kayamate wrote:Second, what I'm hearing most is, "learn the fucking language," not "who is going to teach the fucking language?" and that's a huge problem..
Well, I don't think that most people are telling immigrants to" learn the fucking language". But I do agree with your point. There are not enough resources for people to take advantage of when it comes to esl.
That being said, I can't help but wonder if some of the blame for that problem may fall on the immigrants themselves.
For example, I used to work for a wharehouse that offered employees an opportunity to take esl at the local community college on company hours. (i.e. you were being paid to go to school on your work hours.)
The first class was filled by all a few russian and chinese workers, but not one hispanic. The odd part was, the majority of the non-english speakers were hispanic, plus they had a tranlator to tell them about this class two months in advance. The other non-english speakers weren't even afforded that. By the time the third class rolled around the program was cancelled do to lack of head count.
I wonder if that example is an isolated occurrence? :scratch: