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...Colombia's bloody, four-decade-old civil war, but also be a precursor to freeing three Americans held by the guerrillas. The debacle has now left Chavez looking humiliated, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe looking churlish and the leftist rebels, the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces - known by their Spanish acronym, the FARC - looking more than ever like the deceitful thugs their critics insist they've become over the years...
...Congress, that goes back a long, long way. Maybe the first time was when I was in teaching in junior high in Jefferson County, Colorado. And Colorado passed a bilingual education bill and all of a sudden I started seeing kids getting taken out of classes and put into Spanish speaking classes even when they couldn't speak a word of Spanish themselves but their last name was Hispanic. So, they had a terrible time and I kept thinking "Where did this come from?" This was 1976, 30 years ago... Well, we eventually found out that it was a political...
...names and recognize those of their peers. We measure our daughter's height regularly. In return, she's always asking about how much something measures and is very interested in numbers and words. Teach them a second language. My daughter speaks English and French fluently and wants to learn Spanish. I have a full-time job, but I spend as much time with her as I can. She loves being a kid, and we enjoy learning together. For now, I'm enjoying seeing her grow and learn at her own pace and, of course, helping and encouraging her in whatever...
Hardworking immigrants only want what our forefathers wanted: a chance to work and educate their children like everyone else. But they also want ballots and public signs in Spanish and English. They want bilingual education in schools. They want welfare benefits even though some of their earnings go back home to provide the second largest source of income in Mexico...
...enroll their preschoolers in tutoring programs [Dec. 3], I say, Let children be children! At my daughter's preschool, the students learn how to cook. They are encouraged at age 4 to write their own names. My daughter speaks English and French fluently and wants to learn Spanish. She loves being a kid, and we enjoy learning together. For now, I'm enjoying seeing her learn at her own pace and encouraging her. At such a young age, being with parents after school is better than sending them off to another classroom...