Our discussion about becoming a more fluent country overall really grabbed my attention. Like I said in class, me being more fluent in another language would be such an awesome thing. Being able to understand more than one language on a critical and deep level shows quite an achievement. Especially in our country in which we are becoming more and more diverse in our population, by the day, it would be in our best interest to start having our citizens become more fluent in more than just English. Starting the development and of such a program would certainly make sense to start this with our younger generations. At a young age, the students would be able to absorb and pick up another language at a much quicker rate. Unfortunately I think this is something that will take a long time to do. As of lately it seems that the education programs in which we have now, are under attack for their lack of achievement in certain subjects. Standardized testing is also something that has been integrated into our educational programs as top priorities. With all of these topics in the educational realm being put on the top of the priority list, I find it hard for there to be drastic changes such as teaching foreign languages at a younger age.
I am hopeful that as the years go on, this idea of starting the teaching at a younger age will become something that is important to all. With the country evolving the way that it is and having minority cultures and languages becoming more apart of every day life, it makes sense to have a change in the educational world.
-Mary
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