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Syncronicity09

megastar007:

rlmanning:

Almost ALL schools have bilingual classes (which means my child will not get 100% education as the teachers will be busy with the kids that dont speak English).

As a teacher who has taught in several school districts in SoCal, I'd have to disagree.   The only bilingual classes that I know of are called Dual Immersion, which parents have to request that their child be enrolled in.  Also, ALL students receive attention, not just those English Language Learners.  If a non native English speaker needs additional support, they are generally taken to a resource teacher to give them some sort of intervention.  Sorry to hijack the post, but I just get a little heated over education issues

 

Actually, my nephew was transferred out of his school to another school across town because the school near his home was predominantly non English speaking. This may not be the case everywhere, and I doubt it is the norm. But it does happen, and there are many schools where most of the kids are non English speaking, at least here in OC.

It is also very hard to get a job in OC or LA right now if you are not bilingual. Particularly Spanish or Vietnamese.

megastar007

MrsPrevost:

megastar007:

rlmanning:

Almost ALL schools have bilingual classes (which means my child will not get 100% education as the teachers will be busy with the kids that dont speak English).

As a teacher who has taught in several school districts in SoCal, I'd have to disagree.   The only bilingual classes that I know of are called Dual Immersion, which parents have to request that their child be enrolled in.  Also, ALL students receive attention, not just those English Language Learners.  If a non native English speaker needs additional support, they are generally taken to a resource teacher to give them some sort of intervention.  Sorry to hijack the post, but I just get a little heated over education issues

 

Actually, my nephew was transferred out of his school to another school across town because the school near his home was predominantly non English speaking. This may not be the case everywhere, and I doubt it is the norm. But it does happen, and there are many schools where most of the kids are non English speaking, at least here in OC.

It is also very hard to get a job in OC or LA right now if you are not bilingual. Particularly Spanish or Vietnamese.

 

I'm not saying that there isn't a high number of English Language Learners... most of the districts I have taught in do have a lot of ELLs.  I was just trying to say that it shouldn't directly correlate to the quality of education the children are receiving.  Good teachers are good teachers... no matter what the demographics.

Syncronicity09

megastar007:

MrsPrevost:

megastar007:

rlmanning:

Almost ALL schools have bilingual classes (which means my child will not get 100% education as the teachers will be busy with the kids that dont speak English).

As a teacher who has taught in several school districts in SoCal, I'd have to disagree.   The only bilingual classes that I know of are called Dual Immersion, which parents have to request that their child be enrolled in.  Also, ALL students receive attention, not just those English Language Learners.  If a non native English speaker needs additional support, they are generally taken to a resource teacher to give them some sort of intervention.  Sorry to hijack the post, but I just get a little heated over education issues

 

Actually, my nephew was transferred out of his school to another school across town because the school near his home was predominantly non English speaking. This may not be the case everywhere, and I doubt it is the norm. But it does happen, and there are many schools where most of the kids are non English speaking, at least here in OC.

It is also very hard to get a job in OC or LA right now if you are not bilingual. Particularly Spanish or Vietnamese.

 

I'm not saying that there isn't a high number of English Language Learners... most of the districts I have taught in do have a lot of ELLs.  I was just trying to say that it shouldn't directly correlate to the quality of education the children are receiving.  Good teachers are good teachers... no matter what the demographics.

I am sure they are good teachers, but they were not teaching in my nephews language, so they moved him. That would be a consideration for me if I were moving somewhere. I know it caused a lot of stress for my sister.