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<blockquote data-quote="rangergirl56m" data-source="post: 549074" data-attributes="member: 8130"><p>Okay...I wasn't going to but I feel I do need to address this topic. I, for one personally feel that this is American, you SHOULD speak english. HOWEVER, english is one of the hardest languages to learn. I used to always have the attitude, well you come to our country you should speak our language or get out. I think that if someone comes and doesn't speak english but is learning and trying hard, GREAT, good for them...I more than welcome them. If you come into this country and REFUSE to learn the language and then want people to learn yours...forget it. Get out and go home. That being said. I am currently living in Europe as a short term missionary. I have been here two months now. I CANNOT speak the language. I am trying my best to learn, but it is very difficult! If it were not for the few people here that DO speak english I would have given up long ago. I go to my Hungarian classes, and try to speak it to people but I go to work each day, and if my boss is not there...I can't communicate with the other guys at work. Do any of you honestly have ANY idea how hard or discouraging that is? I want to work hard, and get the job done...but half the time I don't even know what I am being asked to do!!! How many of you have ever tired to walk into a resturant and not be able to even order food because you couldn't communicate with the waiter. How many of you have felt so alone when you are lost in the middle of the biggest city in the country and you can't find anyone to give you directions? It is NOT easy to try to move to another country and learn the language, customs, culture, everything...I never realized just how difficult it was until I was forced to do it. That is just my opnion. I just want to be able to help teach the new guys at the farm english, so they don't end up feeling as lost as I am. As for you complaining about immigration...how do you think 99% of us got to be Americans? If it wasn't for our grandparents, great grandparents, great great grandparents etc, immigrating...the majority of us WOULD NOT BE HERE!!! There would be no "Americans".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rangergirl56m, post: 549074, member: 8130"] Okay...I wasn't going to but I feel I do need to address this topic. I, for one personally feel that this is American, you SHOULD speak english. HOWEVER, english is one of the hardest languages to learn. I used to always have the attitude, well you come to our country you should speak our language or get out. I think that if someone comes and doesn't speak english but is learning and trying hard, GREAT, good for them...I more than welcome them. If you come into this country and REFUSE to learn the language and then want people to learn yours...forget it. Get out and go home. That being said. I am currently living in Europe as a short term missionary. I have been here two months now. I CANNOT speak the language. I am trying my best to learn, but it is very difficult! If it were not for the few people here that DO speak english I would have given up long ago. I go to my Hungarian classes, and try to speak it to people but I go to work each day, and if my boss is not there...I can't communicate with the other guys at work. Do any of you honestly have ANY idea how hard or discouraging that is? I want to work hard, and get the job done...but half the time I don't even know what I am being asked to do!!! How many of you have ever tired to walk into a resturant and not be able to even order food because you couldn't communicate with the waiter. How many of you have felt so alone when you are lost in the middle of the biggest city in the country and you can't find anyone to give you directions? It is NOT easy to try to move to another country and learn the language, customs, culture, everything...I never realized just how difficult it was until I was forced to do it. That is just my opnion. I just want to be able to help teach the new guys at the farm english, so they don't end up feeling as lost as I am. As for you complaining about immigration...how do you think 99% of us got to be Americans? If it wasn't for our grandparents, great grandparents, great great grandparents etc, immigrating...the majority of us WOULD NOT BE HERE!!! There would be no "Americans". [/QUOTE]
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