think happened with the Conquistadors? Perhaps the Hispanics with Amerindian heritage should take their complaints to the Spanish first? Spanish is no more native to the Americas than English.

Sorry, but if these kids can’t understand English, they shouldn’t be graduating, should they? That’s proof right there that the principal should be fired. Of course, that won’t happen. Public employees never lose their jobs regardless of how incompetent they are.

There were only between 600,000 and 1 Million “Native Americans” in North America at the time of Columbus from HUNDREDS of loosely organized tribes. The population of the the San Francisco Bay Area is roughly 5x larger than the ENTIRE population of Native Americans in North America at the time of Columbus.

Those Native Americans didn’t have well-defined borders, constitutions, or even a welfare system.

So, what are you even bringing this up for? Just asking.

Strong and improper thoghts written by many, my only comment would be if he wanted to make a contribution in his speach he should have speciifically complented the partents/guardians of the graduating Spanish heritage students. The Principal’s comment about next year shows an immaturity that should be ignored.

Awfully small class for high school!

Go back to Mexico if you can’t learn the Nations language.

your comment doesn’t make any sense.

If you don’t like it, either learn Spanglish or leave Mexifornia. BTW, now you’ll tell me you don’t like the racially segragated graduation ceremonies at all the universities and community colleges in Mexifornia either.

“Just saying” is getting to be a very annoying postscript. Enough!

You do realize that all the errors in your comment just make you come off as a moron, right. Maybe you should take a class or two before being critical of anyone else. LOL.

Funny how Liberals think it’s rude for “Ugly Americans” to speak English when in France, but they don’t think it’s rude for a Mexican to speak English in the United States.

Another product of our broken public school system. Educate your children, folks, so they don’t become a part of the problem like AA here.

Your point is well taken…. as an employer in a very small business, I had to turn down job applicants simply because I couldn’t easily communicate with them.
This single fact relegates many Spanish -speaking only people to secondary ” grunt work “. Political correctness is doing them a profound disservice to their futures.

Oh Zapata, after a lifetime of living off handouts and entitlements, those little Spanish speaking parasites you’re raising will be so soft and weak we’ll be able to defeat them with a hard look. Don’t make me laugh, pingito.

No es un problema para mi. Pochos!

Wow, sir “kiiling off the Mexican cancer”, is the most offensive remark I’ve ever heard or read. This makes me very sad. I am a proud American of Mexican descent, who loves this country. I’m sorry, that there are people out there like you perpetuating such horrible hate. God Bless you.

You sir are an idiot. Any successful country has one common language, currency and unit of measurement. United we stand and divided we fall. Being proud of your heritage is one thing, being divisive is another. My forefathers spoke Gaelic, German and Cherokee. I am proud of them, but not enough to keep speaking the languages. My wife is Chinese and yes she speaks ENGLISH. Assimilate or leave…

Drop dead, AA…

ALL OF YOU, including YOU, AA, can leave.

My people would like their land back.

I didnlt know non Euro-Americans had any interest in science….not at my college, anyway.

Was his intentional exclusion of Mandarin, Arabic, Japanese, German, French and Korean because he is a racist and prejudiced those minorities?

Why would he make a point of excluding so many other languages in use in the United States today and select only Spanish to equate with English, thereby showing discrimination to all other minorities?

This country is divided enough as is-it’s past time to make English the official language of the U.S. This principle should be fired for disrespecting the U.S. Speak Spanish all you want in the privacy of your own home if you want to; the language in general use here is ENGLISH!

…and you can go back to Mexico. You have a country. The problem is it is corrupt and failed so Mexico exports its problems to the US. Mexico jails then deports illegals in its country, yet calls us racist when we suggest the same policy. This hypocrisy will not last. I am tiring of the hospitality we show in this country. It’s time to repeal the 1965 Immigration Act and kick the illegals out before this country becomes Balkanized.

Check this out: http://www.cis.org/articles/1995/back395.html

You go back to Mexico, if you don’t like the fact ENGLISH is the language we
speak here in the United States Of AMERICA, not Mexico. You can only push American’s so much on this issue before we start pushing back!

“I figured why not do it in Spanish? I think it’s important for me to make sure all the families feel comfortable,” said Esquivel.

Liar. He most certainly did NOT want ALL families to feel comfortable. Not by a long shot. In fact, he probably wanted to tick off the English-speaking families.

Try to rationalize all you want with your trailer argument, but there’s a reason mexico is a third world trash heap, and America is the richest first world nation that supplies the world with technologies and aid in times of crisis.

The underlying motive behind denying American culture is predicated on usurpation. The pro-illegal crowd intends to simply steal what wasn’t granted back in their own countries. They didn’t have the means or courage to overthrow the corrupt governments that they’re fleeing from. In the not-so-distant past, they were humble in their desire to become ‘Americanized’. But the need to move millions into this nation has emboldened their rhetoric. They now intend to take it all by force. As we have no representative government looking out for the interests of the American citizenry, we would be advised to cease this wasteful discussion over our right to national sovereignty and organize a national defense force. We have a constitutional right and obligation to do so. End of discussion!

AA your comment makes no sense. i am a native American

I doubt that Eddy, since you don’t know the difference between “your” and “you’re”!

How did so many spanish speaking parents get visas to live in America??? Is it ONLY spanish speaking people applying to be a legal immigrant? I’m SURE these parents that do not speak English are not illegal immigrants. So, if that’s so, how do SO MANY Mexican folks get the PRIVILEGE to be a legal citizen and live if this great country? People,there is a tsunami of Mexicans living in EVERY COMMUNITY of America. Thank you Jimmy Carter for allowing illegal immigrants to work here in America. Now we have to clean up the mess you made. This is an emergency, that’s how bad it is.

One thing that cracks me up is that even in Mexico the more “Spanish” a person is, meaning light skinned, the more highly the are regarded and the better they will do in that country. If Mexicans really were true to their “culture”. the majority of them would be serfs or slaves.

Correct: ‘Hispanic’ is merely a -language- group… Spaniards are EUROPEAN.

If the mestizo/Mexicans want to speak the indigenous ‘native’ language, they had better start learning to Navajo, Mayan, and Aztec.

Spaniards are white Europeans, take a good look at the ruling class in South America.

My child speaks Spanish, French and English fluently. She could find a job anywhere.

Jose if you want to debate or compare the environmental policies of America vs mexico or the environmental cleanliness of America vs mexico, I’ll slap you around all day long. But if you don’t enjoy losing, you should probably keep your mouth shut. Get it hombre?

Eddy: “…you’re kids who don’t speak English…”? If you could speak English yourself, you would know that “your kids” is correct.

“[I] wouldn’t be offended. We’re a melting pot,” said one person we spoke with.

Might want to look up what “melting pot” means. I don’t think it means what you think it does. You’re thinking of a pot with un-melted solids floating around in it.

I think the speech being repeated in Spanish was for the benefit of the parents for whom English is a second language. But I am not surprised you did not know that, Billy Joe Ray Bob. Go sing another chorus of “This land was made, fer folks like ME!” LoL!

I could tell the reporter was leading the story to be supportive of the principal as soon as she asked the leading question, “You didn’t mean to offend anyone, correct?” Someone with journalistic integrity wouls have asked “why did you do it” or “what were your intentions”. The reporting only became more biased from there. The media is a joke.

Pick one. Sure wasn’t English or my Spanish.

There were very few here. Those that were here died mostly from disease. Why don’t we talk about how those tribes were treating each other? The Trail of Tears? That was where Pres. Jackson marched them to Oklahoma. Terrible. However, why doesn’t anyone ever talk about how the Cherokee came out of modern day Ohio and kicked the other Indian tribes off the land that Jackson kicked them off of? Why not ask the Arabs to give back North Africa to the Ancient Egyptians or the Middle East to the Jews and Christians? Why not ask the black Africans to give Sub-Saharan African back to the Khoisan? Only might makes right in this world when it’s all said and done. It’s time for Americans to stop letting ourselves get pushed around. People are going to have to start leaving or there is going to be a problem.

“Stop calling me racist just because I disagree with policy.” ~ http://www.texasonlineradio.com/2011/06/stop-calling-me-racist-just-because-i.html

This is just another example as to how liberals continue to hold people down. They try to convince others that it is part of allowing them to keep their culture but it creates a situtation where the remain dependent on the government by limiting their life opportunities.

They have done this with Blacks by allowing them to use Ebonics, Hispanics using Spanish and every other immigrant by using their native language. As long as the are limited by their inability to communivate ot read which is considered being illiterate, they have to depend on the government.

Liberals are not helping these people, the are killing their futures.

Now you are getting a case of the stupids.

You are very right. That principal should know better, what if he had some Asian or Russian students also in his class? Would he then try to do the speech in multiple languages? The American taxpayer is paying for schools and this principal better remember that – enough with all of this. Pull the plug on the Federal Education complex.

So next year if he has a Chinese, Swahili, and German speaking students is he going to speak in their languages also? RIDICULOUS!!!

Because it’s segregation. It doesn’t matter the majority, his actions reflected a refusal to have students integrate into America. We aren’t multicultural, we are a melting pot, and anything else is simply balkanization without any intent in truly living together as Americans.

Well, at least your phony philosophy allows you to hide your racism. Sure is great being able to rail against a group other than blacks and wrap yourself in the flag while doing so, huh? Tell you what, general, you start the war and see how many follow you. Be sure to paint “Command KKKar” on the side of your beat up pickup truck so everyone can recognize your authority. LoL.

The racist behavior from Hispanics seem to be ignored or encourage for what ever reason. The amount of illegal aliens in the country is beyond alarming. They spit on our kindness and freedoms. Are we the citizens tired of the sell out politician who kisses the butt of illegals while they spit on us, just like the illegal aliens spit o us. Learn English just like every other legal citizen. Why was this man hired? Token??

If we were not subsidizing 20-30 million illegal immigrants to the tune of $100 billion dollars a year, we would be able to help those Americans who need it.

Instead, we’re destroying the wealth of this country, and lowering the quality of life in every facet–from the environment to schools and healthcare. But we are creating a permanent lower class with very little to no education, no English skills, and more importantly, no will to assimilate.

Biden saw his shadow!!!

http://thewashingtonfancy.com/2011/06/biden-sees-shadow-six-more-weeks-of-economic-recovery/

“In California, Hispanics make up about half of the students”

Take away the illegals, and the percentage is MUCH lower.

Depends what your definition of American Valuesl are.
MIne are……

FREEDOM. ( The abiltiy of the individual, not the goverment or Church deciiding how to live.
FREE SPEECH. The speech you mentioned WAS in English, It was also performed in Spansih.
RESPOSNIBILITY. Acknowledging that we the people are responsible for our actions…not the government. It is the parents resposibilty to decide what is right for their kids.

The parents need to learn English too, Beavis.

Fire the principal, but do it in Spanish. This is America, speak English or get the hell out.

@John-great comeback! Per capita, Native Americans can boast that they, more than any other ethnic group, serve in the military. And no, I am not native american,
As to the melting pot comment in the article. Does the principle realize that a melting pot is there to bring the elements into one common nation? Under one common culture? It doesn’t mean you have to lose your culture, preserve it by all means, celebrate it; but, realize that you are an American first and foremost and we should all work to preserve and protect the values, and ideas that have made this nation the light of liberty for centuries. Perfect? No. When we veer from the ideals that made us great we tend to shine far less bright. That is what is happening with multicultural-ism . And that is what some people want. They want to divide us, create factions and schisms. Let’s not let that happen. One Nation, under God, INDIVISABLE, with Liberty and Justice for all.

When i was growing up back east in the 50′s and 60′s I had a lot of friends whose parents spoke English poorly and/or whose grandparents did not speak English at all. None of those people were Hispanic. I know they would certainly get a pass from you, after all, they were white and therefor A-Okay, right?

They will need to know spanish when they’re picking fruit. No need to know english if you’re not going off to college.

How ignorant are you? They of course wouldn’t be graduating if the did not speak/understand English. Its only in America where speaking a second language is deemed upon as wrong. Keep teaching your kids only one language, see how far they’ll get here.

The parents should be speaking English as well. You want to live here and work here and earn money here???? Learn the language. Go to France or Germany or Japan or China….see how accomodating they are??? Or how about Mexico or Brazil or Venezuela??? If you are an illegal there, you go to jail. You are expected to learn the language and places won’t hire you otherwise.

If you dislike this country so much….find another one.

That’s awesome that all Liberals think the same and you know what they are thinking. It must make being a troll easy for you.

The official language is Spanish. It’s a well known fact that the Declaration of Independence was originally written in Spanish by Tomas Jeffersonez.

Liberals support and encourage “diversity” along ethnic and racial lines because it it enables them to control them, get them to vote democrat when they need to, and pit one group against the other doing nothing to actually address concerns any segment has.

The gesture seems nice enough, but there is an underlying persistent problem: it enables. Although I would clearly see this as a nice exception it should be mentioned: enablilng tends to give longevity to the assimilation challenge. Graduation addresses are not repeated in Korean, Italian, Japanese….to bring clarity for other immiigrants; and in fact, it has probably served those well forcing them to learn English quickly and making daily challenges easier. Many “noble” intentions tend to do more harm than good. Sometimes tough love is a shorter and better path for all.

Welcome to Mexifornia.

My grandfather came over from Italy when he was just a boy, both he and my great-grandmother learned English in the US and made it their primary language. Yes, they still held to a few native customs, but embraced their new country, flying the US flag instead of the Italian one. When WWII broke out, my grandfather fought on the side of the US, not his native Italy. If we went to war with Mexico, do you think Mexican immigrants would fight on the side of the US? I’ve seen far to many parades where Mexican immigrants sit on their butts when the stars and stripes goes by, but jump to their feet and wave their own Mexico flags when a Mexican float goes by. They have no desire to become American’s, they’re just here to leach off our system and try to turn out country into the one that they left. If it’s so great, then why leave? If it truly sucks, then why proudly wave the flag on American soil?

thqat’s rightr…and being Mexican is a race??? There is no where else in the world that you can illegally cross into a country, live there, and work there. Try it in Mexico if you are not a citizen and see what happens….you will be in jail.

Good point, I will be sure to ask yours when she is done.

If this principal has to repeat the graduation address in Spanish, it does not speak well for the job he has done educating the students.

Amen

This is complicated, does it need to be?

It is said there are two sides to every story. I never seen just two sides, there was always more than that. The Fairness doctrine says we need to see both sides of an issue. I have never seen an issue with 2 sides. There are always more. If we are going to accomidate audence inclusion and the melting pot experiance, we need to do this for all the languages that have an interest in the graduation, not just two.

The simple, less complex thing of course is to just speak English.

It is the American way to ignore crude behavior of people whose IQ’s are below 75. Esquivel’s certainly is. Democrats are the biggest ignorers of those with low IQ’s because those people are easy to control through emotional arguments. Bless this country, oh, Lord. I thought the Children of Israel were inept. Now, I’m certain that Americans are worse.

Now HERE’S a clever and original comment!

Good one…

“Esquival says he’ll probably do the same thing at next year’s commencement”

Not to worry. In another 2 years he won’t even have to bother doing it in English.

Amazing coincidence!

I couldn’t have said it better !

I do believe English or Spanish was neither of the first languages spoken by the first Americans of the land. There were so many so pick one.

my dad was native american,we were forced to learn the English language and rightly so.I believe we can assimilate into a culture but still keep our culture,ask Germans or Polish or Italian immigrants(legal).they were proud to assimilate.It helped them to suceed.I think some things in the program could have been in Spanish,but that’s where I’d draw the line.

