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**soipguibbom** · 09-04-2010, 08:46 AM

True. In fact here in my city some jobs require you to know Spanish, and I'm not talking about customer service either. Landscaping and Maintenance jobs often require you to understand Spanish to some degree. Even the Texas Workforce Commission website had some jobs where only "good" English skills were necessary in contrast to "EXCELLENT" Spanish skills.

Being that I am not very fluent in Spanish, that automatically disqualifies me from those kinda jobs. Pretty unfair that our country caters to illegals. And I say that because, if they were here legally they would be able to understand basic English and we wouldn't have to learn their language in order to communicate with them.

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I absolutely believe you. It's not fair to us American Citizens. I wonder how Mexico would feel if we started mass immigration there and refused to learn Spanish. And opened businesses operating ONLY in English.

Well, believe me, there are hundreds of thousands of Americans living in Mexico who speak no Spanish, do have bussineses and interact with each other most of the time because of lack of knowledge of the Spanish language. And yes, there are Americans who do expect people to speak English south of the border because that'll make things easier for them when they travel. They figure it'll be to their advantage if Mexicans and others learned English. But the fact is that in Mexico and in Latin America in general, there are many bilingual people. Many people who work in the tourist industry do speak English, many middle and upper-class people also study English. Being bilingual or trilingual is considered something to be proud of.

In the USA, American born Hispanics all speak English and poor Spanish. I think it's to everyones' advantage to learn more than one language. The USA is in no danger of having any language other than English become dominant. In every country, Americans residing there send their children to American schools where they learn English. I am not aware of any first-class bilingual schools in the USA for the children of the Hispanic population. No, in the USA, for many reasons, even in places that used to be part of Spanish America, English is king. Including Florida.

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soipguibbom Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 542 Senior Member	True. In fact here in my city some jobs require you to know Spanish, and I'm not talking about customer service either. Landscaping and Maintenance jobs often require you to understand Spanish to some degree. Even the Texas Workforce Commission website had some jobs where only "good" English skills were necessary in contrast to "EXCELLENT" Spanish skills. Being that I am not very fluent in Spanish, that automatically disqualifies me from those kinda jobs. Pretty unfair that our country caters to illegals. And I say that because, if they were here legally they would be able to understand basic English and we wouldn't have to learn their language in order to communicate with them. ---------- Post added 2010-09-03 at 17:34 ---------- I absolutely believe you. It's not fair to us American Citizens. I wonder how Mexico would feel if we started mass immigration there and refused to learn Spanish. And opened businesses operating ONLY in English. Well, believe me, there are hundreds of thousands of Americans living in Mexico who speak no Spanish, do have bussineses and interact with each other most of the time because of lack of knowledge of the Spanish language. And yes, there are Americans who do expect people to speak English south of the border because that'll make things easier for them when they travel. They figure it'll be to their advantage if Mexicans and others learned English. But the fact is that in Mexico and in Latin America in general, there are many bilingual people. Many people who work in the tourist industry do speak English, many middle and upper-class people also study English. Being bilingual or trilingual is considered something to be proud of. In the USA, American born Hispanics all speak English and poor Spanish. I think it's to everyones' advantage to learn more than one language. The USA is in no danger of having any language other than English become dominant. In every country, Americans residing there send their children to American schools where they learn English. I am not aware of any first-class bilingual schools in the USA for the children of the Hispanic population. No, in the USA, for many reasons, even in places that used to be part of Spanish America, English is king. Including Florida.
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