OT – Bilingual Education

[NotCranky]

[quote=deadzone]I’m jumping out of this hamster wheel[/quote]
Good idea! I think I might play in the woodshavings today…maybe those cool looking transparent neon tubes? There are lots of other hamster wheels to get on here to. In fact they just put in two or three more.

[briansd1]

[quote=nocommonsense]Wow. I’m a bit speechless but can’t say I was all that suprised. With growing population, it’s only a matter of time that the Hispanics become the biggest demographic and political power.

I tell my wife not to worry about Spanish because it’s easy to learn and our kids can learn it if there’s a need when they grow up. I’d like them to learn the eastern languages like Mandarin and Japanese because: 1) Spanish and the other Roman languages are useless from a practical point of view (no offense please). If you ever go there just speak English!; 2)Mandarin and Japanese are 100X more difficult to learn for an English speaker, especially adults(the opposite is true too for native speakers of those languages to learn English); 3) China and Japan are where the future opportunities are (kinda like the Chinese coming to America now to find opportunities).[/quote]

I sorta agree.

But I believe that we are missing a huge opportunity with Spanish. Latin America is a huge continent and going back to the Monroe Doctrine, it’s our very own backyard.

Economically, Latin America could be a huge growing market for us to do business in. We owned that market and we neglected it. We are are now letting the Chinese buy their way into our turf.

Culturally Latin America is closest to the USA and rich Hispanics want to own houses and shelter their money in USA. But the anti-Hispanic undercurrents in USA are turning off Hispanics. Beginning in the mid 1980s, Latin American commerce was looking more to Spain and Europe, and now to China and Asia.

Why is Spain’s Telefonica is successful in Latin America? It should be AT&T and Verizon. We should have a culture of inclusion that nurtures and grows trans-border business.

Latin America is also a beautiful continent of virgin forests and unspoiled beaches. We should be going down there to do business and enjoy ourselves.

There is no reason that the San Diego Tijuana region can’t become an economic powerhouse like Hong Kong and Shenzen. Instead we remain a second tier city.

[briansd1]

[quote=nocommonsense]Wow. I’m a bit speechless but can’t say I was all that suprised. With growing population, it’s only a matter of time that the Hispanics become the biggest demographic and political power.

I tell my wife not to worry about Spanish because it’s easy to learn and our kids can learn it if there’s a need when they grow up. I’d like them to learn the eastern languages like Mandarin and Japanese because: 1) Spanish and the other Roman languages are useless from a practical point of view (no offense please). If you ever go there just speak English!; 2)Mandarin and Japanese are 100X more difficult to learn for an English speaker, especially adults(the opposite is true too for native speakers of those languages to learn English); 3) China and Japan are where the future opportunities are (kinda like the Chinese coming to America now to find opportunities).[/quote]

I sorta agree.

But I believe that we are missing a huge opportunity with Spanish. Latin America is a huge continent and going back to the Monroe Doctrine, it’s our very own backyard.

Economically, Latin America could be a huge growing market for us to do business in. We owned that market and we neglected it. We are are now letting the Chinese buy their way into our turf.

Culturally Latin America is closest to the USA and rich Hispanics want to own houses and shelter their money in USA. But the anti-Hispanic undercurrents in USA are turning off Hispanics. Beginning in the mid 1980s, Latin American commerce was looking more to Spain and Europe, and now to China and Asia.

Why is Spain’s Telefonica is successful in Latin America? It should be AT&T and Verizon. We should have a culture of inclusion that nurtures and grows trans-border business.

Latin America is also a beautiful continent of virgin forests and unspoiled beaches. We should be going down there to do business and enjoy ourselves.

There is no reason that the San Diego Tijuana region can’t become an economic powerhouse like Hong Kong and Shenzen. Instead we remain a second tier city.

[briansd1]

[quote=nocommonsense]Wow. I’m a bit speechless but can’t say I was all that suprised. With growing population, it’s only a matter of time that the Hispanics become the biggest demographic and political power.