Better yet, just pay the principal in Pesos. See how quickly they change their tune then,

I’m a conservative Republican, and I see nothing wrong with what the principal did. Some of the parents of these kids may not know English very well. What is wrong with making sure they get to hear the message? Quit picking on people just because they attempt to accomodate others.

What economic turmoil is Canada in? Learn your facts before posting erroneous information. Canada has the stablist banking system in the world

If this is a graduating class….don’t they know how to read and speak English? Stupid me…what am i saying…

I agree alfonsojr. We are a bi-lingual country now .. get used to it. Now we need to make sure our kids learn Chines, Arabic or Russian as well … so we may have a chance of keeping up as the world evolves.

And really intelligent people understand the simplest path to assimilation into a new area is to learn the host language quickly. Enabling that not to happen does more harm than good. Everyone understands it is terrific to speak multiple languages, but not to see the advantage of understanding and speaking English in the US is profoundly stupid. It makes your day to day life easier; communnicating with others easier; understanding the news easier; understanding the weather easier; understanding everything here eaiser; getting a job eaiser. Enabling others not to have to learn the host language is oppressive and keeps them in the often unenviable status quo. We have spent nearly 50 trillion dollars enabling African American via job preference, academic preference, quotas, every financial aid under the son…to what result? The same challenges (50% HS grad rates, 70% fatherless rates, high teen age pregnancies….) exist as 50 years ago. Perhaps these programs did more to enable the behavior because it definitely didn’t seem to change it. Parents who come here and make it job one to learn English, tend to have children that succeed in school, college, and life. Those who tend not to, tend to have much lower success rates. Being nice doesn’t mean being easy.

People tend to forget that the EPA was Nixon’s baby. People tend to forget that the greatest boost in American infrastructure took place under Eisenhower when the upper bracket tax rate was 70%. People tend to forget that the policies of Reagan and Bush helped more businesses go overseas without penalty.

And from your comment above it sounds like you are negative 5.

I think Mr. Esquival is simply pandering to the media and his fellow liberal elites.

This is America. The official language is English. Immigrants should be required to learn the language if they want to become legal citizens. All official communications should be delivered in English. If companies or local governments want to spend more money to provide them in a second language they are free to do so. But I will never vote for any other language than English.

and they say Europe is anti-American? Your comment is about as stupid and unAmerican as they come- I think you need to leave America …. I just thought that I should have left this comment in spanish… but then that would make you feel even dumber

I just heard that a prinipal in a school in Mexico just delivered his speech in English! go figure…..

His original spelling is indicative of his intelligence level … also his comment.

Not that it means anything but IT IS the law that to become a US citizen one must have a basic understanding of English in both the written and spoken word. So there is a very good chance if the parents do not know English, they are here ILLEGALLY.

Uh, Wade – sorry to tell you this, but Spanish is a Western Language, and Spanish culture is Western Culture. I know that we speak English here in the US. But what harm is done if this man wants to reach out to the people in his community who speak Spanish. Really – was anyone harmed in any possible way by this?

a house divided cannot stand against itself. that’s why the dems are always trying to divide us.

Why in the world would a principal use this second tier language? It is the language of our modern day slaves. Clearly no self respecting person chooses spanish. One is forced to use it to communicate to the hordes of undesirables flooding this great nation.

You are in America speak English!! Assimilate or leave the United States of America..

This is America!! Teach the children ENGLISH!!!

You are very wise to want your children to be fluent in a second language. Keep it up .. they will thank you later. (Mine spent part of their childhood in Italy and are bi-lingual Italian-English, all speak Spanish as well.)
I wish many others on this forum were equally as wise.

Getting to this party late. Good one Marcus. Exactly what I thought.

You are in America speak English!! Assimilate or leave the United States of America.

I am a “real” conservative Republican. And, as such I would expect the new comers to the United States to learn the language-English. It is the reponsible thing to do. All Americans should at least have a common language. That does not mean that Spanish speakers should not speak Spanish, but it does mean they should learn to understand English so as to give them the very best chance to succeed in this country. And what the principle did was not accomadate others by speaking Spanish, he enabled them by letting them off the hook.

Wait… because we ALLOWED people to cross our border illegally, we are now REQUIRED to present everything to them in their native language? Seriously?

Of course the bigger issue is that one of the requirements for graduation is (or is supposed to be) a certain mastery of English. If the principal needed to give the commencement in Spanish in order to be understood, then the school has utterly failed. I wonder if the graduates learned anything about math or science? More to the point, I wonder if they studied Mexican history instead of American history?

Well said. Someone needs to remind this guy that this isn’t Mexico. That’s the whole reason all these Mexicans are here…BECAUSE IT’S NOT MEXICO.

The country is a cesspool over flowing with corruption, crime and poverty. It got that way because Mexicans run the place. That’s just the simple truth.

Sorry but I don’t ‘celebrate’ their culture anymore than I do the Rwandans culture. All it is to me and anyone with two eyes and a brain is a primitive existance of primitive people who as a society have never amounted to anything.

Hay muchos locos en este pais!

Don;t know what we’re saying?? Maybe time to learn Spanish! )

Two serious problems with the article; Tim Howard of the U.S. Soccer Team did not create the controversy, tournament officials created the controversy. Howard is the patriot. Secondly, weren’t three people cited in this article representing one side, and only one person representing the other side? A clear bias on the part of the author. So much for journalistic integrity. Or was it done out of ….. como se dice, uhhh, ‘incompetence’ en espanol?

ENGLISH as the national language!!!!

You actually still believe there are two different parties??
Look beyod the matrix.

This is insulting to America is – we speak English. If I had a child in a school in Italy, I wouldn’t want that principle to speak the ceremony in English – it’s Italy and respect that!!!! You “warm and fuzzy” liberals would demand that we preserve the Italian our any other foreign country’s culture, but it’s your hypocrisy that comes out when it’s in this country.

@Jon Andrews-100% English Speaking American – It’s America and our national language is English.

You must be one of those libs that think illegal aliens have not broken any laws. Always forgetting the Illegal part.

A very astute comment. Well done!

The U.S. doesn’t have an “official” language like other countries do. Providing language services in Spanish was well within the principal’s rights.

So what are you all scared of?

That the country will be overrun by Mexicans speaking Spanish?

Or all you all just scared of going to school to learn another language?

When I first read the headline, I figured it had to be a California school…Zephyr Cove, NEVADA!! You blitering left leaning schmuck…speak English!

Europe has already discovered that multi-culturalism is failing miserably. Non-assimilation and exploitation by immigrants, legal or illegal is taking down the economies of countries around the world. Another problem is that many American citizens no longer know the true history and founding values of our country. They vote with their “feelings” instead of their knowledge on the facts.
If you really believe that those in government are doing a kindness to illegals by allowing them to stay in the country, then you are sorely misguided. It is all for votes of power by their anchor-babies and the Hispanic population.
The principal of this school has proven his bias…he is Hispanic and obviously is sympathetic to illegals. They are the parents of some of his students and by catering to their non-assimilation, he shows no loyalty to the U.S., which has provided him with the freedom of having a good living.

I agree … and um, I seem to recall that SPANISH was the native language of the American southwest until at least the mid 1800′s. And of course, native american languages before that.
So .. let’s go back to the origins: everyone learn a native american language of their region first, then Spanish, then English … those on the East coast can learn German instead of Spanish. After all, if 3 votes had gone the other way in the Constitutional Convention, German would have become our ‘official’ language. Es lebe das Reich!
Better get busy, folks.

If they couldn’t understand English, they shouldn’t have graduated. As for their parents living in American, they should have learned Engllish also. It was a disgrace to have to deliver the address in Spanish. Do they deliver such addresses in Mexico in English…..you bet they don’t.

I say let them speak Spanish, all it does is secure a permanent underclass for the rest of Americans. A Spanish-Only citizen (or non-citizen) will never get a ‘real’ job. They’ll never even get through ‘real’ college. At my high-paying corporate job there is not a single person who does not speak excellent English. Even the people we deal with in Mexico and South America speak excellent English. Our Hispanic cleaning lady even speaks great English! The only reason this worries me is because I may have a hard time ordering at McDonalds in certain parts of town, or if I have to sit through a longer graduation ceremony because all of the speeches are given twice. Otherwise, props to the bilingual principal.

Yes!!!!!

Good comment.

You also live in this small world with other people and other cultures, learning and speaking other languages only makes your children smarter and expand the knowledge. But then again if you have racist instincts and biases then you obviously do not get the big picture. The second most spoken language in this nation is Spanish.

It is not easy to learn a second langguage as an adult and some people really struggle with it. I am sure the parents understand and speak enough English to navigate their daily life, but to hear the commencent speech in their own language .. I can only imagine how happy that made them feel.
Oh .. but it is more important to keep up the hysterionicsof
“English ONLY’ than to 1) be kind and 2) acknowledge reality.

Thank, Jim. You are so right.

itchy, you’re right except I have to ask if a liberal really can be “elite”

Can’t have this, can we? Keep speaking other languages in our schools and one day our kids might actually learn something useful from their 13 years of drudgery…

Why should he Asimilate or leave? English is not America’s National Language, until we pass State or Federal laws making it so. Until then he is not only free to use Spanish French of Chinese he is wishes, there is no law he is breaking in doing so. As long as he gave the speech in English and Spanish, I do not see what the fuss is about.

If you feel strongly about the issue, push your representative to make English the offical State language of Calf. until then, all your squaking os for naught

FOLKS…THIS IS NOT NEW!!! Back in the early 80′s I was a Speech Pathologist working inKern County (Bakersfield) and needed interpreters to do plans for illegals who were 3rd generation! Been in the States for 30 years taking advantage and we 9tax payers) had to pay to have someone explain what I was going to do for their little Juan or Juanita. Drove me nutz

No it is not and that is the problem. The US has no official national language. Contact your State and Congressional Representative if you wish to change this fact.

I have no problem at all with what the principal did, but the author errs in comparing it to the Tim Howard incident. Howard was angered by the fact that the entire post-game ceremony was conducted in Spanish – exclusively. It was insulting to have that done in an American city, (it would never have been done in the reverse) and I have a hard time believing it was intended otherwise. The author should also take note that the controversy was created, not by Tim Howard, but by whoever at CONCACAF decided to so flagrantly insult their hosts.

My comment, as a former George Whittell High School student from long ago, would be, we live in the United States of America. If your child is graduating from a school in France and you happen to be in the audience, do you think the principal will translate into English just for you?

“The U.S. doesn’t have an “official” language like other countries do.”

English is the international language of business. Want to be successful, Jonathon? You speak English. Everywhere. This principal knows this, and if he doesn’t, he isn’t doing these children any favors, and is hindering their growth. The parents aren’t the ones he serves; he serves the children by preparing them to be successful in the world. They won’t be successful by coddling them.

Um, this school is in Nevada, so it doesn’t matter what California does.

We need a constitutional amendment. . .
“ENGLISH ONLY”

Beautiful comment

“I’m doing what is right for all my families and I know I’ll take a hit for it, but it won’t stop me from doing what’s right for my families,” he said.

So is he talking about all of the white, koreana and japanese families too?
Dos he know he will take a hit because only ‘his families’ know Spanish and everybody else doesn’t?
Who made this racist the all-knowing power that knows what’s right for ‘his families’ ?
Who, exactly, are ‘his families’?
This Esquival guy might as well have spit on the ground, drew a line with his foot and stepped over it saying, “Hey, guess what America, our illegals are here to stay and there’s nothing you can do about it. We’re going to slowly take over by talking how we want and making as many babies that we want while your government pays for them all. By forcing your President and our puppet Harry Reid to beg for amnesty because ‘my families’ (aka their voters) are continuing to populate these lands as much as we can..and oh yeah, by the way, we’ll be booing ‘our’ American Soccer Team after they lose to the Mexicans, too…all the while hiding behind a Constitution that we not only don’t abide by, but we care nothing about it.”

Crespin Esquivel is wrong.

Two words come to mind after reading your comment there daneboy….the 1st word is bull…………….

Fire that principal before he does any more damage.

I’m hispanic but this would still have ticked me off. What country are we living in? why did I bother to learn English at all?

Let them speak Spanish if it turns them on….I agree…they are a permanent underclass and will become future hamburger flippers and toilet cleaners.

I’m so tired of our elitist American attitudes. Many advanced countries learn English as a requirement in their schools. Why must we think because we live in the US that English is the ONLY language we should learn? Take a look around, we are far from superior these days. I think we all need to be learning Chinese!

I bet legal Hispanics think this was a horror. It sends the wrong message to our hard working ethnic kids who know English is the lingo they need for commerce, jobs, interviews. Unless they wish to stay in the ghettoes, the gangs and fear for their lives from the illegal-gangs that exist. This silly admin. is the problem not the cure for unifying our nation against the cartels, our Islamofascist enemies, against socialists that ruin our economy with a so called jobless recovery. Only SF could have done such an inane thing……again.

I wonder if to make a point the principal would also speak pig Latin if there were several students that insisted on it being their first language? Big thumbs down to him on this issue. Look at the millions of people from the many nations and backgrounds that have come to America for centuries…. most gave up their “first” language to create a new and better country from where they came from. Why do HISPANICS always get a pass? Just like the gentleman that was recently speaking through an interpreter in an official forum was asked by a representative why if you’ve been here 30+ years don’t you speak English? The answer was of course as expected “I do… I just wont”.

Your argument would have made sense if the ceremony had been Spanish-only.

We live in a multilingual and multicultural world. Deal with it.

Do native Enlgish-speakers make up 20% or more of Mexico’s population? Not yet, maybe one day they will as the two countries merge. Then all commencent addresses & other public speeches in both countries may be in two langauges .. like is often the case in Switzerland which has 4 official languages.

It is difficult for adults to learn a foreign language fluently so I think it was very gracious of the principal to give the address in both languages, honoring a large percentage of his graduating class.
And he’s an educated principal … he’s bi-linigual.

…and the people who have been dominating you ever since that time have spoken ENGLISH (ingles, para ti).

You all seem to forget that America is a country of immigrants.

If you think illegal immigration is a problem, try talking to American Indians.

He’s no doubt a complete liberal ,Obama supporting moron.Another PC idiot thinking he’s saving the world.
Fire his ass.

Throw school leaders out that cannot respect this country enough to speak English! If the Spanish speaking community cannot understand English, then they should learn, use it when in public. I do not care what they do in private.
Morons like this guy thinks he is being polically correct? He is being disrespectful to all who were born here, and do not speak a FORIEN LANGUAGE!

What country were you in, Africa?

What are leeches good for!?! Taking, not giving.

Good Job!

No we need one that says: “todos los idiomas son bienvenidos”

Then again an ass like you sees no difference between legal and illegal immigrant.Try just walking into Mexico and settling down. They shoot you there. NO country on earth just LETS people walk in and live there.

“como se dice, uhhh, ‘incompetence’ en espanol?”

There are two words … Drudge and Conservative

wow … I hope they don’t take your job away from you, it would be hard if not impossible for you to find another with your obvious qualificatios…

My exact thoughts on evert May 5th. Besides most of them don’t really know what they are celebrating. They just want to hate the country that is feeding, clothing and caring for them.

Give the principal a remedial course in American History—the factual version, not the Liberal re-write. Demote him and restrict him from ever being a principal or executive in any education department. Or, you could just make him pack his bags and ship him to Mexico.

Since we are melting pot, and come from diverse backgrounds, the one thing that holds us together as a people and nation is a common LANGUAGE.

Learn as many languages as you want, but officially, all business and schools should be in English.

We are becoming a Tower of Babel….

