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Mes de la Cultura Hispana

As a parent I always have a dilemma at home with my kids that don’t want to speak in Spanish with their parents; I always encourage them to do it because will increase their Spanish vocabulary for the reason that at school always English is the language of communication.

My kids for instance came to this country before entering first grade, even though they were so young their primary language was Spanish; as they grew up their Spanish vocabulary was decreasing and his English vocabulary was increasing therefore almost in every phrase during our conversations they will insert English words into and Spanish sentence because the lack of knowledge in that particular word.

All the time I insist to a point to be annoying to sharpen their bilingual skills due to the fact that later in a search for a job it will open up a wider selection of employers. Also is part of their heritage.

I agree 100% that the language of communication in this country is English, it is how you do business and communicate with others. That is way I wrote this article in English even though I was tented to do it in Spanish, but as you see my blog started in Spanish and now is almost English but don’t get me wrong once in a while I will do it in my native language.

In summary it does not make a difference what native language you are bringing to this country parents should encourage their children to continue speaking and learning the language of their parents even if they were born in this country. It is a skill and a cultural value.

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How can you do it at school I replied? Well dad the teacher always gives us time to finish homework at class and besides after the school ends I have a few minutes prior to my football practice.

I asked him prior to the start of the school year the list of classes and 60% of them were electives or not compulsory (not essential), and I remembered that his counselor told me that as long he has enough credits he can do it.

The “no child left behind act” is a mistake and the effectiveness and desirability of NCLB’s measures are hotly debated. A primary criticism asserts that NCLB could reduce effective instruction and student learning because it may cause states to lower achievement goals and motivate teachers to “teach to the test.”

I started thinking that back in my days in my school in South America we did not have the glory of having home economics, pottery, art and other elective classes that are good for the spirit but at the end they are not good for your career.

I had 11 (one year less) years full of mathematic, physics, algebra, history, chemistry, calculus, biology and others that by the time I finish High School I was ready for the University and no need for College in order to catch up with the prerequisites. If you want a technical career you go to College but to study the necessary for your future occupation.

I am not saying mine was better than the current system but something is not working right and I have to admit that the labs are great and some school have state of the art technology but they don’t improve the education for some reason.

I believe the current Education system in this country is a business; you should be able at the end of your high school to go straight to the University and be an architect, lawyer or whatever is your desire. Perhaps proof of that is the statistic from the department of education that 85% got a high school diploma but only 27% a post secondary diploma.

The “no child left behind act” is a mistake and the effectiveness and desirability of NCLB’s measures are hotly debated. A primary criticism asserts that NCLB could reduce effective instruction and student learning because it may cause states to lower achievement goals and motivate teachers to “teach to the test.”

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