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> A large population of impoverished non-English speaking refugees takes massive amounts of attention and resources from the school to cater to. They also add
by wootland 4y ago
> A large population of impoverished non-English speaking refugees takes massive amounts of attention and resources from the school to cater to.
They also add value. As you can see by the very interesting reply about indigenous languages, there is significant cultural and historical value being dismissed by viewing non-English speaking poor people as a pure liability.
- rayiner 4y agoYou can learn about that in a book without having to divert budget resources to hire expensive teachers with the skills to meet those kids’ needs.
- wootland 4y agoThe value I'm talking about isn't educational value (although there is that too), it's cultural and social value. There's vast sums of money wasted on things far more malignant than supporting multiple languages for students.
- rayiner 4y agoWhose money? What obligation do these communities have to support those educational expenses? And of course the change in culture and they’re kids’ socialization isn’t something you can fix with money.
- onetimeusename 4y agocan you describe the cultural and social value and why or why not you think other countries like Israel, India, or Japan would benefit from having South American mestizo and indigenous peoples?