Mexican Spanish is “gutter” Spanish. Learn to speak English or back to Mexico. We don’t need you here.

Idiot. Other countries learn English because it is the language of business. I am English and like most English people I only speak English. I’ve never needed to speak Spanish. Has nothing to do with superiority. The Mexicans think they are superior ‘La Raza’.

ABSOLUTELY INSANE!!!! And you people wonder why California is going down the toilet??!!! If you truly want to live in a Third World country, like Mexico, GO THERE!!!! Don’t drag this country down to that level!!!

Why are you assuming the graduating kids don’t know English?? He was doing this for their parents. I’m sure they know English as well but maybe not at the level to fully understand a commencement address.
Kudos to the Principal! We need more open minds (and bi-lingual educators) like him!

Well said!

BS

If you notice, the majority of the “english only’ zealots are not exactly literate in written English. Just saying….
Learning a second language is also a great way to inprove your grammatical knowledge of your own language.

Gigi, let’s hope that idiots like you stay away from any decision making. I’d suggest you go back to school and learn American History the right way, but I fear it would just go over your head or slide off your back. Anyway, keep your idiotic comments to yourself.

Jonathan, you’re a clueless twit. This “nation of immigrants” came together under one language – ENGLISH!!!! What liberal a-holes like you seem to be advocating is a Balkanization of America – a divided America. An America where we all have different values and languages that assures our eventual demise. Tell you what, comrade, go live in Mexico!!!

Well said. It amazing how easily Tim Howard is the one who created the controversy not the event organizers. Add in the insults thrown at Team USA by the crowd, it’s hard to imaging even interpretting it as Tm Howard as the cause.

We should all learn Klingon.

Can we force YOU to learn English? “sites”???

The woman is an idiot. Chances are the families of many of the graduates work in the casinos and hotels at Stateline and South Lake Tahoe, and many parents don’t speak English.

If you are going to complain, complain to the employers at Lake Tahoe for hiring non-English-speaking people, including illegals.

What a stupid comment. No one is saying no to learning another language – everyone should be well versed in another language. English should be the ONLY language used officially. One of the reasons America is having problems is due to liberals who want to kowtow to all minority groups and purposefully insure the demise of our country. They hate it and any true American hates liberals. They are watching the happenings in Greece with a twinkle in their eyes – salivating for the day it happens here in the USA.

AMEN!!!

Agree!

What most of the english-zealot posters are NOT getting is that the graduating kids know English, their parents probably know limited English. The principal, who is bi-lingual, was just being gracious by allowing the parents to understand ALL the commencemt address by repeating it in their native language.
A great principal!

BS – It’s not elitist. It’s a slippery slope, that’s getting worse. Look around, and see how we are catering to this one group. Other immigrants came to America (legally) and melt in, so why not hispanics ? Look at how Canada delt with the French Canadians. The English speaking Cnadians majority are stuck with the expense and frustration of paying for dual language on all products. And still the French are pains in the a$$.

Maybe – if it said “empesando primero con el engles.” (starting with English first)

Kudos, Michael!

Too many confuse “American” values with their own narrow, outdated & exclusionary values.

Go back to Mexico you freak! Wanna live in the U.S., learn to speak the national language. My in-laws moved here from Hong Kong as adults and they speak English because it was required to become a citizen. You Mexican jerks think you’re entitled to everything in the U.S. without giving anything. Free education and medical care but god forbid you pay taxes. You disgust me.

THEN HAVE THE PRINCIPAL SEE LINDA…..SHE HAS TOILET CLEANING JOBS….ALL YOU HAVE TO KNOW IS SE HABLA ESPANOL…………

While I agree that Americans should be learning a second or third language in grade school, it is quite frustrating that every job I qualify for requires that I speak Spanish. Very irritating!!!

No speak English, no graduate.

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Because the English, Dutch, French, and Spanish were legal immigrants who murdered and drove out the Indians.

I don’t know what part of Mexico you’re talking about. There’s a huge expat community there and most of them are still alive.

Big d
I think everybody missed Esquival’s main point as to why he said it in Spanish when he said “I’m doing what is right for all my families and I know I’ll take a hit for it, but it won’t stop me from doing what’s right for my families,” Really, who are these “my families”? Does he have more than one family? Or is it that Esquival is speaking eclusively to illegal alien kids and “my families” in their native language ebonic Spanish ( Mexican ). I wonder if this Esquival is himself an illegal alien preaching to “my families” to the exclusion of American families ( inclusive of Spanish heritage ). I wonder why nobody pcked up on Esquival’s contempt for America and “American families.

Problem is this. Many migrants have become way to lax! Why? Because mainly liberals are pushing this new age America where Hispanics are getting a free pass. And taking way too much credit for things they are only keeping up. Not originally laying down. So now the outright bluntness is surfacing because they believe they are entitled to such treatment. They feel that they can stay within their culture while the rest has to come out of theirs. To me this is arrogance! You don’t see Africans, Asians, or any other ethnic groups pushing (2) for their native language. If would be one thing if they tried to assimilate. But they have it in their heads that we are treading on them and not the other way around. If you have a belief system of such, can you imagine if the liberals push an amnesty? I do believe the Constitution needs to be amended. Why? Because it was not meant for those the world over whether black, white, or any other group to come here illegally, have children, and they are citizens. That piece of legislation was for freed slaves that were basically kicked out of a bondage system w/ no legal rights to this nation. And too lost to ever think of making it back to the western coast of Africa. And now those same people are known as African Americans. It was so that they could be recognized at that time as 1/4th citizen and have an identify w/ this nation and not w/ Mexico whom they should NOT have been afforded citizenship w/. Why? Because they served this nation. I digress. I say all of this so that my Latinos folks can learn some truth to what the “forefathers” were referencing. That aside. If you give a little dog move room to bark and run. Sooner or later he is going to think he is indeed a big dog. This is what is occurring now in the states. They fold under pressure across the border. But want to act like big dogs on this side. I feel for the families that did it the right way. Why? Because they will be looked at as an illegal. And that is not right. Why? Because they did it the right way.

He needs to be FIRED before the next school year. The principal has shown he has very questionable judgement and a disdain for the United States. Pandering to ILLEGAL aliens (legal immigrants are required to be able to speak English) is disgusting and encourages criminal activity. Shame on this government hack, union loser……

an essentially biased article with this reporter asking loaded questions with answers already paraphrased and saying the US Soccer team goalie created controversy. this is still the US with English still being the native language.

Fire this anchor baby and deport him.

You’re right: English helped bring all of us together, BUTwe didn’t say that we couldn’t speak other languages in public.

Also, I have lived in Mexico, so what’s your point?

Great post, BMF!

Freeman – You are right. It is a Spanish form of ebonics. My wife is from Spain and laughs at the Mexicans as most of them can’t speak proper Spanish let alone spell it. Just adding El/La and ending in O/A doesn’t make it a Spanish word.

(sigh) The KIDS speak English .. the address was for their PARENTS.
The probem with the english-only zealots is their functional illiteracy.

Mike, you’ve said it all!
Unfortunatly most of the english-only zealots will need to run to their dictionaries (if they know how to use one) since you used big words like ‘educated’

Mike, Mike, Mike…..were you born here? I base my question on your comment, “the people who come here and learn English are more educated than the people born here who can barely read, write and speak proper English.” If you’re going to make such a bold statement, you may want to check YOUR spelling and grammer. You can’t expect to be taken seriously if your post wasn’t important enough to care about the very issues about which you rant..

Mike

“If youy* read the story, it will answer your question. Both English and Spanish and* taught at the school. He did the speech in both languages. What’s the problem.*(?) The people who come here and learn English are more educated than the people born here who can barely read, write and speak proper English. The immgirants* have two languages. That puts them a leg on*(up) on many of the rubes here.”

Graduate in Mexico City and listen to the proud English speaker applauding the graduates. Only problem is, people aren’t fleeing to Mexico Ctiy. The entire country is a pile of dung and corruption. Try speaking English at graduation. They will HANG you out to dry from the nearest bridge. They appreciate diversity so much, they can’t have it at home, so they brought it over here. And forced it on us. Illegal is illegal. A back that gets soaked crossing a river is a wet back. Truth is truth. Call it what you will.

Yes, Linda, their PARENTS, the illegal aliens who don’t UNDERSTAND English.

I live in Peru and I had to learn to function in the language of Peru. Immigrant parents have to adapt to help their kids to adapt. ASSIMILATE and aid the process Mr Esquivel. Stop kissing peoples a****

Este principio es un idiota y un facilitador para los que están aquí ilegalmente y legalmente. Para permitir que aquellos que no han tratado de asimilar a la lengua de este país y doblar a la estupidez PC es una burla de nuestras leyes y normas. Sigue así y las cosas malas están a punto de suceder.

The probem with the spanish-only zealots is their functional illiteracy.

Linda, you seem to be right on top of things here…..give the kids the toilet cleaning jobs they have earned and deport their illegal parents.

This principal is a moron and facilitator for those who are here illegally and legally. To enable those who have not tried to assimilate to the language of this country and bend to the PC stupidity makes a mockery of our laws and standards. Keep it up and bad things are soon to happen.

Neither. He’s an educator — “HIS” parents are the parents of HIS students. Nothing sinister in that…

Speech was in both languages. No big deal. Had he JUST done it in Spanish, that would be problematic…

I hope we do. If English is de facto for the past 200+ years, then it should be the official language.

This the USA—we speak English, not Spanish!!!!! What the hell is the matter with this principal—-maybe he needs to leave the country!!!

And of course, the profanity, and the fact that they didn’t bother to read the original article (or maybe it would take to long trying to sound out each word) or they would know the principal gave the speech for the parents, not the graduating kids who DO KNOW ENGLISH and I would guess, know it much better than the english-only zealots in here.
If the future belongs to the educated, it is clear from the posts in here which way it is going … in 20 years or so we should be a bi-lingual nation and those who can’t keep up, they can take the CA fruit-picking jobs as Mexicans move up the ladder, as they invariably do.

Millions of Americans are descendents of Spanish families that have been in North America for hundreds of years. If they want to speak the language of their heritage, that’s their right.

For the principal to recite his short speech in Spanish AFTER he said it in English is truly insignificant and only false patriots would even mention this as if it were an act of War!

Kudos, Steve!

If the kids speak english, then the parents should know how to speak and understand in english.I think it is great to learn to speak several languages but english is the offical language in the USA.If you go to school in Mexico, you better be able to speak spanish.

Hilarious! These are the tactics you are teaching your daughter? You better hope it doesn’t get her into trouble because that’s what you’re asking for.

Anglos morons? What percentage of this country is actually anglo. Just because you’re white doesn’t make you Anglo. Shows your intellect

Todd …. if you read and write American English, you’d know that in this country we spell “judgment” with only One “e” – judgment.

By the way your comment in its entirety really sucks. Are you really so foolish?

I say let them speak Spanish, all it does is secure a permanent underclass for the rest of Americans. A Spanish-Only citizen (or non-citizen) will never get a ‘real’ job. They’ll never even get through ‘real’ college. At my high-paying corporate job there is not a single person who does not speak excellent English. Even the people we deal with in Mexico and South America speak excellent English. Our Hispanic cleaning lady even speaks great English! The only reason this worries me is because I may have a hard time ordering at McDonalds in certain parts of town, or if I have to sit through a longer graduation ceremony because all of the speeches are given twice. Otherwise, props to the bilingual principal.

I seldom respond to comment – writers but when one states truth and facts with such clarity, I feel it necessary to compliment him.
You, NewzJunkie1 are a refeshingly knowledgeable citizen.
Our cultures’ big problem is to how to “grow” more citizens like you.

Why do you assume that they don’t pay taxes?

Linda, is dangling the participial your friend? There is a difference between grammar and communicating through speech. I say the Principal should be criticized because what he did was rude to the audience. You are talking to an audience that English should be their first language.

I compare this language issue to a parable that is in the Bible, called The Tower of Babel. It failed because the people could not communicate with each other and we are headed in the same direction. We aren’t building a tower, we are building walls. Walls made of speech that come between the citizens of the USA.

Get off your highhorse before you fall off. English is the language of the U.S. You are familiar with our U.S. Constitution, right? Do you see anything on it written in Spanish? People of common sense recognize the unifying factor of a common language. If there were people in the crowd who did not understand English, surely there were enough others there who could translate for them.

(1) The United States has no official language;

(2) Speaking multiple languages is a skill to be praised, not a flaw to be faulted;

(3) The principal DID deliver his remarks in English; he simply took an extra few moments to deliver them in Spanish, too;

(4) At the rate most of America gets more ignorant by the day, wasting time quibbling about issues like this, by 2030 we’ll all be delivering commencement addresses in Chinese.

To give the speech only in Spanish would have been wrong, but giving it in both Spanish and English should be okay.

If out of 30 members of the graduating class, only one spoke English and the rest spoke Spanish, would it be inappropriate or offensive to give the commencement speech in Spanish, and then also in English?

i agree

Judgement can be spelled either way, hazmat! Since you don’t know how to read and write American English you must be State-educated, By the way, to include all Americans in a speech regardless of country of origin, he should speak only English. To speak their native Spanish is to EXCLUDE them from mainstream America. If there were a Russian student as well as Hispanic, would he have given THREE speeches? “In this country” we speak English!

You know what? I also know that all “Patriot fans” are fans of the Patriots. I’m really smart that way. And all Liberals think like Liberals, hence the label “Liberal”. If they don’t think like a Liberal, they aren’t Liberal.

All fiscal conservatives think that we should spend less, hence the label “fiscal conservative”.

An idealogical label is there for that very reason – to identify a group of people who think in a particular way.

Learn to write in English and speak it while you are at it. You are not very good at spelling either.

There’s nothing wrong with being bilingual and I’m all for teaching/learning multiple languages. I have parents that emmigrated to this country, are naturalized citizens and are bilingual (fluent in English with zero accent). HOWEVER, English should be the number 1 and ONLY official language of this country! You either learn the American culture and language or get out…plain and simple. Just as much is expected when we go to other countries. “When in Rome…” as they say. Contrary to many of the progressives’ arguments, recognizing English as this country’s number one language is not excluding other cultures or ethnicities. It is saying, “You need to adopt OUR ways and OUR customs”. If you want to speak and live as a Hispanic person, then maybe you need to go back to Latin America. This is a melting pot, but it is NOT a tossed salad. If you don’t understand that analogy, then that is proof in the pudding that you don’t understand what it means to be an American.

Why not Goidelic?

have respect
I came to this country speaking only German when I was 8-within 1 yr without special tutors at school I had skipped a grade and half and was fluent in English. I have seen what happens when we allow another language to take over. Go to Miami and see what has happened to our language and our culture. They no longer exist, Miami is the outpost `for Cuba and South America. They did not invade militarily they conquered by influx. Soon we will be another third rate Spanish speaking copy of Mexico.

illegals are Sponges writes: “Don’t know why,We would Cater to the Roach. All they do is bankrupt our States! worthless people.”

Actually, as a whole, illegal immigrants HELP our economy. In fact, if we got rid of all the illegal immigrants today, our entire country would fall into a major depression.

Cheers.

Excellent!

Did you not even READ the article before posting? He delivered in English for the English speaking parents and all of the students, then in Spanish, for the Spanish speaking *parents*. Why is that a disgrace, pray tell?

circlingthedrain writes: “A freaking CANUCK. Go back to socialist Canada you knob.”

No, I am an American citizen born and raised in California. I said that my “ancestral lineage stems from Canada.”

Do you know what that means nitwit? Are you Native American? If not, then you have an ancestral lineage from elsewhere too. Get a clue you simpleton xenophobe.

