Politically correct to the point of abject stupidity
Talk about being an idiot -- from the Huston, TX
Chronicle:
Principal who told kids not to speak Spanish will lose job
The Hempstead school board won't renew the contract of a principal who instructed her students not to speak Spanish, in a rapidly-evolving district where more than half of the students, like many Texas schools, are now Hispanic.
Hempstead Middle School Principal Amy Lacey was placed on paid administrative leave in December after reportedly announcing, via intercom, that students were not to speak Spanish on the school's campus. The Hispanic population of the rural area, roughly 50 miles northwest of Houston, is growing quickly, and Latino advocates say that it's important to allow Spanish in public schools.
"When you start banning aspects of ethnicity or cultural identity," says Augustin Pinedo, director of the League of United Latin American Citizens Region 18, "it sends the message that the child is not wanted: 'We don't want your color. We don't want your kind.' They then tend to drop out early."
Such fast growth is pervasive in Texas, says Steve Murdock, a professor at Rice University and director of the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas. Half of all Texas public-school students are now Hispanic, he notes. "When you look at issues related to education in Texas, to a great extent, you're looking at the education of Hispanic children."
The Hempstead school board is populated with congenital idiots. The kids are in school to learn and learning is not about reinforcing a culture, learning is about developing the tools to succeed for the rest of your life. Reading, writing and speaking fluent English is crucial to success in life. This may suck but it is the truth and the longer you delay it, the worse the fluency will be -- kids learn languages a lot faster than most adults.
Hempstead Middle School Principal Amy Lacey should have been given a nice raise and promotion instead of being canned and these latino 'advocates' are
useful idiots in the pure Leninist meaning -- they are hurting the very people they are trying to represent. They may complain that
The Man is keeping them down but they
ARE The Man.
Idiots...
Posted by DaveH at March 19, 2014 10:42 AM