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Letter: Language letter strikes a chord

Monday, Oct. 17, 2005 | 7:59 a.m.

Fran Grizzuto's Oct. 13 letter in the Sun, "Why do we have to learn Spanish?" struck a responsive chord in me.

My father was born in The Netherlands and migrated to the USA at an early age. I went to a one-room school in a Midwest community where most settlers of German origin spoke that language at home, while my parents spoke Dutch.

At school we all learned English, as that was required -- no bilingual or multilingual education. So we all learned that language well -- the parents from the children in most cases.

Why do we need to continue a foreign language when we can all learn American English?

Donald W. Nieuwsma

Mesquite

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