Cheers!

Leave it up to a genuine moron to use Google Translate to sound intelligent enough to actually speak another language.

Si Ud. quiere impresionarles a los de habla espanola, debes de aprender el idioma, y no utilizar un sistema de traduccion para hacer sus acusaciones. Que genio!

The official language of commerce is English, and certainly it’s the language of education in America. He in essence established a 2nd-class citizenry based on language, as if to say, “You don’t have to worry about not understanding English”. I agree with #4 except is is NOT a quibble to decide what language an AMERICAN high school commencement should be held in. Our language is a part of our identity as Americans. We are losing our American identity with idiot principals and teachers who don’t know the damage they do by “diversifying” until there are no common values left for Americans to believe in.

2) Speaking multiple languages is a skill to be praised, not a flaw to be faulted.

…but their parents apparently haven’t made the effort to learn a second language.

They are graduating high school! They should at least have the English language in common. If not, how are they taught?

I agree. I understand the point from those who say this is not a big deal, BUT what about the asian, turkish, czech, etc. students whose parents understand their language better? Is the principal going to recite the address in 8 languages each year to make each and every family feel comfortable? Tod do so is complete nonsense. My in-laws immigrated to another country and, while they spoke their native tongue in their own home, they made the effort to learn the predominant language so they could function in their adopted country. It’s time that those from another county who make the USA their home do the same.

Bigfoot writes: “What arrogance! You go throuugh and spell check others’ posts? Anyone with an opinion that differs from yours is a fool and living in fear. We are all really impressed with your vast knowledge.”

LOL… it isn’t spell checking… it is about people who don’t know the difference between words which is an indicator as to intelligence. Spell checking is pointing out a typo such as you typing, “throuugh” which more than likely was a typo. I don’t use spell check when I type so I make typos as well, but I know the difference between “your” and “you’re.” The fact that you can’t make that connection is an indicator as to your own intelligence level or lack thereof.

As far as people agreeing with me being xenophobes, it has nothing to do if people agree with me or not. The facts are that people are afraid of things that they aren’t comfortable with. The facts are that this country does not have an official national language. The facts are that this country has the right to freedom of speech (regardless of language). Etc, etc, etc.

Put all of those items together and figure it out. Well, you probably won’t be able to figure it, but oh well.

Cheers!

The official language of the original 13 colonies was English. Chosen over German which was the principle language of the Pennsylvania farmers and business owners who financed a good portion of the American Revolution.

You perfectly illustrate my point! You can’t, or won’t, COMMUNICATE.Therefore you are ignored, as you should be. Go to a website where Spanish is the principle language!

tired_of_you writes: “This is america -If english is not the primary language, then it is time to begin the division. In that way, you and I will both have a choice we don’t have now.”

No, it isn’t time to start the division. People like you need to be educated…. we do not need to change laws simply because simpletons like you are xenophobic.

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“btw, you can stick your cheers where the sun don’t shine reality boy”

Oh… you mean the massive empty space between your ears?

Cheers!!!!

Actually, this comment is for RLA Bruce.

If we are to follow your convention that “in this country we speak English!” This should be incorrect. Since the Native Americans were here long before European colonization, shouldn’t we be speaking Navaho, Seminole or Cherokee? Just Sayin’

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Now, suppose there’s a kid with Chinese-speaking parents in the audience. Is the principal going to learn Chinese to deliver his address? Singling out Spanish-speakers for favored treatment is simply asking for trouble.

Wrong! We are an English-speaking country, period! In Chinatown they speak Chinese, in parts of Chicago they speak Laos, or Spanish, or Italian. The country as a whole speaks English. France speaks French, but areas of France speak Arabic, or Italian, or whatever.

Bilingual? English is one; what do you select for the other? And why do you disrespect the other dozens of languages by excluding THEM? Who are YOU to decide?

If the rest spoke Spanish and couldn’t speak English, I’d wonder how they’re graduating. And just what they’re going to do after graduation.

Since when are illegal aliens “guests”? It’s rude of “guests” to enter this country illegally and then to expect to have their inability to speak English catered to.

As for Spanish, it’s my understanding that there are many dialects, and that many so-called Hispanics are actually indigenous and don’t speak Spanish at all or only speak it as a second language. Is the principal going to speak the dialect of Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, or what? Is he going to learn Mixtec?

HaveRespect, if Native Americans had had a country with ONE Language, they would have been better off. As you post points out, they were NOT united and thus fell to the invaders (and note that those invaders were led by the SPANISH who founded the oldest European settlement in the US).

hazmat77 – I believe you’re wrong about only one ‘e’ in judgement. Look it up and you’ll find “judgment” is the spelling used for the definition but at the end it says “Also judgement”. That means it is acceptable and can be used.
Now that I corrected your vitriolic correction do I get to lash out and call you mean or disparaging names because you were wrong on the spelling of ‘judgement’/judgment’. Gee, for the life of me I can’t find a word to adequately describe you except maybe poop-e-head.

What thin skinned conservatives, particularly those from drudge. It’s amazing the amount of whining conservatives are involved. Oh no, a foreign language being spoken in my presence. Grow up!

It an insult to ME but the government doesn’t give a rats ass about a middle aged white guy . I only pay for everything , every other minority get catered to and I’m lower than a dogs ass.

By the way, I saw a video today about the first Latino valedictorian at a high school in Reading, PA. The parents were interviewed and even though they’d been here at least 10 years (and were apparently here legally somehow, since the son is a citizen but was born in Mexico) the interview was in Spanish with English subtitles. Now, the parents may have pushed education for their son but they sure don’t seem to have made their own priority learning English.

Time to deport another one. Welcome to America. If you can’t speak English, please feel free to leave as quickly as possible.

[...] legal action for flying the U.S. flag, the symbol of the country they fought so hard to protect, English no longer being the primary language of the country, and the biggest threat of all, our own President refusing to accept the laws of our country and [...]

Stick with your native language, don’t learn to speak English, and you will remain permanently in the lower echelons of earning capacity. If you want to get somewhere in life in this country, make sure your English is above average. Stick to your Spanish only, and you will never get ahead. Educators are in no way helping Spanish speakers by catering to their unwillingness to learn to speak English. The diversity rigamarole is garbage. It holds people back. Yeah, celebrate your heritage, but how much is in your paycheck? Don’t be stupid.

roy writes: “reality” keeps referring to the “melting pot” as he insults others on this board.”

Actually, the people who have their panties all up in a bunch over someone exercising their right to freedom of speech are the ones insulting other Americans by pretending that Americans of one culture (those who speak English) are better than Americans that don’t speak English as a first language.

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“The Merriam-Webster definition of melting pot is a : a place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole.”

We have assimilated into a cohesive whole… that being we call ourselves “Americans.”

By your ridiculous attempt to spin this, then I guess we should all be Christians, we should all eat the same Italian food, we should all wear the same haircuts, etc, etc, etc. Get a clue.

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“A common language (i.e. English, by tradition and majority) is a core component of assimilation.”

That is up to the individual American as to what language they wish to use. Are they better off learning English? Of course they are. Are American students better off learning as many languages as possible? Of course they are.

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“We will never be a cohesive whole unless those who are here embrace THIS culture as their own.”

You display levels of single-dimensional thinking. Our CULTURE allows for DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. If the Founding Fathers wanted English only, then they would have explicitly stated it as such. Yet they didn’t insist on English only because they knew we were a melting pot of cultures. Thus, from the beginning of our country, our CULTURE and IDENTITY as a nation has been one that accepts different languages and different cultures into one “cohesive whole.”

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“Awaiting the sanctimonious insulting Canadian response.”

I’m an American citizen and have been my entire life and yet that is what you focused in on. Why? Because your subconscious xenophobia runs rampant and you are even afraid of Canadians. LOL… fricken’ hilarious.

Cheers!

He didn’t repeat it in Skolt ~ I am very offended.

Good for you! You didn’t want to be rude so you taught yourself the native language of the country Greece.

The problem is that it seems a lot of the immigrants from Mexico don’t care about bring rude. It is rude to not attempt to learn the language of the country you are living in and shows disrespect to the people in that land.

The Principal is rude and should be ashamed of what he did and not do it next year.

Because they were told that by Hannity..

You gotta be a lib…lighten up…you know this will never happen in Mexico…my comment was sarcasm….go smoke your dope

where was the EBONICS translation?

No EBONICS = RACISM!!!

There is nothing an inbred Anglo hates more than an uppity person who can speak more than one language. When will you immigrants learn to be as stupid as your average American?

Byrne, nearly every country on this planet is multilingual. They function just fine that way.

IDIOT ALERT! IDIOT ALERT! Hey Tom, you’re an idiot, plain and simple.

ABSOLUTLEY!!!!

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Failing to insist that students learn to speak fluent English from the get-go in school is a terrible disservice to their future. Yes, being multi-lingual in the USA is an asset, but only if you speak English very well. High-minded theories don’t put food on the table.

That’s right Willy. They can GTFO as far as I’m concerned. If you want to try and change a country you’d better go back to Mexico and clean up the mess you left becaues this is AMERICA and you’ll never change this country into your F’d up MEXICO no matter how hard you try. Mexicans that are sneaking like the snakes they are across our boarders DO NOT WANT TO ASSIMALATE and could care less about this country and what the UNITED STATES even stands for.

We’ll take our chances. Leave now!! And then watch how the true Americans will turn California back into a Golden State.

So you think an American attending a ceramony in Mexico would be able to have the proceedings spoken in English? Get real, been there and you had better understand spanish ’cause that is all you are getting.

Factually incorrect. Multi racialism / multiculturalism produces universal mistrust and stops intercommunication, so says a study of Los Angeles where mistrust is higher than anywhere else on the planet.
Peter, you are a moron with lemon jello for a brain. I am confident that all of your opinions are from the same place and they have rendered you an evolutionary dead end. I wait impatiently for your exit and extinction.

[...] Principal Criticized For Delivering Graduation Speech In Spanish. [...]

While I agree that the commencement speech should have been spoken in English, and English only, I have to point out that your understanding of the Tower of Babel is completely off.

In Babel (Babylonia), the people all spoke one language. They were into great mischief at every turn, filled with sin, defiant and disobedient, and began to exhault themselves above God because of their many accomplishments. God had finally had enough and scattered the people across the globe. Not only did the geographical divide serve to help subdue the inhabitants of the earth, the people also became divided by new languages.

so its rude of us not to speak the language they are supposed to learn to function inOUR socity yet they are not rude for starting out in this country ILLEGALY no matter what the nationaly…give me a break this is ithe main problem with this country rt now no backbone ,quit pandering they are supposed to conform to our society not the other way around

English is the language to speak. IF you’re going to choose to be “inclusive” and speak Spanish then you’d better also have deaf interpreters, someone to translate into Mandarin, French, German, Russian, Portugese, Dutch and all the other languages from around the world. Otherwise, you’ll be offending someone. I’m a 3rd generation Hispanic American and believe English is the language to be spoken in the United States and also the language that all immigrants should learn if they want to live here.

baloney!

So how dild the students graduate if they couldn’t understand English?

Marcus Porcius: “Awaiting the sanctimonious insulting Canadian response,” which would be ironic considering that an entire province of Canada, Quebec, has its own official language…French. Seems some Canadians and their language are a little more special than even other Canadians.”

The entire country of Canada has both French and English as national official languages… akin to the United States having no official national language. Canada’s provinces then can have their own “official” provincial language if they so desire… akin to how individual states in the US can do the same.

Cheers!

No habla espanol! Nor do I friggin’ want to hear it, nor see it. Thank you, James. I couldn’t have “said” it better. It’s no better in South Florida. Go to a Marlins game and you’d think you’re in Estadia de Habana!

If your living in this country speak english ! If your too damn lazy to learn it then get the FK out and go back to where you came from!

I’am a native of Argentina, there as in here there are people who came from other parts of the world, therefore we all speak the lenguages of our parents, but the oficial lenguage is spanish, there is no translation for Italians, Germans Polish or Portugues or British. It is strictly spanish, the children usually translate for their parents.

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Well said! I’m in 100% agreement. I’m first generation Chinese. Never thought of myself as “Chinese-American” – just American. Proudly served in the Navy for 9 years and met folks from all walks of life and all races. Guess what? The one thing that unified us all was that everyone spoke English.

The country is changing whether you like it or not… Spanish has become the second language of the United States because our government has allowed unfettered immigration from Mexico while restricting immigration from other countries.. The progressives believe that the United States needs to change, they do not like the country the way it is and believe that the Hispanic vote will largely be a vote for Democrats.So that is why Spanish-speaking people are welcome in the United States from Mexico but not from Cuba for example. It’s all politics, it’s a dirty game and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it… Except maybe learn Spanish!

ANGRY writes: “Reality: It’s only your reality you douchbag.”

LOL… you don’t even know how to spell your derogatory put down attempt…. try adding in an “e.” What a tool!!!

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“Just because you’re a waiter, doesn’t make you a diplomat for Latinos.”

Can you be any more of bigot? If you realized how foolish you sound to those that are educated, you’d be embarrassed. It’s a shame that you are too daft to realize it.

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“CA is a toilet, propagated by “dimwits” like YOU.”

LOL… I’d gladly place my education up against yours. It is pretty clear that you can’t grasp the importance of our Constitutional freedoms.

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“English is not the official language you POS”

Wow… POS… that’s a big word for you. LOL

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“it’s the recognized language, since our founding.”

Actually, it is one of MANY languages since our founding.

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“If you can’t handle that, you don’t belong here. I’m the majority, not you!”

LMAO!!!! You think you are SO smart, but in reality, you lack critical thinking skills. The fact that you made a statement such as that just puts your massive naivety on full display.

What makes America great is that it PROTECTS the minority from ignorant people such as yourself in the majority. If you don’t like this fact, then it is YOU that is the one that doesn’t belong here.

As I stated on the first page: Yoda says, “Fear leads to Anger. Anger leads to Hate. Hate leads to Suffering.”

Your moniker speaks volumes by choosing the term “ANGRY” in all caps. Your “Fear” has already led to “Anger” and your “Anger” is currently in the process of becoming “Hate.” Congrats on that… something to be proud of for sure.

Cheers!

Gigi, you don’t know what you are talking about. The Mexican constitution, like the United States constitution, does not state that the national language is Spanish.and yet it is clearly understood that the primary language of the republic is Spanish, while the constitution Aricle 2, section 4 states that indigenous languages should be protected. Otherwise, Mexicans are very clear that their national language is SPANISH. Likewise, Mexicans and individuals around the world understand that the language of the United States is ENGLISH.
You are subsequently wrong in your statement that it is “rude to speak to guests in a language they do not understand” On the surface, that sounds correct. But we are not talking about guests at a dinner table.
This was a public ceremony, held in a public (state funded) school. It was held in a diverse school system in which there were individuals who did not speak English, but likewise, there are many who do not speak Spanish, some who are Asian, European, etc. In the United States, the recognized language that unites the citizens is ENGLISH. Not Spanish. By speaking Spanish, the principal almost certainly excluded any Asians, as one example, who had learned English and then found themselves excluded as another “minority” was treated with unequal respect over all others.
THAT is rude. And it would NEVER have happened in Mexico.
This must also be taken in context with the Mexicans in California who booed the US soccer team, AND the US National Anthem, at Gold Cup soccer. It is just more proof that the Mexicans do NOT want to become US citizens, they disrespect the nation and want to subvert it.

check his resume, see if he lied on his application.
then fire him

You can’t even keep the illegals out. What makes you think you can dictate what language they speak?

