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#1 mhawkins

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Posted 29 January 2013 - 12:32 PM

I love Blanche and the principal however, I am interested in the Spanish magnet program at Folsom Hills. Anyone have experience with either school?

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Posted 16 February 2013 - 10:53 PM

I am surprised you have not had a response to this question yet. The spanish program at Folsom Hills is outstanding. Then when they reach middile school age they are able to continue their spanish education to get highschool credit in middle school. What a way to take off pressure or add more time to pursue other ideas. Blanche is a great school too. Good luck!

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Posted 16 February 2013 - 11:18 PM

I am surprised you have not had a response to this question yet. The spanish program at Folsom Hills is outstanding. Then when they reach middile school age they are able to continue their spanish education to get highschool credit in middle school. What a way to take off pressure or add more time to pursue other ideas. Blanche is a great school too. Good luck!


My friend enrolled his kid in this Spanish program and they didn't learn a lick of Spanish. He said it was a waste of time. YMMV.

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Posted 17 February 2013 - 08:31 AM

Why is learning Spanish so important?

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Posted 17 February 2013 - 10:47 AM

The Spanish program at Folsom Hills is long on promises and short on delivery.

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Posted 17 February 2013 - 06:46 PM

Why is learning Spanish so important?


Ii guess the same reason algebra, history, science, english, french, cooking, social studies, art, PE and cooking are so important.

It helps make a more rounded, better educated populace.

A lot of people in this country speak spanish and a lot of people in countries we want to do business with speak it too.

I hope you don't see this as a threat to the english language. By the second or third generations, most descendants of immigrants don't speak the language of their grandparents. Look at all of the people Irish, Polish, Russian and French descent her in this country.

I always wondered why the schools taught French and German in schools when we had very few French and German citizens, instead of Spanish and Chinese, when the latter two would be more practical.

Still, I think kids should learn whatever languages they can.

The Spanish program at Folsom Hills is long on promises and short on delivery.


My next door neighbor has a kid in it and he and the family love it.

He loves learning languages and knows that a significant portion of our population today, and a significant number of people all over the world who we'd like to do business with speak spanish.

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Posted 18 February 2013 - 02:25 PM

Ii guess the same reason algebra, history, science, english, french, cooking, social studies, art, PE and cooking are so important.

It helps make a more rounded, better educated populace.

A lot of people in this country speak spanish and a lot of people in countries we want to do business with speak it too.

I hope you don't see this as a threat to the english language. By the second or third generations, most descendants of immigrants don't speak the language of their grandparents. Look at all of the people Irish, Polish, Russian and French descent her in this country.

I always wondered why the schools taught French and German in schools when we had very few French and German citizens, instead of Spanish and Chinese, when the latter two would be more practical.

Still, I think kids should learn whatever languages they can.

My next door neighbor has a kid in it and he and the family love it.

He loves learning languages and knows that a significant portion of our population today, and a significant number of people all over the world who we'd like to do business with speak spanish.


That was odd, why would I see it as a threat to the English language? If you're thinking it's equally important to learn a second language as it is to learn to read and write English that's something I'd disagree with. Personally I think it's fine to know a second language, but I don't think it should be a mandatory class in high school.

My belief is that more emphasis needs to be put on the skills that will needed in life such as, math, science, accounting, home econ, and English instead of learning a second language which is something that should either be a college class or a HS junior/senior elective class rather then it be a mandatory class.

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Posted 18 February 2013 - 02:38 PM

Ii guess the same reason algebra, history, science, english, french, cooking, social studies, art, PE and cooking are so important.

It helps make a more rounded, better educated populace.

A lot of people in this country speak spanish and a lot of people in countries we want to do business with speak it too.

I hope you don't see this as a threat to the english language. By the second or third generations, most descendants of immigrants don't speak the language of their grandparents. Look at all of the people Irish, Polish, Russian and French descent her in this country.

I always wondered why the schools taught French and German in schools when we had very few French and German citizens, instead of Spanish and Chinese, when the latter two would be more practical.

Still, I think kids should learn whatever languages they can.




He loves learning languages and knows that a significant portion of our population today, and a significant number of people all over the world who we'd like to do business with speak spanish.


It would also be good if the Spanish speaking people here would learn to speak and read English. That way there wouldn't be the need for signs in both, among other things.

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Posted 18 February 2013 - 03:00 PM

learning a second language is good for the brain.
Knowing the past helps deciphering the future.

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Posted 18 February 2013 - 04:53 PM

learning a second language is good for the brain.

and your proof is ???

long term, I expect this world to evolve to a single language, English is already the only language for air traffic control. It is the predominant international business language, it will someday become the world language, even foreign languages adopt the english word assigned to high tech devices like computer, etc.

