Fucked Up College Kids File 342

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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. 

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. 

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. 

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). 

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!). 

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. 

 
June 4, 1997 
Psycho 

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