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**N95FzmMw** · 12-01-2007, 09:02 PM

Seeing people defending a situation where American children are prohibited from speaking english ANYWHERE is proof positive that this "America" we now live in is as fucked up as a soup sandwich.

Don't forget to dummy up on April 15 and pay those taxes.............the people that we're giving our country to are counting on them!

And here we see the perfect example of what this story was intended to do. Appeal to people's ignorance of a situation to get them riled up. AHHH! PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH ANYMORE AHH! AHH!!!!!

Amazing.

Does this sound like anybody is keeping their kids from speaking english?
St. Paul schools spokeswoman Dayna Kennedy acknowledged Thursday that school officials handled the situation poorly, but said the reason Armstrong's children were ineligible to ride the bus was because they lived outside the school's attendance area - not because they spoke English.

The bus route was meant to serve a language academy at Phalen Lake for Hmong kids learning English, and the district's academies all have separate bus routes to keep their students together.
Kennedy said the breakdown happened when officials discovered the family lived outside of Phalen Lake's attendance area. The family moved last year. The plan had been to tell them they would not be legally eligible for bus service after the winter break.

"We made a mistake. The family was not properly notified," she said.

12-01-2007, 09:02 PM	#36
N95FzmMw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 334 Senior Member	Seeing people defending a situation where American children are prohibited from speaking english ANYWHERE is proof positive that this "America" we now live in is as fucked up as a soup sandwich. Don't forget to dummy up on April 15 and pay those taxes.............the people that we're giving our country to are counting on them! And here we see the perfect example of what this story was intended to do. Appeal to people's ignorance of a situation to get them riled up. AHHH! PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH ANYMORE AHH! AHH!!!!! Amazing. Does this sound like anybody is keeping their kids from speaking english? St. Paul schools spokeswoman Dayna Kennedy acknowledged Thursday that school officials handled the situation poorly, but said the reason Armstrong's children were ineligible to ride the bus was because they lived outside the school's attendance area - not because they spoke English. The bus route was meant to serve a language academy at Phalen Lake for Hmong kids learning English, and the district's academies all have separate bus routes to keep their students together. Kennedy said the breakdown happened when officials discovered the family lived outside of Phalen Lake's attendance area. The family moved last year. The plan had been to tell them they would not be legally eligible for bus service after the winter break. "We made a mistake. The family was not properly notified," she said.
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