infundibulum

Oddly enough, for some reason I stuck a search for Education Equality Act after blogging my response to someone’s post that mentioned it. That was last June.

Well, those two lonely hits finally have a third: The Wonkster: Translation Bill Vetoed.

This move really makes me wonder if people who claim to support “English only” in the states actually intend to promote English. Because no politician would argue that parents shouldn’t be involved in their childrens’ education. It’s a known fact that children tend to learn languages faster than adults.

So, it stands to reason that even if you are completely against use of any language but English at all in the classroom, those children will still need the involvement of their parents. And those parents do not know English.

Thus my suspicion, that what he’s really promoting is preventing education.

And why is it that public volunteers can’t help do translation of things like report cards over the web? If a second-generation Vietnamese American in Fresno saw a website where he could translate a report card (with the students’ privacy protected) for the children of first-generation immigrants in Boston, why shouldn’t they be able to? Why does the government have to spend money on this at all?

Yes, quality control is an issue, but it could happen. As opposed to what’s being legislated now: leave the kids and the parents out in the cold.

Nice.