I tell my wife not to worry about Spanish because it’s easy to learn and our kids can learn it if there’s a need when they grow up. I’d like them to learn the eastern languages like Mandarin and Japanese because: 1) Spanish and the other Roman languages are useless from a practical point of view (no offense please). If you ever go there just speak English!; 2)Mandarin and Japanese are 100X more difficult to learn for an English speaker, especially adults(the opposite is true too for native speakers of those languages to learn English); 3) China and Japan are where the future opportunities are (kinda like the Chinese coming to America now to find opportunities).[/quote]

I sorta agree.

But I believe that we are missing a huge opportunity with Spanish. Latin America is a huge continent and going back to the Monroe Doctrine, it’s our very own backyard.

Economically, Latin America could be a huge growing market for us to do business in. We owned that market and we neglected it. We are are now letting the Chinese buy their way into our turf.

Culturally Latin America is closest to the USA and rich Hispanics want to own houses and shelter their money in USA. But the anti-Hispanic undercurrents in USA are turning off Hispanics. Beginning in the mid 1980s, Latin American commerce was looking more to Spain and Europe, and now to China and Asia.

Why is Spain’s Telefonica is successful in Latin America? It should be AT&T and Verizon. We should have a culture of inclusion that nurtures and grows trans-border business.

Latin America is also a beautiful continent of virgin forests and unspoiled beaches. We should be going down there to do business and enjoy ourselves.

There is no reason that the San Diego Tijuana region can’t become an economic powerhouse like Hong Kong and Shenzen. Instead we remain a second tier city.

[briansd1]

[quote=nocommonsense]Wow. I’m a bit speechless but can’t say I was all that suprised. With growing population, it’s only a matter of time that the Hispanics become the biggest demographic and political power.

I tell my wife not to worry about Spanish because it’s easy to learn and our kids can learn it if there’s a need when they grow up. I’d like them to learn the eastern languages like Mandarin and Japanese because: 1) Spanish and the other Roman languages are useless from a practical point of view (no offense please). If you ever go there just speak English!; 2)Mandarin and Japanese are 100X more difficult to learn for an English speaker, especially adults(the opposite is true too for native speakers of those languages to learn English); 3) China and Japan are where the future opportunities are (kinda like the Chinese coming to America now to find opportunities).[/quote]

I sorta agree.

But I believe that we are missing a huge opportunity with Spanish. Latin America is a huge continent and going back to the Monroe Doctrine, it’s our very own backyard.

Economically, Latin America could be a huge growing market for us to do business in. We owned that market and we neglected it. We are are now letting the Chinese buy their way into our turf.

Culturally Latin America is closest to the USA and rich Hispanics want to own houses and shelter their money in USA. But the anti-Hispanic undercurrents in USA are turning off Hispanics. Beginning in the mid 1980s, Latin American commerce was looking more to Spain and Europe, and now to China and Asia.

Why is Spain’s Telefonica is successful in Latin America? It should be AT&T and Verizon. We should have a culture of inclusion that nurtures and grows trans-border business.

Latin America is also a beautiful continent of virgin forests and unspoiled beaches. We should be going down there to do business and enjoy ourselves.

There is no reason that the San Diego Tijuana region can’t become an economic powerhouse like Hong Kong and Shenzen. Instead we remain a second tier city.

[briansd1]

[quote=nocommonsense]Wow. I’m a bit speechless but can’t say I was all that suprised. With growing population, it’s only a matter of time that the Hispanics become the biggest demographic and political power.

I tell my wife not to worry about Spanish because it’s easy to learn and our kids can learn it if there’s a need when they grow up. I’d like them to learn the eastern languages like Mandarin and Japanese because: 1) Spanish and the other Roman languages are useless from a practical point of view (no offense please). If you ever go there just speak English!; 2)Mandarin and Japanese are 100X more difficult to learn for an English speaker, especially adults(the opposite is true too for native speakers of those languages to learn English); 3) China and Japan are where the future opportunities are (kinda like the Chinese coming to America now to find opportunities).[/quote]

I sorta agree.

But I believe that we are missing a huge opportunity with Spanish. Latin America is a huge continent and going back to the Monroe Doctrine, it’s our very own backyard.

Economically, Latin America could be a huge growing market for us to do business in. We owned that market and we neglected it. We are are now letting the Chinese buy their way into our turf.

