In a nation that is the "melting-pot" of every other nation, the standard has always been to stick with one language. And since the United States' primary roots are from England, that language has always been English. However, in recent years, the mass influx of Hispanic-speaking people to the U.S. has caused some to rethink the whole "monolingual" policy and wonder if making Spanish our "second-language" would perhaps be very beneficial to American society as a whole.
My stance is that we didn't make any exceptions in the past, so why now? Come to America. Learn our language.
Now I am definitely not a culture-hater. I love the Spanish language, and I'm studying it now! But this week's topic isn't about my opinion, obviously. If you want to know more about where I stand, the article, "English Spoken Here," by Kathleen Parker sums it up well.
This week I will focus on the benefits of making the United States a bilingual nation—specifically by adding Spanish as our second language.
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