Of course you couldn’t add anything of substance, so you just vent your pent-up rage instead. Classic! What a nitwit!

He should submit his resignation letter in both Spanish and English…

In Mexico, do they give speeches in schools and soccer games in English? They should, just in case there may be some gringos in the crowd who don’t understand Spanish.

I searched in GreatSchools.org and found that there were NO scores available (except reading, and the school excelled in that area).

I then searched here http://www.education.com/schoolfinder/us/nevada/zephyr-cove/george-whittell-high-school/?page=test-scores
and found that they only had scores for 2007, but all scores in all areas were above state standards, yet slightly below district levels.

In brief, the school appeared to be scoring well from 2007 to 2009. Interestingly, I cannot find detailed scores for 2009 or 2010.

Right on, right on, right on!!!!! robincalif. This is coming from a Virginian!

Correction School Digger has details for their math.

Sorry to disappoint you, Skitch, but the school scores very high
http://www.schooldigger.com/go/NV/schools/0009000122/school.aspx?entity=54&subentity=162

speak english. My children go to a french school and I speak Spanish, but I expect my kids to be fluent in English the language of the country we live in and work. This is disgusting. I could make my kids more “comfortable if I wore baggy jeans,” but that doesn’t make it right.

Speak Spanish in the class room, or on a trip to Mexico or when in Spain, PR or any where else. When In Rome, do as the Romans do and when in the US speak English!

Hear, hear, Michelle!

This is typical of the liberal mindset: WE must REQUIRE OUR CHILDREN to learn other languages (which is good), but we must NOT require immigrants to learn our national language (which is bad).

No one in the world would ever expect to emmigrate to any nation in the world and have THAT nation bend over backwards to speak to the immigrants in their language. But that’s what the mexicans (and ONLY the mexicans) expect of the USA.

Pretty stupid, really.

Great 4 the principal, students, and their folks!

If the Immigrants have two languages and are so educated then they should be able to understand english. There for no need to say it in spanish.

Your arguments melt into nothing upon a brief examination.

Liberals ALWAYS talk about “inclusiveness” and state that we are “a melting pot”.
But then they say that everyone should speak their own national language–a suggestion that is EXCLUSIVE by definition, since Americans don’t speak Russian or Mandarin or Bengali.

So imagine a party where you have all these nationalities together. If they are all speaking their indivdual languages, they are being EXCLUSIVE not inclusive. For it to be INCLUSIVE they must all settle on one language. That language in the USA is ENGLISH.

Just because the constitution does not declare English as the national language does not mean that it is not. Travel anywhere in the world (except Mexico) and ask them what the national language of the USA is, and they will tell you ENGLISH.

Only the Mexicans will try to change that, but for POLITICAL reasons, NOT for “inclusiveness”. Rather, it is their way of trying to reclaim lost territory.

What he said afterward was a problem .That all immigrants bring there culture back rounds and language. yes but not theyre language if that were the case then they would be doing it in chinese ,german ,french ect . Bring your culture but leave your language at home we need to be able to communicate as americans in 1 language english

You want to tell that to the Basques in Idaho or the Cajun in Louisiana, robincalif? You just might get your throat slashed. Neither group feels a need to speak only English and nowhere in the Constitution does it say all citizens must speak only English. It’s a credit to the principal that he was considerate and educated enough to speak in two languages. How many languages are YOU fluent in, Einstein? Maybe not even one!

Marcus, your comment was ignorant and racist. Mexican Spanish is NOT “the Spanish ebonix”. What a moron.
First of all, there is no such thing as a language called “Spanish”. The language you call “Spanish” is actually a dialect known as Castillian. But there are many other dialects in Spain, all of them equal, though different.
Latin American dialects are no less valid than the Castillian. However, they also contain African and Native American words.
This does not make them any less valid than Castillian, and many would argue that they are as vibrant or more so than Castillian. Personally, I enjoy the variation between them without disparaging them as “ebonix”–clearly a racial dig.
And as far as dialects go, Mexican Spanish is one of the more clear, easy to understand and properly spoken dialects.

Fire the principal.

What’s “right” for all “your” families is getting them motivated to understand, and conduct business in ENGLISH. How incompetent can this principal possible be?

That’s fine, Have Respect, I happen to speak three fluently and a couple of others “conversationally”.

But were I to move to Italy, Spain, Brazil, Venezuela, etc I would NEVER expect those nations to adapt to speaking MY language.

That is something ONLY the Mexicans do, for political reasons, and it is disrespectful, they know it, and we know it. Hence the hostility.

Fire the BUM! How many schools in Mexico Teach in English???

“To me we live in America and that’s the beauty of America: that we all bring our backgrounds our cultures our languages and that’s what makes us who we are,” said Esquival.

Yes and that is such a high minded idea but there has to be something that we all share. Something that binds us together and the logical choice is our language, English. Otherwise we are a mish mash of cultures with no unifying factors Perhaps that is what the social engineers want but as I see it, if you cannot learn English, then shame on you and go back to where ever it was that you came from.

Sickening what is happening in this country

The defenders of Spanish language use the ‘melting pot’ argument frequently. Unfortunately for them the end products of a melting pot result in a significant change to the added materials (being significantly smaller in ammout) and slight change to the pot as a whole. A true melting would result in the average person’s vocabulary being roughtly 9% spanish and 84% english. Our demographic makeup bares closer resemblance to a salad; and with a salad people tend to pick the unwanted ingrediants off their plates and discard them. Immigrants have therefore have only two realistic choices – melt or be discarded. Obviously to discard a person in any sense conveyed by the term is an abhorrent thing and leaves essentially no choice at all. I speak only of what the situation is and my only personal comment regarding this situation is “I don’t like it”.

And just to give further credence to my post above, when I wrote this, it was like the 5th or 6th post here. Now as the day has progressed, we are at 800 comments and rising.

Compare that to the next highest thread total listed, which is just barely over 100 comments about abortion.

People are so INSANELY xenophobic that the fear of Spanish trumps even hot topic issues like abortion, a baby getting put in a microwave, etc, etc, etc. It is really quite absurd and pathetic.

Here’s the reality people: English has become the de facto language of the world. Mandarin is the only language that is currently threatening English and that will likely never take hold globally like English will for a variety of reasons.

Doing a quick search, as of right now, the most popular languages in terms of native speakers are:

1) Mandarin: 845 million speakers
2) Spanish: 329 million speakers
3) English: 328 million speakers

If we look at total language speaking (first, second, third languages, etc):

1) English: 1.8 billion
2) Chinese: 1.2 billion
3) Spanish: 500 million

The point being is that you do NOT need to be afraid like you are. Get a grip!!! Our Constitutional FREEDOMS (even those that may not directly apply to you) far supersede the “inconvenience” listening to another language from time to time.

Cheers!

maui, I’m from Louisiana and I have no idea what you are talking about. I’ve never met any Cajuns that don’t know English.

we came over in 55 (legal) and there was only english in school. It was sink or swim, it was not easy but all came out wonderful.

Gigi, when someone migrates to America and doesn’t learn to speak English, that’s not only rude…its arrogant. Whether or not there is an official language is irrelevant. English is the dominant language spoken by the overwhelming majority of those who live, work and attend school in the USA. If you want to be a productive citizen of any country, you must learn the dominant language. Not doing so is very telling about a person’s character if they stay in the country.

Either they should assimilate to the culture by learning to speak English, or they should leave. But by no means should they expect anyone to pander to their lack of respect to the American culture of speaking English.

And NO, I’m not going to translate my comments into Spanish for anyone’s benefit.

So why don’t the “whites” learn Spanish, ryan? Then they would know they were being made fun of. After all Spanish was the language of the land for 300 years before California,Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico , Colorado and Utah, joined the Union. That whole region was under Spanish rule since the 1500′s. When New Mexico became a state in 1912 , 90% of the population spoke Spanish as their prime language.

This is totally contrary to the law of the land. Furthermore, against the moral and ethical thing to do. This is why people were outraged at the NJ principal that told us they had no control over the disgusting sex survey the 3rd graders were subjected to, unknown to the parents. Lies and more lies, but with Govt. leaders that lie, it is almost becoming a norm. This however, is one I will never accept.

erp, did you graduate from high school? Did you pass reading comprehension? Read the article again; the Principal was speaking Spanish for the benefit of the parents of the students. Nowhere in the article does it mention students only able to speak Spanish. It’s bad enough that we show our ignorance by insisting all speak the only language WE know, but you compound that ignorance by not knowing the facts here.

Fantastic Maria! I have German/Croatian ancestors. They learned English when they came to America. They retained a lot of their traditions, but they became American citizens and assimilated into the American culture. Learning one common language is part of what makes America great and unifies us as Americans.

The idiot right-wingers crack me up.

For people with such wood for English, you sure are terrible at speaking, spelling, and writing it.

readmy, study the history of Neveda and the surrounding states. English was not the majority language, Spanish was.

Insulting to whom?

Not to me, and I’m a 3rd generation American citizen.

The key to saving our country lies in breaking the stranglehold corporate money has on our political system, not stopping principals from delivering a bilingual commencement speech.

Putz.

Only in teabagger America does knowing things make you a bad person.

Can’t you morons find some other country to ruin?

Wake up America, the legal and illegal Spanish population’s goal is to take back all Mexican terriotory before 1848 which is all of the Southwest including California (which they already conquered) In ten years they’ll have it all!

Man please do we not accept diversity anymore? Look people get of your high horse and lean to accept differences, and if you cant mind your own business and work on imporving yourself, because you obviously have an issue in your personal life if a speech ig going to make you mad. Oh Tim Howard if you dont want the winners to be spoken to in there home language don’t give up 4 goal in the second half and remember that soccer is an international sport with international players.

Vasya: you are too logical – Gigi can’t keep up with you.

Here we go again. Catering to the illegal Roach!!!

If teabaggers are going to flip out about English, they should at least learn how to spell it.

well then… Spanish it is!!! Your logic is very compelling… let’s see… what else can we reinstitute from 300 years ago? Nah, let’s not go there………………….

And I would have laughed at you.

The Roach must go!!

It’s amazing that a teabagger is talking about a house divided. You guys thrive on divisiveness, you’re doing it right now.

Idiot.

It’s funny.The Reporter is a Roach also.

Yeah, they may want it back but look how “well” they’ve handled what they have. Crime rampant, murder in the streets, illiteracy, corruption higher than USA’s politicians, poverty, destitution (as when they leave there for someplace better), health care non-existent, and a quality of life that defines “third world.” They come to America for a better life and turn every place they settle into the same squalor and deprivation that they came from… like parasites! This is not diversity, this is a disease spreading. California will fall but America might wake up in time to start demanding “real” immigration enforcement. English only… don’t be fooled by people who think they speak two languages… Old Glory only, not two nations flags, ONE RULE and one way of life… American. If you don’t like it, grab a water bottle and a blanket and take your riches home with you because you will find it really hard to migrate after California goes belly up.

This is not about accepting differences… the world is full of differences. The question is whether we are committed to having common bonds as Americans, in fealty to the founding principles of this country and expressed in a common language that binds us all. It’s not a melting pot if every ethnic group holds fast to every aspect of its home culture, including language.

By the way Mexican is not a language! I think all signage should be bilingual to help people learn English which is a difficult language to learn.

Point to one that you would like to use as a model for the US.

Ever LEGAL Hispanic family i have known, Has used English as a primary Language . So what this dumb fuc is doing, Is Catering to theillegal Aliens ( Roaches). POS!

http://www.mexicansgohome.com

Gigi, were they guests or were they American citizens, or does it even matter in your within your analytical framework that we are talking about a public official giving a public address at an official high school function herein the United States of America. If we forfeit commonality of language and commonality of ideals, what pray tell fulfills the “united” aspect of this great country’s name? And do you even pause to wonder why all of these Spanish-speaking guests tried so hard to get to this country? Rest assured that if we structured our national affairs according to your logic, no one would be clamoring for entry.

Pandering to the leeches is like giving alcoholics a drink any time they ask.
Assimilate or get the hell out!!

you either quit school in the 3rd grade, or you are a idiot, this is the united states , do you think they would do this in France, Italy , Spain, be honest with yourself, the answer is NO!!!

¡Hablen inglés! (Speak English! That’s the de facto language of this country!

English is for America. Cann’t this this teacher understand this? What one speaks in their own home is a different story, but in public its ENGLISH. I speak another language but in public its only in ENGIISH. Fired the BUM!!!

Trust me on this one. There is no where else in the world that they would put up with this. I would be totally ashamed to go to my wifes homeland of Brazil and raise a family with her there and expect them to bend over backwards to speak English for us instead of Portuguese. And, they would never put up with this nonsense. America is going downhill so fast.

So you believe that the puritans stepped on Plymouth Rock and said”Aqui es Nuevo Angle terre!!

Mike, you’re framing your arguments around assumptions that cannot be drawn from the story as reported. For example, you assume that the audience members were fluent in English and Spanish, and that the Spanish portion of the address was merely an acknowledgment of many students’ cultural heritage. Living as I do in one of the highest concentrations of Mexican immigrants, I can assure you that the odds are strong that many of the audience members were not fluent in English and the Spanish portion of the address was the kind of indulgence that’s properly understood as tantamount to rejecting the proposition that such immigrants are obligated to learn English.

3 reasons why your wrong Skitch!
1, You’re an A hole.
2. You’re an A hole, and
3. You’re an A hole! Enuf sed!! ;o)

Yes, we accept diversity. People who choose to live in the US must also accept uniformity and commonality of language. English is used as the international business language. It only makes sense if the goal of our schools is to produce young adults with the tools to make a life for themselves and their families, one common language be used. My parents immigrated here from Europe and spoke German in the home and English outside of it. They had absolutely no expectation that their adopted home adapt to their language and culture, but worked very hard to incorporate their new language and culture into their lives.

Did you not learn about RESPECT when you were growing up? I think not. It’s about respecting America and our English language, you big fool get with it, this is America.

I was born from Asian Immigrants. I’m offended that I have to hear stories where Spanish is the language of an official event, when this is an English Speaking country. If it was a celebration or commemoration of Spanish / Latino heritage or other such thing, it would be acceptable, but not in a general event in a place where ENGLISH is the language. To speak in English is not an affront to residents who are from other nations/cultures/languages. What IS offensive is to cater to one group, when all other groups assimilate and learn English

How come it was only given in English and Spanish? Those are the only two Nationalities of students at this school? If you were going to include Spanish I think you should also include the same languages that the California DVM gives its written tests in should have been represented as well. (FYI-Besides English, the basic Class C written driver license exam is also available in the following languages:
Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese, Croatian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Persian/Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog/Filipino, Thai, Tongan, Turkish, and Vietnamese. ) I am joking……………

In my eyes, learn the language of the land. You want to live in Russia, learn Russian. You want to live in the USA, learn English! It’s that simple.

This is just going along with Obamas plan to give back the four states Mexico claims we stole from them. This is the second year in a row that the US players have had to contend with the third world soccer teams, spitting on our players and throwing objects at them—in our country—and by Mexicans that live here. This is a English speaking country FIRST. When I was in Germany or France I learned some of the language, these Mexicans here that have been here 14 years and still can’t speak English—-LEAVE PLEASE AND TAKE YOUR SOCCER BALL WITH.

Tu madre, Crespen, mi amigo.

Curtis Quico Reed writes: “Your arguments melt into nothing upon a brief examination.”

OK, if you say so. LOL

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“Liberals ALWAYS talk about “inclusiveness” and state that we are “a melting pot”.

I’m a registered Republican. Nice try.

