Response to James Hassett

Response to James Hassett: Lunch room.

That was a rude way to approach the kids but that is a hard situation. My son did his first year of Kindergarten (he repeated k) at a school that most of the students were English learners and spoke Spanish. When he came home the first day from school he told me he needed to learn "Spanish". That nobody talked to him in English. As a mom that broke my heart for my son. It made me mad that my son is going to a school where English is the primary language and he is told he needs learn Spanish. I disagree with the idea that he should learn Spanish at five years old. It's not that this is America and that English is the only language we should speak but it is the primary language. I think it is hard situation that the teacher was facing. The teacher could of approach the situation a little better.. The teacher should of approach the situation better.

Response to James Hassett Chapter 10

I think this is a subject that so many teachers think about. I am a special education teacher in Thermal and the school I teach at is 85% English learners. They do have different types of EL programs that students can go into (it’s up to the parents). One program is they are taught in their primary language for K and 1st grade and are introduced to English for only 30 minutes a day. Then it increases each year. The other program is like the one you discussed where they are taught in Spanish and English. The last program is a regular classroom. It's interesting that many parents want their EL student in the English class and not in the other programs. Personally I think every student deserves the support that they need to learn.