Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h82MKG716583; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 18:20:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 18:20:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <E19uJPK-0006OL-00@harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Joe Little <fyi@americanliteracy.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9375] RE: "poem" X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Mailer: GoldMine [5.00.402] Status: O Content-Length: 2382 Lines: 33 > Thank you for sharing your story. It sounds like you tried to deal with the > problem but got very resentful and gave up. It takes time to learn a new > language. It seems you just got impatient. Growth appears slow, especially > in the beginning. If you ever go back to work with these immigrants let us > help you. You did learn that teaching English to immigrants in harder than > you expected. I admire the zeal of which you started. You should be > applauded for your initial efforts. Ken & all, thankyou for your kind words, i think. i never became "very resentful". How can u turn my authentic words of love and support into such a thing? I never gave up! How can u read that into my words? I've taken a 'leave of absense' to support my wife and 3 kids at home in the evenings i would've been teaching. I didn't even move on. I still live in a naborhood filled with immigrants and ESL needs; these werent even the initial efforts of a young whippersnapper, captain. I NEVER expected it be easy;please stop trying to superimpose your fears of this or that onto me. > your resentment and frustration turned into hatred. It is the same emotional Yikes, there u go again. Turning the resentment and frustration i never even knew i had into a new-found hatred i will treasure always. > charge that fuels the English-Only movement. By "tuff-love" you appear to > recommend that if we have English-Only Laws and cut off all government > assistance to the immigrant than they will be motivated to learn to speak > English. I do not think your "tuff love" philosophy will work. On the > contrary, it is a recipe for disaster. These actions will motivate very > negative reactions and set off Civil Rights Protest similar to the 1960's. > Do you realize how many immigrants you will be affecting? If hatred toward > the immigrant is allowed to continue unchecked it will lead to a blood bath > of ethnic cleansing. Joe, you sound like a good guy but the answer to this > complex problem is not your unwise "tuff love" philosophy. You can't have it both ways.I'm a resentful hater but a good guy. I'm at a loss for words, save for these:i appreciate your opinion and value your fear that 'english-only' will hurt a multitude of immigrants, give rise to blood bath, and lead to ethnic cleansing. Sounds like Hitler's Nazi Fascism, yet again, to me. Joe
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