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Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012 | 2 a.m.
State Sen. Michael Roberson, R-Henderson, announced last week a $20 million-a-year plan to help Clark County students learn English. The bill would expand state aid to preschools, where state money is almost nonexistent. Clark County School District would be able to serve 6,400 young English language learners taught by 400 teachers and teacher aides. It made for great, if obvious, politics — playing up a Southern Nevada program tailored to Hispanics, a key electoral demographic, and helping young children learn English. All this a month before Election Day. But to say the program does not exactly fit into the wheelhouse ...
Tax Pledge traitors.. TPT WooT LoL
Republicans should not agree to any new taxes or tax increases unless first there is serious significant real government union worker reform.
Now that it is election time, we see the usual turning about face with the hardcore politicians. The political rush to NOT alienate constituents prompted "The Senate Republican caucus, in fact, recruited and endorsed candidates in its five key Senate races who did not sign a written pledge not to raise taxes." Gotta look like they really care...all of the sudden.
Yeah, thanks for the profound mismanagement of taxpayer dollars, especially avoiding tax reform for MINING (so they would finally pay their FAIR share, after a century of a free ride on taxation). There is NO amount of political manuevering on either side of the aisle, that will convince me or others that political tigers have changed their true stripes at this juncture.
Nevada and Nevadans have been victimized for decades, might I say over a century now, by corrupt politicans, special interests, and the MINING and GAMING/CASINO/RESORT industries.
This election cycle, many have smartened up, and will research, observe, and follow the $$$ Money $$$ trail of each candidate. The People of Nevada have simply had enough of politicians "kicking the political can down the road," anymore. Thank God for the "Information Age," as constituents will be watching and voting accordingly!
Blessings and Peace,
Star
Being bilingual or multilingual is really great, not only for education, but later on for job options internationally.
For any English speaker, they will discover the depth and richness especially, in what are termed romance languages.
I think it is good for ESL and EFL students to have bilingual classes together early, when they are able to learn the fastest, and so they will have others to speak with.
If another language is spoken at home, it can slow the learning process.
For this reason, I think it is also beneficial for parents to take second language courses, and make use of them at home.
It also expands vacation choices in foreign countries.
Practicing in everyday situations is essential, so parents can play a crucial role.
TV is also helpful if an English speaker is learning Spanish. I learned to speak Spanish watching Spanish TV stations and a dictionary. I dedicated 2 hours a night to novelas (soaps). In six months I was speaking without translating in my mind first. However, I would recommend a Spanish grammar class as well.
I got alot of compliments from Spanish speakers, as well as encouragement.
Learning another language can be fun, and if parents and children learn at the same time, it offers some fun practice time for both.
In the southwest, English/Spanish is natural. In the northeast, English/French/Spanish are good options.
There's nothing new here. It's a smoke-screen for the Republicans' "revenue neutral" approach to budget management.
Obama's budget proposal did not receive one vote from his own party. The democratically controlled Senate hasn't passed a budget in three years while our deficit climbed another $5 trillion. The Democrats don't have a budget to critique or to help solve our out-of-control spending. If you compare Obama's proposed and unpassed budget to Ryan's, income earners between $7,400 - $70,700 would be taxed at 15% under Obama's plan versus 12% under Romney's. Romney's plan calls for an across the board reduction on all income earners (except the 47% who pay nothing). Remember, the top 20% of income earners pay 96% of all taxes while the bottom 80% only pay 4%. The two Democratic groups have spun another falsehood.
Furthermore, Obamacare already added many new taxes, most of which go into effect after this election and affect all classes. How about the new 10% federal tax on sun-tanning salons already in effect? Then the 2.37% tax on interest and dividend income (which was already taxed) and the taxes on drugs and medical devices and health insurance--all of it will be borne equally among all classes of earners. Even the Supreme Court ruled Obamacare is a tax