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“But then they say that everyone should speak their own national language–a suggestion that is EXCLUSIVE by definition, since Americans don’t speak Russian or Mandarin or Bengali”

LOL… they don’t? There’s a large Russian contingent here in the Bay Area.

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“For it to be INCLUSIVE they must all settle on one language.”

That is simply not true.

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“That language in the USA is ENGLISH.”

That language in the USA depends upon WHERE you are located in the USA. In some areas, that might be a Native American language. In parts of Alaska, it might be an Eskimo language. In Louisiana, it might be French. In some smaller farming towns in the Southwest, it might be Spanish. Etc, etc, etc.

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“Just because the constitution does not declare English as the national language does not mean that it is not.”

If it were included in the Constitution, then we’d have a national language.

The facts are simple: There is no national language. The Founding Fathers didn’t impose a national language because obviously they didn’t think it was a good idea.

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“Travel anywhere in the world (except Mexico) and ask them what the national language of the USA is, and they will tell you ENGLISH.”

Ah, I see… so if other people are wrong about something in bulk, then that makes it correct in your mind. Sweet!!!

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“Only the Mexicans will try to change that, but for POLITICAL reasons, NOT for “inclusiveness”. Rather, it is their way of trying to reclaim lost territory.”

The irony is that the white folks here that are trying to force English in as a national language will only ENCOURAGE Mexicans one day to try and enforce Spanish as that language. Quite honestly, if I were Mexican, I’d try to change it just to be a thorn to all of the xenophobes that were so afraid of change.

If someone has an Italian grandmother that doesn’t speak any English living here, that is acceptable, but if it is a Mexican person doing the same, then they are somehow lazy, with low IQ’s, farm workers in the eyes of many. It is a double standard.

Regarding them wanting to reclaim their land, I wrote the following paragraphs elsewhere to someone else some time ago:

Let’s also not forget that land was taken from Mexico only about 150 years ago that now makes up all or parts of the modern day states of: California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Texas.

The facts are that Mexicans are both our neighbors and our friends. The facts are that this land was theirs not so long ago. The facts are that most of their ancestors were here before most of our ancestors. The facts are that illegal labor is beneficial to the economy. The facts are that we can NEVER, EVER stop illegal immigration. Thus, a reasonable person would conclude that the answer is to work to find a feasible solution that would replace the current inept system that is in place.

For the record, there is actually a fair amount of resentment by certain sections of Mexico’s population about that land being taken from them. Consider that if California were its own nation, it would rank somewhere between the 5th to 7th largest economy in the world. Texas would rank somewhere between #8 and #10.

I know that most people in America don’t want to admit it, but without California and Texas, this country wouldn’t be the same. In 2005, California’s GDP was more than TWICE that of all of Mexico. The United States taking the lands of California and Texas alone will pay for all the “illegal” immigration costs (border patrol, healthcare, etc) for thousands of years (based on how much those territories have already benefitted the United States economically).

So we have “legally” taken all of this land and yet the Native Americans live on POS pieces of real estate and many Mexicans live in poverty ridden barrios. But since we took it “legally” (based on rules we made up), I guess that makes it all fine and dandy.

Wars happen. Land gets taken. It is the way of the world. But at the same time, for a country that prides itself on being a land of immigrants who welcomes the downtrodden, we have a funny way of showing it if you are a Mexican or a Native American.

The land is ours now, it no longer belongs to the Native Americans (sans the reservations which is semi-sovereign federal territory) nor to the Mexicans. However, that doesn’t mean that we can’t cut them some slack and give them some added opportunities… both because the land was once theirs and because of their close proximity.

Cheers!

Wow! Really?? Please, if you’re gonna raise dumb and child like argument, save it for yourself. People are here to make a living. That is what America stood and stands for. Unless you are a Native American, everyone else is a foreigner. And when Europeans came to the New World, they were not here “legally.” We are all foreigners for that matter!! You people are so stubborn and ignorant. It hurts to know there are Americans who think this stupidly!!

Chinga tu madre, Principal Crespin Esquivel! Illegal aliens must get out of my country before we put you on the firing line.

I come from a LEGAL Hispanic family, I did not learn English overnight!!! You people are so stubborn and ignorant. It hurts to know there are Americans who think this stupidly!!

It is simple for any decent human being to understand. When you go to another country to live, respect their culture and learn their language. If you cannot do those 2 things, then stay where you are because you do not deserve the alternative.

Sorry Karen, but it is. No one expects you to learn English overnight. Learning another language is difficult. I know, my wife is Brazilian. There is no way I would go there to live and expect them to speak English just for me. If you want to live in another country, respect the culture and language. Simple as that.

And, if you think we are so ignorant, please do not let the door hit your behind on the way out. Your insults are not welcome.

You fail are comparing apples to oranges.

“The people who come here and learn English are more educated than the people born here who can barely read, write and speak proper English.”

Yes, and Americans with an IQ of 150 are smarter than foreigners with an IQ of 80… but that statement says absolutely nothing about the intelligence of foreigners vs Americans, and I’m not implying anything by it. So the question is, areYOU implying something with your statement? If so, and I believe you are, you’re a disgusting bigot.

Adios, Amigo!

I live in a state where all the churches have their services in half Spanish and half English. I feel like a foreigner in my own country and one day, if the Mexican has his way, everything will be in Spanish.

The English language is the only common bond we once had. The true immigrants of old went to night school to learn our language. Today’s illegals throw our laguage back in our face. They take, take, take and never give. We don’t need them. We need people who will become Ameiricans in every sense of the word and that does not include those who’v broken into our country. They would never obey any law. We need to use evey means we have to cause self-deportation., unlimited mass illegal immigration has destroyed this country,

As far as commiefornia is concerned, they can have it. No one else will want to live there, it will be just like any impoverished Mexian area with drug gangs driving around killing each other, with sporadic pockets of their elite liberal masters living in gated communities and getting their votes so they can go to DC and try to ruin life for all the rest of us.

When you are in Mexico or south america, feel free to speak spanish. When you are in France, feel free to speak French and NOT Spanish, When you are in England, Canada, Feel Free to speak English/French and NOT Spanish. When you are in Germany, Feel Free to speak German and NOT Spanish. When you are in Belgium, feel free to speak Belgium and NOT Spanish, when you are in Holland, feel free to speak Dutch and NOT Spanish, When you are in USA, Feel Free to speak English and NOT Spanish. When you are in a country that is not your own, you speak the language of the land, you do NOT force that country to speak your language because you want to overthrow it’s culture. Mauibucky, if you are offended by this.. deal with it..

I don’t see what all the rage is for….the guy gave the speech in English then gave a translated version in Spanish so that everybody could understand it. I think it was nice of him to do that for the benefit of the family members in the audience who don’t understand english all that well.

I was born in Poland and came to this country legally over 30 years ago.Immigrants came to America with all sorts of things remainding them of homeland. I like to say that I brought my accent with me. Whenever I’m in the company of Hispanics, hearing my accents, many times they feel “connected” and start bashing this couintry. I cannot understand it, just like I cannot understand why voting ballots are printed in other languages than English. Stop kissing up to a particular ethnic group, any group!! Take a stand and demand it from your politicians. Otherwise we’ll never be Americans. Ever!!!

No silly, native Americans are anyone born in the United States. Now my fathers fathers father may not have been but if you were born here you are a native American period . Now Native Americans (notice the spelling) may have gotten here first, (that’s right, they GOT here too, across the land bridge) but are now considered a race of people, not an indicator of who has dibs on the US. When people come here, I can understand they come to make a living, and that’s fine as long as those of us citizens that are willing to work have it. However, if you do come here for all that this country can give, at least give back and learn the language of our culture. Become a citizen, good for you but hold us first in you hearts. Then I won’t be so critical.

Try living in Quebec. If you are not French…..no job in he civil service for you. If you want a job, your French must be perfect even though most of your business may be done with English speking Quebecers. If you do not have a French name, forget it…..the job is NOT YOURS. When my son was a young man aplying for a job, he was told in no uncertain terms….your name is not French and even though you speak French fluently, we won’t hire you. In the past 35 years, our population has diminished……except for immigrants who when they arrive are forced into French schools. They soon wise up and learn English and before too many years leave for other parts of Canada. When the referendum took place and the separatiss lost,, young people were still perturbed and over a quarter of a million of them left after finishing their education (college is practially free here). Even if you apply for a job in the CANADIAN govenment…..YOU MUST BE FLUENT IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH. If you come to visit, try to stay in the west part of Montreal or if you want to visit all of the city. BRUSH UP ON YOUR FRENCH.

you got that right

Native americans aren’t even “native”. How about a history lesson for you?

Why not give a speech in Chinese, Arabic, French, German, etc. This guy is a racist.

One Nation One Flag One language If you cant cope GO HOME. My tax dollars pay for your kids to speak english and now my kids cant enjoy their graduation without hearing Spanish. Come on enough is enough! Learn english or get out. I am so tired of bending over backwards to accomidate people who choose not to conform to our laws, flag, language.

It’s not stupid…. We have a culture, law and society that is American. Anyone who does not assimilate or doesn’t want to assimilate needs to go HOME…. My grandfather came to Amerca from Mexico and was proud to be American. He learned english and worked hard to assimilate. His comment about those who come here only for the money is that they are “bums”…. I agree….

I don’t like them speaking Spanish all the time, but let them keep speaking Spanish. We don’t want these people to get a real education in college where they speak English. I don’t want them moving up in the world because we need a slave class. I don’t want them educated because then they will attain positions of power. To hell with that!

Figures the principal of a public school would assume his graduates couldn’t even understand basic English. Typical of the incompetence in the public school system.

I totally agree with you that it takes time to learn a new language because there are many variables involved in learning a new language. Variables such as age, personality, genetics, and many others. I came to this country legally when I was 15 years old. It took me about 3 years to learn to speak English. It wasn’t easy, but now I am proud to be fluent in two languages and I am in the process of learning a third language. I think it is not inappropriate if a school principal addresses the parents in English and THEN in Spanish if there is a large majority of students and/or parents who speak only Spanish. I actually commend his efforts. Some might not know this, but it is important for a school to have a good line of communication with parents. I agree that it is important for immigrants to try to learn the language spoken in the land, but unfortunately that is just not possible sometimes. Do immigrants from Europe learn English? The answer is NO, not all of them. Not every European immigrant speaks English the second they get off the boat.I used to work in a nursing home and several elderly people there did not speak English. Out of 23 patients there were two who spoke German, one Russian, one Portuguese, and three spoke Spanish.

Speak English on this English news website. Speak “espanol” on your own message board. Vikings predated Columbus by long, long time.

Apologies to this news site with all of the horrible comments from the Drudge sludge

It’s a melting pot alright. It’s where we all melt into Americans who speak English.

mauibucky, the official language of the USA has always been English.

Gigi, you totally miss the reason this country was established. We have an unofficial language, English. Learn it, or leave and go back to where your native language is spoken. Those immigrants who became successful by coming through Ellis Island in the early 1900′s learned to speak English. While their parents might not have learned, those same parents wanted their kids to speak English. Learn your history Gigi. You are promoting a tower of Babel by promoting various languages being eagerly and actively promoted to be spoken. You know what happened at the tower of Babel don’t you? This country is going down the same path….shame on you for being an American hater.

The third world has not yet been enlightened as a whole, so I don’t expect their economic refugees to know any better. Conversely, I see most European immigrants already speak fluent English before they even get here, many times with better vocabulary than native speakers.

That’s what happens when you electing cowardsw to Washington.
All they have to do is pass a law making english the official language of the
US of A.

The Republic of Texas.

Secession, then ethnic cleansing.

back to Old America.

Uhm, wrong. There is a Mexican language, being that though it has a Spanish base, Mexican is nearly unintelligible to Castillian speaking Spaniards, and the few Mexican words that are intelligible are highly offensive and considered “dirty.” that’s why it’s called Mexican. WIth your logic, you would probably also try to falsely assert that Philippino Tagalog, though having a “Spanish Base” is actually spanish. the key point is that Mexican is vastly different from Castillian, Spaniard Spanish.

Furthermore, i don’t know what rock you live under, but America’s official language is, and always has been English, which has developed it’s own unique American flavour over the years. Thus, even though people from the UK and US can understand each other on a conversational level, that’s why your national language is referred to as “American English.” That’s why, just like anywhere else, if you go to America, you should speak English, just like if someone came to my country to live permanently i’d expect them to at least ATTEMPT to learn my language, as i have learned yours when i stayed there.

Speak English, period.

That’s right…we are a melting pot, not a multilingual, multicultural Balkanized SALAD. In the past, immigrants learned English and learned American history before they could apply for citizenship. Bilingualism has no place in a unified country. If “diversity is our strength” then why did diversity destroy Kosovo, and why did the Hutu’s slaughter half a million Tusi’s in Rwanda? If diversity is our strength, then what was our own Civil War about????

He did it in both English and Spanish, not JUST Spanish. I think this is a non-story. Next.

“guests”? I thought they were parents of school children learning in an American school and should be being taught in English. If they’re not learning the language, the “melting pot” ceases to be. Look around you, you see the society falling apart? Blame that on progressives and political correctness. Wake up before its too late.

In reply to Claudia, your logic is flawed. My wife and I are in our 50s and she learned English and I learned Portguese to near fluency in less than 2 years. If you want to migrate, learn the language, no one owes you anything, you have to earn it. I work in a very diverse environment. Of 22 persons that work in my department, one is Russian, 4 are Indian, one is Korean, one is Nigerian, one is Mexican, and 2 are Chinese. They all speak English fluently. My Indian friend and associate whom I work closely with has been here less than a year and is fluent in English, and respects our culture! There is no excuse for going to another country and refusing to assimilate. That does not mean abandoning your own culture. My wife will always be Brazilian but she respects our culture and speaks English here! Stop being lazy, no one owes you anything, when you go to live in another country, it is a priviledge, not a right!

Mexican may not be a language, per se, but it is spoken significantly differently than other variations of Spanish.

Do they speak English at Mexican high school graduations?

Nobody said the graduates couldn’t understand basic English. Graduation ceremonies are just as much (usually more) for the parents of those graduating, and the fact is, many high school graduates in California have parents and grandparents who speak Spanish. Nothing wrong with that.

Don’t you think the Asian people felt left out ?
When II came to this country, I spoke only German, I had No special privileges from the schools attended. No one spoke to me In German so iIcould understand.
The Mexican people are given free English class, but the parents don’t want to learn. When these children come home from school. am sure its 100% Spanish Only, because that’s the rule in the household.
This Topic angers more then just a few, Wake Up America, home of the land And the Free & English As The First Language.

“You didn’t mean to offend anyone, correct?”

What a joke of a “journalist”.

This is what the public deserves for voting in liberal democrats. If you don’t like it, then vote all the liberals out and take back your country! You have no-one to blame but yourselves…after all; America is still a republic…if all you public school graduates even know what “republic” means…

Oh yah YOU are the person who gets to decide what everyone else should think and say….typical liberal loser!

Let’s see some evidence.

“We are a bi-lingual country now…”

Says who?

@ Realtiy

“For the record, there is actually a fair amount of resentment by certain sections of Mexico’s population about that land being taken from them. Consider that if California were its own nation, it would rank somewhere between the 5th to 7th largest economy in the world. Texas would rank somewhere between #8 and #10.”

Mexico’s is the 13th largest, according to Wikipedia. With all their coastline and oil, they’re a destitute Nation controlled by gangsters corrupt politicians. So, I don’t understand your pointing out of the relative ranking of the economies, unless its to show that the size of the area doesn’t matter but, rather, the industriousness and education of the people that inhabit it. And coming to THIS country, legally or illegally, and not learning English, shows a distinct lack of desire to assimilate or do the work necessary to improve one’s economic status.

