Tuesday, February 6, 2007

José A Delgado's article about "El plan bilingue" is based on the comments of Luis Fortuño about his plan of making bilingual the public education in Puerto Rico. I am agree with Fortuño's plan. The curriculum in public schools should have English as the language of teaching in all classes and Spanish used at home. I believe that students can develop in this language effectively if it is given with more emphasis in the schools. This language is very important because it is used in all parts of the world and can open more opportunities in the work field.

If the governors keep changing everyday the language in education based on their beliefs of parties differences, who will be affected are the students because when they graduate, everywhere they need to know English. They will be insecure and always conformed working in a mediocre job that they could do with the poor education that they received. This is why the parents pay for a better education in private schools where the students learn good and go out completely bilingual.

I think that all the governors that come to rule this country should think in the students' needs and realize that Puerto Rico is not alone in the world and the people who lives here have to interact with people in other parts of the world and the use of other languages are necessary. Not only English but also other languages should be included to the curriculum of public schools.

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