I remember being surprised the first time I heard that there was no national language. This was in high school, and I remember just assuming it was English. Then when I found out, I thought why didn’t we have a national language. If we did it would cause many people to have to learn it, which could solve a lot of issues. I still believe that everyone should know and be taught English. But now for the simple fact it would make communicating a lot easier with certain groups. English is a dominant language spoken throughout the world. But I can also see why government officials are hesitant to name a national language. It has the potential to make discrimination more institutionalized. By naming a national language, it has the possibility to cause greater discrimination to non-English speakers. Where government could punish certain groups or immigrants for not knowing English. Also it could effect bilingual pushes. If people are being forced to speak English, there would be no drive to teach people Spanish. Which I do believe is a problem in today’s school systems. I think that teaching students another language at a younger level is an intelligent and important thing to do.
Cassandra Paternosh #9
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