“Only in teabagger America does knowing things make you a bad person.”

No Rick, the problem isn’t “knowing things”, it’s in NOT knowing English.We’re changing this nation to favor people who refuse to speak English.

Did you know that THE MAJORITY of Both Democrat and Republican politicians read the “Drudge Report” EVERY MORNING, more than any other news site?

Thanks “reality”, but we’d rather not have the problems that Canada has with their French/English issues. We could detail those, if you’d like.

And we wouldn’t have cared.

Yes there is! Welcome to America now learn our language, I am only 2nd generation from my European Grand parents. They spoke their native language at home among themselves but once outside it was all English!!! Same should be here with the folks from south of the border, parents or grandparents English!

“‘The entire country of Canada has both French and English as national official languages…”

But it isn’t that simple, is it? What languages MUST all signs outside Quebec being in? What SINGLE language must signs in Quebec be in? What part of Canada is forever making the case their their different language and culture justifies special rights, even to the point of leaving the country? Why WOULDN’T the US want to avoid that? For centuries people have come from around the world to come to the US to become AMERICANS. Those people learned English.

Here – here!! I agree with this comment completely. I too am sick and tired of all the unnecessary accommodiations. If I were to go to any other country, especially Mexico I would be looked down upon and ostricized if I did not know how to speak the language and know the local customs. Other cultures who immigrate here legal make an effort to learn the language and customs.

The writer is so biased. You said that Tim Howard started controversy. The controversy started when CONCACAF made the presentation in Spanish, not when Tim Howard voiced his disgust. My first language is Spanish, but I feel CONCACAF should have done the presentation in both English and Spanish, English first. In the Olynpics they do not change the language based on the winner’s language.The lady who is upset about both English and Spanish and commencement should wake up and smell the coffee. If she doesn’t like the fact that Hispanics are a large percentage of population she should then move somewhere where they are not.

Say what?

This is NOT like Tim Howard’s criticism. I realize many of you Americans are ignorant of soccer so let me explain. Gold Cup is an international tournament. It’s customary in international soccer tournaments for ceremonies to be conducted in the languages of BOTH teams and the host nation. Obviously that did not happen with it being only in Spanish. This was the fault of CONCACAF, the orgnizing body for the region.

Don’t apologize on my account. Speak English or just don’t speak.

First it’s in English. Then it’s in both. Then it’s in Spanish only.

Incrementally, just like cigarettes. First stop smoking on airplanes. Well then stop smoking in stores. Then stop smoking outdoors. Then stop smoking in your house.

But go ahead and smoke or speak English, losers. Oops, I mean “isn’t freedom great”?

If they are uncomfortable speaking English and prefer spanish then they should head due south, cross the river and all will be forgiven. If I went to Mexico (and believe me I never will) I certainly wouldn’t expect to hear much english…except maybe “thees eez a holedup reech for the skies”

these ‘drudge is a right-winger’ comments are so ridiculous…are the millions of people who visit his site for trending news stories all ‘drudge sludge’ ? this is just more shooting- the-messenger from people who don’t know how to debate. drudgereport is a news aggregate site that links to all sorts of stories from a wide array of sources. is he being ‘right-wing’ when he links to the new york times ?? the charge is absurd.

It’s terrific that neither of you red-blooded true-blue “Amurkins” can spell “accommodate” correctly. Tell us how it is, o’ wise ones!

My Grandparents spoke gailic and my wifes Grandparents spoke Italian but in public spoke English and they were proud when the became Citizens of the U.S.A. tHEY WORKED HARD AND GAVE BACK SOMETHING TO THIS COUNTRY. Mexicans go home and eat a taco. Learn English or cross the border again.

I hope he has a knack for learning new languages because since he set this precedent, every family in future generations will want the same thing afforded to their own non-speaking English relatives

English only.

President Grant said that all immigrants should learn English within five years or leave the country. No one listened to him, so now over 100 years later, we have this stupid mess.

lisa is a cutie!

learn ENGLISH or get OUT OF AMERICA!!!

Right on, Bart, when you are too stupid to come up with a couter-argument, ridicule.

They can get an education at the expense of their OWN government, not at the expense of my family. Yes, we need people who are lawless as our future leaders. Don’t we already have enough of that? Now we have to have “leaders” who hate America and boo the national anthem. No thanks. Learn English or get the hell out.

cesquive@dcsd.k12.nv.us PLEASE EMAIL THE PRINCIPAL OF WHITTELL HIGH AND TELL HIM THAT PEOPLE IN US NEED TO KNOW ENGLISH TO BE SUCCESSFUL!

PLEASE EMAIL THE PRINCIPAL OF WHITTELL HIGH AND TELL HIM THAT PEOPLE IN US NEED TO KNOW ENGLISH TO BE SUCCESSFUL!

cesquive@dcsd.k12.nv.us

Here here! Great comment.

Do they present the soccer awards ceremonies in English in Mexico? Hell no!

The woman should move somewhere where hispanics are not a large percentage of the population? Are you KIDDING?! This is her country, the hispanics who don’t want to learn English, let alone come here legally can GET THE HELL OUT!

This is why private schools are prospering and public schools are failing.

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!! Love it.

HaveRespect,
” Kudos to the sensitive and intelligent principal!!”

Actually…NO!
The predominiant language of the U.S. is English. People should learn English if they wish to live here. During my days living in Europe the schools taught English, but there was NO ONE tripping over themselves to learn English simply to accomodate English speakers, nore were they going to any great pains to translate every action. Nor should anyone here be tripping over themselves to learn Spanish to accomodate a population that is quite largely (estimates of 12 million at present) in violation of our laws in being here. I wonder how many other nations in the world would be so accepting of such an invading group? Maybe you could move to Mexico and ask them to accomiodate you in the manner you advocate that the US accomodate Hispanics here?

At home we speak 3 languages English, Spanish and French even our African gray Koko speaks the 3 languages. It would be fun to do a speech like that switching to any of the 3 languages at any point in time. Which makes sense because some business ideas are better expressed in English where other are better expressed in Spanish and I find French kind of romantic.

Live here, speak here. Otherwise, why are you here?

Yes, you may speak Spanish where ever you wish. But, what this educator was doing was encouraging a division in his school’s population. I believe his intentions were good, but the unintended results will not be.

One common language unites a country. Two separate languages divide a country. Separate is inherently unequal. You just have to decide which America you want.

Absolute nonsense. Please stop repeating this pathetic lie. These people are barely literate in Spanish and they don’t bother to learn English. Your prejudice speaks loud and clear as you declare American English speakers to be “rubes”. The illegals are not educated and your are a liar to claim that they are.

You forgot to dial 1 for ingles!

You’re a moron. If they are so highly educated then why offend everyone else by pandering to them and speaking in Spanish? I’m sick of this Liberal, PC, non-sense. What’s the problem? The problem is this isn’t Mexico but it will be soon thanks to knuckleheads like you.

Not true. The federal government designated English as the official language of the United States long ago. It is official. Really

YOU DON’T GET IT. THE TAKE OVER IS WELL UNDERWAY!

I fully support the Principal! This is the type of caring educator we need. He reached out to the families of some of his students to include them in the graduation ceremony. He did not take anything away from English speaking students. My cousins in Norway learned to speak English before they graduated High School. We need these types of educators to give all the nation’s students the opportunities they need to give our nation a future worth of our dreams.

If their were parents at the graduation who were deaf I’d hope someone would try to get a person familiar with sign language to include them. It’s graduation – a time to celebrate – not try to turn this into a debate on language.

Right now Spanish is on the rise — but ever school should have Chinese available. It will be a very important language for business from now on. Also, most folks don’t realize this but Chinese are going to be the next big immigrant wave into this country. The US is a melting pot — like an alloy we grow stronger byt learning from each other.

shutup mauibucky. go speak your mexican to some guatemalans in a costa rican restaurant.

The less we understand one another an the less we get along, the closer the leftist elites come to destroying this nation. They do not want to be our elected leaders they want to be our overloards. How did god divide the people at the tower of bable he changed thier language, wether or not the story is true its a 5 thousand year old technique. We were one nation now we are a nation of divided people… liberals claim compasion lol but look in any public project housing complex an tell me how much love they have for humanity, they do not, they despise humanity. If left unchecked the whole country would become one big leftist ghetto… lol all thier silly reason for destroying our econmy, manufacturing is bad its destroying the planet, do not drill for oil so business has a cheap sorce of energy because of carbon, nevermind that without carbon no plants would grow… Raise taxes so high its cheaper to do business in a comunist country.. The leftist democratic party is the party that owned the slaves an voted against the 61 civilrights act an probibly the reason they had J F Kenndy Killed. Its all becoming us vs them… People need to wake up an get govment out of our lives. break up the NEA the EPA get rid of ATF the DEA., TSA none of those things are helping. the drug wars in mexico are killing more people per year than all our years in Iraq an Afganastan. Just leaglize drugs it would save billions an add revenue to the federal an state tresuurys, It would save alot of lives an free millions from prison for non violent crimes… Anyway the less we can comunicate to each other the less we will get along. lol Here in caly some schools teach in spanish, how dose that help kids intigrate into our society? What, are liberals making sure there will always be a supply of hotel employees, janitors, lawn mowers an carwash attendants? Not to say those are not good jobs any job now days is better than nothing. lol Wake up people! Are we going to remain a free people or will we be ruled by the likes of Hugo, fidel, castro, Stalin because that is where liberals will take us!

Your ignorance and arrogance is typical.

Most US citizens who object to illegal immigrants coming form Mexico, invading this country, do not care one whit about their race.

What we do care about is the fact that people who sneak in, come here illegally, and US citizens like you, who speak up for them, demonstrate their ignorance by failing to comprehend the meaning of the word “illegal”.

Illegal aliens (predominantly from Mexico) are not all Hispanic, there are so many from other races/ethnicities that ICE has taken up the practice of categorizing these illegal border crossers as “Hispanic” and “other than Hispanic” (many of the “other than” are from the Middle East). But they still all have one thing in common, they are here in violation fo the law.

Your history is a bit flawed as well, perhaps you need to return to school to sharpen up. The initial European colonists did not come here to”practice a religion that was outlawed over seas”, they came here to avoid religous persecution in the form of being forced into the Anglican Church, they were not members of an outlawed religion, they were members of many religions that were not the Anglican Church. Currently the U.S. has no official language due to people like you who seem to thing that a melding of languages is the way to go, and have thusfar been successful at blocking the U.S. from adopting an national language. In view of this I say to you and all fo the illegal immigrants …

Entweder lernen Sie Englisch, oder gehen Sie zurück, wo Sie herkamen und Englisch lernen, bevor Sie nach den Vereinigten Staaten kommen. Englisch ist unsere Sprache, und Sie müssen es lernen, wenn Sie hier leben wollen.

Sorry if you can’t understand, but if you cannot, then you know how English speakers feel when Spanish speakers huddle together and fialingly try to condemn those who don’t wish to accomodate their silly demands for multilingualism.

Speaking of “Functional Illiteracy” what part of “Illegal immigrant” was too complicated for YOU to grasp?

YOU READ THE STORY The point is he spoke Spanish because they( the parents) DONT SPEAK ENGLISH.. This does not make them bilingual. It makes them incapable of assimilating. get your head out of your PC butt

apparently you dont live in the southwest. A spaniard will have trouble with the tex mex spoken here. You show your ignorance of the language being spoken in the southwest.

Bottom line: Mexico is disgusting

Wonderful Gigi how thoughtful and accommodating of you! Try going to the local produce market near me in America and find that you cannot communicate with the proprietors. None of them speak English. Is that “rude” to me as an American trying to shop in the country I in which I was born? Maybe I should learn whatever dialect you think that I should so that I am not considered “rude” to my friendly, local invaders.

This is America, not Mexico. If you want to speak Spanish, GO BACK HOME!

tOO LATE NOW. FAR, FAR TOO LATE. MEXICO HAS CULTURALLY CONQUERED CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA SHOULD BE A LESSON AND A WARNING TO OTHER STATES IN THE UNION. YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE DICTATED TO BY CORRUPT OFFICALS FROM MEXICO WHEN THE POPULATION OF MEXICANS REACHES THE TIPPING POINT, THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION. THAT IS WHEN THE U.SL AS IT HAS BEEN FOR TWO HUNDRED PLUS YEARS, CEASES TO EXIST. THIS IS WHAT THE ELITE WANT UNDER BILLY THE BOMBER OF BELGRADES NAFTA AGREEMENT. SO MANY AMERICANS CONTINUE TO SLEEP.

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SEC. 6. (a) Purpose.
English is the common language of the people of the United States
of America and the State of California. This section is intended to
preserve, protect and strengthen the English language, and not to
supersede any of the rights guaranteed to the people by this
Constitution.
(b) English as the Official Language of California.
English is the official language of the State of California.
(c) Enforcement.
The Legislature shall enforce this section by appropriate
legislation. The Legislature and officials of the State of
California shall take all steps necessary to insure that the role of
English as the common language of the State of California is
preserved and enhanced. The Legislature shall make no law which
diminishes or ignores the role of English as the common language of
the State of California.
(d) Personal Right of Action and Jurisdiction of Courts.
Any person who is a resident of or doing business in the State of
California shall have standing to sue the State of California to
enforce this section, and the Courts of record of the State of
California shall have jurisdiction to hear cases brought to enforce
this section. The Legislature may provide reasonable and appropriate
limitations on the time and manner of suits brought under this
section.

California has been conquered by Mexico culturally. All the signs in all the stores are in Spanish and English, why? Corporations give brownee points for people that speak Spanish and hire them almost exclusively. IT’S TOO LATE, FOR CALIFORNIA, AND APPARENTLY IIDIOTS RE-ELECTED REID IN NEVADA, WHO IS ALSO PAVING THE WAY FOR NEVADA TO BE CULTURALLY CONQUERED. He has accused Americans of racism on behalf of MExicans several times. We have so many traitors in the U.S. in office that it’s terrible. Oh, well, Good luck folks.

Wow! Wow!, Your’e quite the inspiration Kerry. A real upper. The Founding Fathers, COULDN’T HAVE USED FOLKS LIKE YOU.

When I went to Germany I did all I could to learn as much of the language as possible. While I was there I tried to make sure that I followed the norm of social etiquette, as much as I knew. For doing this I received great service at bars and restaurants. The locals noticed and were willing to help.
The Latin culture is a beautiful thing. But the bottom line is this, we live in America. Speak as many different languages as you feel you need to behind the door of your home. Celebrate your cultural heritage and be proud. But when you step out into the public domain we speak English. If you have trouble understanding it, get yourself into a class. It isn’t our responsibility to cater to those who come here. It’s their responsibility to assimilate to the American culture. The great melting pot theory only works when we don’t isolate ourselves. Bring your little bit of spice to the dish but you still have to incorporate fully or you’re just the odd bite that isn’t quite right. Then your great melting pot turns into a big pot of “what the hell is that”.

Apparently you have never seen VP Joe Biden using the word “judgement”, as he is prone to do.

I think any rational thinking person should be offended by this. If his students have not learned English and need interpretation then the school has failed. If however the parents have not learned to speak in English then the Gov’t. Has failed. The most likely scenario though is that these parents are the illegals that birthed their children over here for the American citizenship and have used the Gov’t to supply their children with free healthcare, free school lunches, medicaid, food stamps, and WIC. Any American citizen has a duty to learn the language. When Americans go abroad we at least purchase foreign language dictionaries. We don’t expect the countries to cater to us, why should we cater to them? Perhaps the point of dumbing down the public school students is to make the illegals feel better for not even trying to learn the language!

