Differences in Thinking
The N8ivWarrior Blog sparked the following thoughts....
Do you support having a national language? Do you think that it should be English?
I am not against it. Having a national language can help businesses and the government to have a consistant way of communicating with customers and tax payers. It costs less money than to have forms in every language out there. They don't have to hire multi-lingual employees, and the employees can communicate with each other easily. So, it's common sense that every country should have an official language...for communication purposes.
What I am against is people who want French, Mandarin, Punjabi, etc speakers to go back to where they came from!
N8ivWarrior agrees with me!
If you have ever said such a thing in private, in public, or anywhere, please feel ashamed that you don't understand fully the history of your country, the meaning of the word "opportunity", and the concepts behind evolution and migration.
N8ivWarrior talks about why the United States does not have a national language, and concludes by saying "Suggesting a national language does not embrace our heritage, but dismisses it". The U.S is often called the land of opportunity for immigrants. However, the people who don't consider themselves as immigrants often don't understand the term "opportunity". Let me clarify. It does not mean that if my parents go to America, they will take the opportunity away from you. What it means is that there are opportunities for EVERYONE, as long as you are willing to compete fairly.
For those of you who have ever said "So and so should learn English and go back to where they came from if they don't".....
Has it ever occured to you that maybe it would be a great opportunity to learn another new language? Why should you when everyone in the world wants to learn English? Well...I have news for you. English is becoming out-dated. Yep, it's not as hot as you would like it to be. See, everything goes back to making money. Originally, a lot of people in non-English speaking countries wanted to learn English, because major businesses were conducted in English, and the money is in North America and Europe. And, if you want a piece of that pie, well, you have to learn English.
Now, it is different. The money is in China and India, and you will find more and more people wanting to learn Mandarin or Punjabi. By the way, there is a difference between Mandarin, Cantonese, and Taiwanese. To make things even more complicated for you, some people even speak Shanghainese, and Mandarin alone has 70 something different dialects, each is unique. So, please don't say that all Chinese people speak Chinese; it's just not the case, and you look uneducated when you say it.
So, please, learn another language, go beyond your comfort zone! You can do it! The next time you have the urge to tell someone to go back to where they came from, remember that the Americas is the New World, meaning that pretty much everyone here is from somewhere else. Remember that you are living in the land of opportunity and should actually take advantage of those opportunities sometimes (and for God Sakes, don't get mad at other people when you don't make the effort and others do). Remember that even the Natives can be traced back to Japan, and if you want to go back further, then back to Africa...
Do you support having a national language? Do you think that it should be English?
I am not against it. Having a national language can help businesses and the government to have a consistant way of communicating with customers and tax payers. It costs less money than to have forms in every language out there. They don't have to hire multi-lingual employees, and the employees can communicate with each other easily. So, it's common sense that every country should have an official language...for communication purposes.
What I am against is people who want French, Mandarin, Punjabi, etc speakers to go back to where they came from!
N8ivWarrior agrees with me!
If you have ever said such a thing in private, in public, or anywhere, please feel ashamed that you don't understand fully the history of your country, the meaning of the word "opportunity", and the concepts behind evolution and migration.
N8ivWarrior talks about why the United States does not have a national language, and concludes by saying "Suggesting a national language does not embrace our heritage, but dismisses it". The U.S is often called the land of opportunity for immigrants. However, the people who don't consider themselves as immigrants often don't understand the term "opportunity". Let me clarify. It does not mean that if my parents go to America, they will take the opportunity away from you. What it means is that there are opportunities for EVERYONE, as long as you are willing to compete fairly.
For those of you who have ever said "So and so should learn English and go back to where they came from if they don't".....
Has it ever occured to you that maybe it would be a great opportunity to learn another new language? Why should you when everyone in the world wants to learn English? Well...I have news for you. English is becoming out-dated. Yep, it's not as hot as you would like it to be. See, everything goes back to making money. Originally, a lot of people in non-English speaking countries wanted to learn English, because major businesses were conducted in English, and the money is in North America and Europe. And, if you want a piece of that pie, well, you have to learn English.
Now, it is different. The money is in China and India, and you will find more and more people wanting to learn Mandarin or Punjabi. By the way, there is a difference between Mandarin, Cantonese, and Taiwanese. To make things even more complicated for you, some people even speak Shanghainese, and Mandarin alone has 70 something different dialects, each is unique. So, please don't say that all Chinese people speak Chinese; it's just not the case, and you look uneducated when you say it.
So, please, learn another language, go beyond your comfort zone! You can do it! The next time you have the urge to tell someone to go back to where they came from, remember that the Americas is the New World, meaning that pretty much everyone here is from somewhere else. Remember that you are living in the land of opportunity and should actually take advantage of those opportunities sometimes (and for God Sakes, don't get mad at other people when you don't make the effort and others do). Remember that even the Natives can be traced back to Japan, and if you want to go back further, then back to Africa...
posted by The Ultimate Groupie at 9:53 PM
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Excellent Points!
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