Imigration

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And what if Spanish was the only language you knew? What if learning English was hard for you?

Sorry, but if you immigrate from Mexico and CHOOSE to live in the US, my opinion is that you should learn to speak English. My grandfather immigrated from Mexico in 1919 and FORBID family members to speak spanish. He insisted that being an American meant embracing every aspect of America, including the language. I understand being bilingual. No problem there. But simply not learning the language because it's "hard" to learn is ridiculous. Most corporations offer "speakers of another language" courses to empower their workforce. I know the company I used to work for did. As they transitioned over to computer-run machinery and everyone had to be English speaking the courses were continuously offered...and guess what, many chose to quit rather than even try.

It's absolutely ridiculous to choose to live in another country and then not learn the language. I understand it might take a while to learn it, but eventually immigrants should be able to speak English.

If you chose to move to France and lived in a region that spoke only french, would you learn the language? I know I would, or I would (at the least) continue trying to learn it until I was six feet under.