I second the motion. get the fk out roach, you are a burden to America, And to the legal Americans who stick up and turn a blind eye to all this. F.U traitors!!

Does anyone understand the idea of a melting pot? Things melt together and become one. When the language of the alien culture is celebrated and retained you have division, not unity. Hyphenated Americans.

Where’s your papers Jose ROACH?

No entiendo cual es el problema. Todos ustedes son unos pobres ignorantes que hablan de los hispanos y bien que los manda un negro. Que ridiculos! Hope you get that, rednecks!

@ Mike – You are a dope. I can name a lot of people who came here, learned English and just because they did learn it, it made them no more educated than when they arrived. Only now, they know English. Your assertion is foolish.

@ Linda – You are just as dopey for agreeing. Thank you, come again.

Carbon is an element. Carbon dioxide is what is believed to be causing global warming. Carbon dioxide emissions and drilling for oil are not directly related in the slightest like you’ve suggested.

This is one of many things you are wrong about. But i have a feeling a passive reader like myself wouldn’t be very effective in opening your eyes through a comment on the internet.

If you are wondering if I would I tell the Basques in Idaho or the Cajun in Louisiana to speak English, yes I would. In the public arena. Behind their doors at home they can speak as many languages as they please. When they enter the public arena, say shopping, paying bills, conversing with others out and about. Speak English. Should I go to the home of a Basque in Idaho then I would attempt to speak Basque. The same for a Cajun. In their home I am their guest and it is my responsibility to communicate on their terms.
To insult the intelligence of another is to demonstrate your own ignorance or stupidity.

Whether one believes it is a fable or not, why do you think the Old Testament Tower of Babel story ended with people speaking different launguages spliitting up and becoming seperate tribes and nations? It is absurd to believe that diversity in language promotes strength and unity. The oopposite is true. Also, why do we not have to have signage, instructions and commencement speeches in oriental languages, Portuguese, French, etc.? America, the divided nation of limitless diversity and “rights”!

“Maria: You never meant to offend anyone, correct?” Now that, my friends is hard-hitting, hold thier feet to the fire jounalism!

R. Larson: Should We speak Norwegian then?????

Why not offer an after school course for the non english speaking people so they can melt into American culture like all other nationalities have done in the past. When people are not required to do the work, and the educators cater too much to their foreign sensibilities, they tend to be lazy and will not learn a new language.

I the original Americans had done a better job o border enforcement,we wouldn’t have this problem….Mexicans learning English and following American laws?Mexicants I’m afraid.
They are truly the racists for expecting that everybody else bends to them…that’s racism.

Pogue Mahone

Gabh díot féin

What? You should appreciate things like cars, computers clean drinking water, airplanes, etc. What the hell have u spiks contributed.

@ chuck….and your the pedaphile on this website…you and your California friend are both sex monsters from the other forums

Táthaigh tú féin go cineálta

“They function just fine that way.”

NOT. That’s one of the main problems with every other country on the planet. Think about it!!

Yes!!! This should be posted all over California (at least!).

Is the English Language taught in California schools anymore, and if so, how well?

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Why are we lowering our standards? People who are illiterate in two languages (their own language and ours) should get out of my country. If they are too lazy to learn English they should go home.

really! how dare you!.. so very rude in writing in mexican language (I can’t even say that it is even proper Spanish – hence the mexican language!) BTW, rednecks don’t apply to whomever you’re directing your message to.. this is CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. You really are one lost being! Que se joda, siento-lifornian. !!!

Learn English, you fool. I have no idea what language your comment is in. If it were in English I could read it.

Well enough, I imagine, to instruct their students that “anymore” is not a word.

Que racista!!!! Yo tambien soy latina. Sabes que? Mi familia y yo aprendimos y hablamos Ingles. Asimile en este pais y sales aldelante.

English Translation:
Pretty racist comment!!!! I am too hispanic. And guess what? My family and I learned the language. Assimilate and you get ahead in this country.

My success is a true testament of what this country has to offer. It is very possible to be bicultural and proud. Stop cheating the system and expecting everyone to cater to you. This is not Mexico.

Idiotas!!!

if coure,its really called favoritism.

exactly ! It is just more proof that the Mexicans do NOT want to become US citizens, they disrespect the nation and want to subvert it… Totally agree with that! PLEASE, MEXICANS… JUST GO BACK TO WHEREVER IT IS YOU CAME FROM.. YOU ALREADY TURNED YOUR BACK TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY.. YOU HAVE TO EITHER EMBRACE THIS COUNTRY THAT FEEDS YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES BACK IN MEXICO – WHERE IS THE GRATITUDE THERE??? IF YOU LOVE MEXICO SO MUCH, GO BACK! NO ONE IS STOPPING YOU TO GO BACK! WE DO NOT WANT YOU HERE.. THE USA WILL SURVIVE WITHOUT THE MEXICANS IN THE USA!!! GET THE MESSAGE ALREADY!!! ???ENTIENDES???

Tower of Babal did not end well. This will not end well.

Canada, Switzerland,,,, Oh, wait.

So, “Carbon Credits” is wrong too? You know what she meant, and she expressed it well. Your attempt to obfuscate and ridicule fails.

Your the racist

That was sarcasm a second ago

very racist

If that is the case, then I would expect the person to also break out the translation in Tagalog, Chinese, Arabic and Farsi.

If we are going to cater to one let us cater to all. What about all of the other immigrant minorities?

Soooo, When you have an English speaking American, Mexican, Pollack, Chinese, Egyptian, then then the principal will give the speech in English, Spanish, Polish, Mandarin, and Arabic as well??? I mean if we are going to be fair, we need to be fair to all not just one class.

wow…what a band wagon rider

Multilingual means you can speak more than one language…he did this for all those people living here that cant understand a word of English!!!

Saw the headline and immediately thought this had occurred in California. California has turned into such a third world toilet that when colleges require 3 years of a foreign language, English is acceptable.
The majority of ILLEGALS don’t read or speak English. and see no need to learn, as politicians provide them with everything in Spanish….including instructions on how to bilk more money from U.S. taxpayers….and they all eventually plan on returning to Mexico anyway.

The best part about this type of thing is alot of the illegals here can’t understand spanish either.

They don’t understand any language enough to do anything.

But that’s okay, perhaps they can come up with a new language and this principal and others like them can speak it.

band wagon, band wagon, band wagon

“Oh… you mean the massive empty space between your ears?”
Please, that’s the best you can do? You’re such a wanker!
You really have no idea of my experiences but there’s no point in telling you-
don’t imagine you would hear anyway.
And read a little a little closer Reality – I wasn’t talking about changing the laws- you said that.
From your threads, looks like you had the day off – too bad you could have used it better than you did. btw -This is my last – I’m really am tired of you (hope you have better luck with those around you)

Thats racist

Why complicate things, and make life difficult. I see nothing wrong with the man’s speech! We are becoming a global society, and knowing more than one language will get you better jobs and flexibility, here or elsewhere. Everybody knows English is the official language in the United States, why debate something that is already stated.
Why complaint for anything and everything? Convert the negative energy into positive energy. Respect one another and there will be peace on earth.

oh look…she does have an original comment…or that was written earlier and she is stealing it for herself.

Hey Upchuck, plain and simple,your a racist pedaphile.Can you go and get robin in Calli to a class to learn how to spell?

your a fat cake eating pig arent you?How do you live withyourself eating all the food out of guilt?
how funny though, your name equals what the criminals are doing, robincalif…ha ha…youd get the joke if you thought as much as you ate….fatty

I hate mexicans since one got me pregnant with one…but the doctor told me I was just really constipated and helped get the turd out….

how is constipation like an illegal? neither will get out of your ass!

Start by respecting this country and the language spoken here … and the you WILL be contributing to “peace on Earth”.

well according to the logic of the ill legal lovers here yes.
I cant think of my own thoughts or comments

why are aspirin white?you want them to work dont you?
I hate brown and blackpeople

lol I was being general, my eyes are open, try lasting solar minimum or mini ice age. Yah we are going to do research on globle climate we are going to use all types of data to factor our research, the ocean currents the rate at which plant absorb carbon even the jet streams, but we are going to leave out the two greatest factors one the sun, an two the number one green house gass water vapor.. lol Again take away C0 crop yeilds will decrease. Al Gore was worth about 3 mill before he got his globle warming religion on, now he is worth about 700 mill i do believe he took a big hit though last year when the inter govermental panel for climate change was hacked an found doctoring thier data… hmmmm. ps how much carbon is produced making solar panels an windmills an what type of energy is used to make them? hmmmm Hope the sun is always shining an the wind blowing in your world…

Just made up ‘facts’. You have nothing to back up what you claim.

Does anybody know the history of Rome? Rome crumbled because of the exact reasons that this once great country is committing. South Lake Tahoe has become a cesspool of illegals and it’s grown north to the north shore. Gang shootings in Incline Village, NV, yay for forced multiculturalism. Rome burns and PC is the culprit. I fled caleeforneea after the black robed crooks forced the state to give our hard earned money to illegals. Good by caleeforneea, you were once a great state. Now you’re a cancer on this country. Wake Up Sheeple!!!

Congratulation you are a racist, but not just any racist you are the dumbest racist we have found today. Tell him what he has won Johnny.

What a moron. You exemplify the very fact that racism crosses all color lines you bigot.

So if there were two Korean students in the graduating class, would he have spoke in Korean?

Ps you really thing Ted Terner the drunk give a rats but about the the planet? lol he just wants in on the carbon trading racket.. it going to make billionairs trillionairs thanks, guess who will be in charge of US carbon credit trading, Goldmen Sacks…… ring a bell they were in on the fannymay mortgage crash alonge with AIG…. Its all a scam.. Scientist forever getting a pay check, never having to be right about a single thing as long as they go along with the politicians they get grants an other types of govment money…… scam scam scam… You get to feel like you care more about the planet than me an they get all the riches…

Just watch the Esquival types, when more and more Mexicans enter the U.S. He will turn on non-Spanish speakers with a vengeance. I personally don’t trust Mexicans in the American school system, because the left has so convinced them that most Americans are bigots and racists and they should stand up and take the country. And then, the Mexican President said not long ago, “wherever there are Mexicans that’s Mexico. DON’T SOME OF YOU LEFTIST MORONS ON THIS BLOG GET IT YET?

I have had it with the bigots in this country. My family has been here since right before the American Revolution – coming from England, Ireland, Scotland, France and Germany – but I no longer feel that this is my country because of the nastiness of too many U.S. American citizens to say nothing about their ignorance and disrespect of other cultures. My second husband can speak Spanish very well (learned it on his own), some French, German and is a Russian translator. I have been bugging him to start making contacts in Russia so that we can get out of this country and apply for Russian citizenship. I used to love my country but now it has become the land of the slave and the brainwashed, and a country of cowards and filthy mouths. Obama is starting World War Three centered in the Middle East and you people are upset with a principle merely translating his speech into Spanish? Get some perspective, people!

You can also vote in Los Angeles in 32 languages. Is that a good thing? Does that bring people together? Really? Then we must be the exception to every country in the world and human nature to boot. Multiculturalsim HAS FAILED. IT HAS FAILED IN EUROPE AND IT HAS FAILED HERE.

Multiculturalism has failed in Europe and it has failed here. No one likes it, regardless of culture.

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass!

Anyone notice the typo in the opening paragraph of this article?

If you did not come to this Country to be an American, then get the hell out.
We need to make English the official language and those who do not learn and respect this Country’s Heritage. Need To go back to what they are running from in their own ##@$ Country.

Understand something. When foreign children go to school in Germany, or in France or in Greece, they speak German, French or Greek, NOT, the language of the nation they came from. MULTICULTURALISM IS DEAD IN EUROPE, THEY FINALLY REALIZE IT’S FAILED AND IT IS FAILING IN THE U.S. Only leftists continue to bother America with it.

There is no objective meaning to a word like xenophobic. It’s a word leftist psychologists invented sitting around in a psychological laboratory. There are no animals that are xenophobic by nature and neither are there humans that are. Now there are people and animals that prefer certain things and don’t like other things. You are extremely brainwashed and confused and have a collectivist mindset. Excuse me, but the USSR collapsed some time ago.

when you hire someone who is not your race, you bet darn sure they have a social agenda. So do NOT EMPLOY MEXICANS, or people of color

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When I went to Mexico to do some contract work for a company I was working for I didn’t expect the Mexicans to speak English so I learned and spoke Spanish there! So why wouldn’t anybody coming to this country do likewise? Learn English if your coming to an English speaking country, don’t expect them to coddle to any non-English language! If you can’t at least have enough respect to learn English then go home and stay home! The illegals who are illiterate in both languages are probably drug mules for the cartels so they don’t bother learning any language skills and if they are contributing to the genocide of people on both sides of the border they ought to be squashed like the insects they are!

Agree with the above reply. Don’t let the door hit you as it swings back.

Take your arse to Russia and see how much you will cry to return. I’ll let the customs and immagrations folks know not to let you back in since you are changing citizenship.

I have been to Russia. I am living and working temporarily in the middle east. Hated it and hate it. There is NO PLACE LIKE HOME. Believe me when I say there are thousands that would give up everything to come to the USA. Are they seeing something YOU’RE NOT? I believe so.

StanleyBing writes: “But it isn’t that simple, is it?”

Well, that depends upon perspective.

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“What languages MUST all signs outside Quebec being in?”

To the best of my knowledge, they can be in English only. Some places have French and English.

It has been about 15 years since I’ve been in Quebec. When I was in Victoria, BC a year or so ago, the signs were in English. When I was in Quebec, most of them were in French. Canada, including Quebec, also tends to use more “generic” type of signage than the US without actual words written on many of them.

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“What SINGLE language must signs in Quebec be in?”

As I just said, I can’t say for certain as it has been awhile since I’ve been there.

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“What part of Canada is forever making the case their their different language and culture justifies special rights, even to the point of leaving the country?”

Quebec and Canada are much different than the US for the reasons you just mentioned. If losing Quebec wouldn’t “cut” Canada in half due to its geographical location, they likely would have parted ways already.

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“Why WOULDN’T the US want to avoid that?”

While the US and Canada are a lot alike in many ways, I don’t think this is really a good analogy. The closest thing that we have to this here might be Native American reservations or if some state such as Utah would want to secede due to religious differences. And even those two items don’t really match up.

Your argument is that the bilingual system between Quebec and the rest of Canada didn’t work. So we shouldn’t do it. While that is certainly one perspective, another perspective could argue that if there was no national language to begin with, then maybe this fiasco wouldn’t have happened. If they had gone to English only or French only, part of the country would remain infuriated and there would never be harmony. Thus, if we make English the official national language of the US, then one large group of residents here probably won’t be happy campers. So it is a matter of opinion.

However, now throw in the importance of our individual freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution that differ from Canada and those freedoms are more important than having a single national language just because some people are xenophobic.

In any event, the Canada/US correlation isn’t a very good one to use in this instance as the circu-mstances are just significantly different.

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“For centuries people have come from around the world to come to the US to become AMERICANS. Those people learned English.”

No, they didn’t. SOME people certainly learned English and SOME people only spoke Italian, German, etc. However, the vast majority of those (especially as time progressed) that went on to be successful learned English. Thus, it was in their own best interest to learn the language or languages that were most beneficial to them. The same is true today…

Cheers!

StanleyBing writes: “Thanks “reality”, but we’d rather not have the problems that Canada has with their French/English issues.”

I discussed this in my previous post to you above.

Cheers!