Culturally Latin America is closest to the USA and rich Hispanics want to own houses and shelter their money in USA. But the anti-Hispanic undercurrents in USA are turning off Hispanics. Beginning in the mid 1980s, Latin American commerce was looking more to Spain and Europe, and now to China and Asia.

Why is Spain’s Telefonica is successful in Latin America? It should be AT&T and Verizon. We should have a culture of inclusion that nurtures and grows trans-border business.

Latin America is also a beautiful continent of virgin forests and unspoiled beaches. We should be going down there to do business and enjoy ourselves.

There is no reason that the San Diego Tijuana region can’t become an economic powerhouse like Hong Kong and Shenzen. Instead we remain a second tier city.

[nocommonsense]

“There is no reason that the San Diego Tijuana region can’t become an economic powerhouse like Hong Kong and Shenzen. Instead we remain a second tier city.”

Not sure I agree. One single San Diego heavy weight–Qualcomm, Sony, Pfizer, etc is probably worth more than all the industry combined in Shenzhen

[nocommonsense]

“There is no reason that the San Diego Tijuana region can’t become an economic powerhouse like Hong Kong and Shenzen. Instead we remain a second tier city.”

Not sure I agree. One single San Diego heavy weight–Qualcomm, Sony, Pfizer, etc is probably worth more than all the industry combined in Shenzhen

[nocommonsense]

“There is no reason that the San Diego Tijuana region can’t become an economic powerhouse like Hong Kong and Shenzen. Instead we remain a second tier city.”

Not sure I agree. One single San Diego heavy weight–Qualcomm, Sony, Pfizer, etc is probably worth more than all the industry combined in Shenzhen

[nocommonsense]

“There is no reason that the San Diego Tijuana region can’t become an economic powerhouse like Hong Kong and Shenzen. Instead we remain a second tier city.”

Not sure I agree. One single San Diego heavy weight–Qualcomm, Sony, Pfizer, etc is probably worth more than all the industry combined in Shenzhen

[nocommonsense]

“There is no reason that the San Diego Tijuana region can’t become an economic powerhouse like Hong Kong and Shenzen. Instead we remain a second tier city.”

Not sure I agree. One single San Diego heavy weight–Qualcomm, Sony, Pfizer, etc is probably worth more than all the industry combined in Shenzhen

[briansd1]

[quote=nocommonsense] One single San Diego heavy weight–Qualcomm, Sony, Pfizer, etc is probably worth more than all the industry combined in Shenzhen[/quote]

Sure… keep thinking that. Just don’t be surprised when our competitors become richer while we stagnate. I have much less at stake than the parents who want a prosperous future for their kids.

FWIW, I have a friend who is an architect. He moved to Hong Kong. And he’s designing many more buildings that he ever did in San Diego. In San Diego, he did strip malls.

[briansd1]

[quote=nocommonsense] One single San Diego heavy weight–Qualcomm, Sony, Pfizer, etc is probably worth more than all the industry combined in Shenzhen[/quote]

Sure… keep thinking that. Just don’t be surprised when our competitors become richer while we stagnate. I have much less at stake than the parents who want a prosperous future for their kids.

FWIW, I have a friend who is an architect. He moved to Hong Kong. And he’s designing many more buildings that he ever did in San Diego. In San Diego, he did strip malls.

[briansd1]

[quote=nocommonsense] One single San Diego heavy weight–Qualcomm, Sony, Pfizer, etc is probably worth more than all the industry combined in Shenzhen[/quote]

Sure… keep thinking that. Just don’t be surprised when our competitors become richer while we stagnate. I have much less at stake than the parents who want a prosperous future for their kids.

FWIW, I have a friend who is an architect. He moved to Hong Kong. And he’s designing many more buildings that he ever did in San Diego. In San Diego, he did strip malls.

[briansd1]

[quote=nocommonsense] One single San Diego heavy weight–Qualcomm, Sony, Pfizer, etc is probably worth more than all the industry combined in Shenzhen[/quote]

Sure… keep thinking that. Just don’t be surprised when our competitors become richer while we stagnate. I have much less at stake than the parents who want a prosperous future for their kids.

FWIW, I have a friend who is an architect. He moved to Hong Kong. And he’s designing many more buildings that he ever did in San Diego. In San Diego, he did strip malls.

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