Aria Response

Summary:
A boy growing up in a Spanish-speaking household recalls what it was like to learn English.

Response:
I printed it out the wrong way, and I love masala chai.
Anywho,
What interested me the most was how he differentiated between his public and private lives and how that was intimately tied up with language.   He felt that children shouldn't use their native language in schools because of their native, home language is private and doesn't belong in a public space like school.  Maybe it's because I only speak English, but I just had a hard time connecting with what he was talking about.  Yeah, it's cool to have your own private language at home, but you're going to have a really hard time in school, which is going to affect your grades, which is going to affect the college you may go to, which is going to affect...etc.  I think schools should be as accommodating as possible for the children that attend them.  I think its a form of discrimination if you don't.