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- = F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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- "No Hablo Espanol"
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- Again, someone is speaking to me in Spanish. Staring at her face, I repeat
- "What?" hoping she will either realize I don't understand Spanish and try
- to speak in English, or just give up. After three or four sentences, she
- asks me "No Espanol?" and as usual, I say "No," while shouting "YOU LEARN
- HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH YOU LAZY BITCH!" in my head.
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- I am not saying that English is superior to any other language, and I
- don't believe in "Do as the Romans do." Note that I love Latin American
- food, and some people ARE fully bilingual. However, I believe that one
- needs to have knowledge of basic English if they live in the United
- States. After all, this country consists of various ethnic groups, and we
- cannot communicate with each other without a "standard" language.
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- Somehow, many of the Hispanic immigrants in Miami do not even try to learn
- English. They often make excuses that they don't have money to go to
- school, they don't have time, they are too old to learn, and so on. Then,
- I may ask how I learned some Spanish phrases without taking any classes.
- TV or radio programs should be sufficient if one is really willing to
- learn. There are free English courses offered on weekends, which my
- parents have taken, if one wants to improve his/her conversation skills.
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- Believe it or not, my college even provides Spanish-speakers special
- "bilingual" programs. Some core courses are taught both in English and
- Spanish. Then, I ask myself, why there is no classes taught in Japanese.
- This upsets me since I suffered so much learning English when I came to
- this country four years ago. If Spanish-speakers can pass the class
- easily, then all the other International students should be treated the
- same way (though I am glad I didn't have such an option since I could
- learn English so much faster).
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- They do not learn English simply because the majority of the society (at
- least in Miami) speak Spanish. Provided that the local governments are run
- by Spanish-speakers (mostly Cuban-Americans), they often act as though
- their culture is the best, and that everyone else should follow their
- rules. They seem to forget that it all started to conserve their
- ethnicity, not to dominate the society. They should be criticized as well
- as Americans who know nothing but English (hey, it should be so much
- easier for you to learn Spanish than for me to learn English!).
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- So I might start learning Spanish if they, at least, TRY to speak English
- to me, without making a stupid assumption that I am a Japanese-Peruvian
- who understands Spanish. Maybe I should talk back to them in Japanese next
- time. Or perhaps I should move out of Miami as soon as I finish my school.
- But I'm kind of attached to the taste of Cafe con Leche. Well, you never
- know, I might miss the sound of "Spanglish" if I leave here.
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- June 4, 1997
- Psycho
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