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Posted 18 February 2013 - 06:28 PM

That was odd, why would I see it as a threat to the English language? If you're thinking it's equally important to learn a second language as it is to learn to read and write English that's something I'd disagree with. Personally I think it's fine to know a second language, but I don't think it should be a mandatory class in high school.

My belief is that more emphasis needs to be put on the skills that will needed in life such as, math, science, accounting, home econ, and English instead of learning a second language which is something that should either be a college class or a HS junior/senior elective class rather then it be a mandatory class.


I thought you might see it as a threat because many conservatives do. It's been written here and elsewhere on the web, and spoken on the airwaves.

How many times have you heard or read complaints about signs, phone lines, radio and tv programming, etc. in other languages, particularly Spanish?

Many feel our country is threatened by illegal immigration by our neighbors to the south, and Spanish is their native language.

Nationally syndicated talk show host Michael Savage decries it every day.

So, when someone asks why it might be important or even of value to learn Spanish, I usually try to reassure them.

I agree that there are many subjects that are neglected and are important, but there is room for art, language, music and other subjects that help round out an individual and a country.

It would also be good if the Spanish speaking people here would learn to speak and read English. That way there wouldn't be the need for signs in both, among other things.


They will. Just as our forefathers from Europe, Asia and Africa did.

long term, I expect this world to evolve to a single language, English is already the only language for air traffic control. It is the predominant international business language, it will someday become the world language, even foreign languages adopt the english word assigned to high tech devices like computer, etc.


You may be correct, but it will be a long time before there's only one language, and I think we can all agree that English is the language of commerce, but I also know that when trying to influence someone, it is important to communicate to them in the way they understand.

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Posted 18 February 2013 - 07:45 PM

They will. Just as our forefathers from Europe, Asia and Africa did.


Really? Been to LA lately? I think they have NO English radio stations!

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Posted 18 February 2013 - 09:16 PM

You may be correct, but it will be a long time before there's only one language, and I think we can all agree that English is the language of commerce, but I also know that when trying to influence someone, it is important to communicate to them in the way they understand.

Hmm, longtime, how long is that?

Planet earth 4.5 billion years old
Homo Sapiens 50 thousand to 200 thousand years, depending upon how you want to interpret the beginning of modern man.
first spoken language, unknown but likely 20,000-50,000 years ago
First written language, somewhere around 5000 years ago
English probably started forming around 1500 years ago becoming a full blown unique language maybe 800 years ago
The rate of change in language is accelerating due to technology, linguistically speaking, the world is shrinking due to the internet & cell phones, people can communicate with other people written or verbally almost anywhere on the planet now, that wasn't the case as little as 50-100 years ago.
The change won't happen in my lifetime, but I would expect that in as little as the next 100 years, there will be ample evidence of the morphing of languages into a single universal language and in 1000 years, if you were to time travel to it, you might find yourself unable to easily communicate. I bet if you heard someone speak english as it was spoken 500 years ago you would have a hard time understanding what they said. Even reading letters written 70-80 years ago, while I can understand them, I can tell my grandfather spoke and wrote differently than I do today.

Fact, languages evolve and they evolve faster than one might think. And the more different people have to communicate with each other, the faster language will evolve to meet the requirements of that communication.

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Posted 18 February 2013 - 09:41 PM

Really? Been to LA lately? I think they have NO English radio stations!


I know. They serve primarily first generation immigrants. There are sections of cities all over the country with ethnic populations that speak little to know English. At Mills Middle School in Rancho Cordova, for example, they are teaching kids who's parents came from Russia, Vietnam, Somalia, the Ukraine and much much more. They have to use interpreters at times to be able to communicate with them.

Their kids? They prefer english and hamburgers.

The change won't happen in my lifetime, but I would expect that in as little as the next 100 years, there will be ample evidence of the morphing of languages into a single universal language and in 1000 years, if you were to time travel to it, you might find yourself unable to easily communicate. I bet if you heard someone speak english as it was spoken 500 years ago you would have a hard time understanding what they said. Even reading letters written 70-80 years ago, while I can understand them, I can tell my grandfather spoke and wrote differently than I do today.


You ever see the movie 'Idiocracy'? The protagonist woke up in the future to find a dumbed-down, crowded, idiotic world.

Here's a quote: "Narrator : Unaware of what year it was, Joe wandered the streets desperate for help. But the English language had deteriorated into a hybrid of hillbilly, valley girl, inner-city slang and various grunts. Joe was able to understand them, but when he spoke in an ordinary voice he sounded pompous and faggy to them.”

(I'll remove faggy if anyone is offended)

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Posted 19 February 2013 - 09:04 AM

Good God you people love to piss and moan. Whatever crazy objection you have to learning a second language, it is unquestionably advantageous to have that skillset.




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