In the early sixteen hundreds African Americans were being taken from their homeland, African, to be sold as slaves here in the United States. These African Americans, slaves, were separated from their tribes and were not able to communicate with other slaves, or their masters. There were and still ...

Mr. Cummings in his article attempts to put forth the premise that a child's native language and culture are strongly connected. If the native language is not encouraged by the in class teacher the Childs ability to flourish and become successful in current language situation is less likely to ...

Bilingualism has had a bad rap lately. Prop 227, the Unz Initiative, successfully passed removing bilingual education from California schools replacing it with English immersion. For some reason, Americans feel that only one language is necessary and that language is English only. Although the ge...

Bilingual Education's Obsoleteness Throughout the world, language defines who you are and where you come from. Something unique to the United States of America is that we not only have one language that unites us, we have hundreds that separate us; that is the core of the problem. Instead of ...

Love him or hate him, Pierre Elliot Trudeau's presence could not be ignored. He dreamed of a united Canada and boldly challenged those who would stand in the way with media worthy quips like, "Just watch me." His national dream forced at least two generations of children to spit and swear their w...