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Topic: ok..maybe im wrong but im still pissed!
Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Wed 02/20/08 09:33 AM
It pays to know more than one language.......education is key. You can buy all sorts of programs to learn different languages and maybe even dl some for free on the net..... The sad part is that there is huge competition out there and if you know more than one language it will sometimes get you over the edge of the competition. I noticed while I was in South America and some of my own south american friends know at least 5 languages.

FreshMountainAir Joined Thu 08/30/07 Posts: 17879	Wed 02/20/08 09:37 AM
i live in america! so why then do 80% of the jobs i am applying for or qualify for require that i am bilingual???? if i chose to move to another country i certainly would not expect that the country change their language to cater to me and then their own people who speak their native language can not get a job because they do not speak my language. i find this EXTREMELY irritating. i am not racist. my daughter is 1/2 spanish. but again, i dont get it! (((MADAM)))Move to Idaho....we aren't as evolved as the rest of the US!

franshade Joined Tue 07/24/07 Posts: 24704	Wed 02/20/08 09:38 AM
i live in america! so why then do 80% of the jobs i am applying for or qualify for require that i am bilingual???? if i chose to move to another country i certainly would not expect that the country change their language to cater to me and then their own people who speak their native language can not get a job because they do not speak my language. i find this EXTREMELY irritating. i am not racist. my daughter is 1/2 spanish. but again, i dont get it! (((MADAM)))Move to Idaho....we aren't as evolved as the rest of the US! Roflmaoooooooo

wiley Joined Thu 12/13/07 Posts: 19738	Wed 02/20/08 09:39 AM
Just claim you're bilingual then when you're hired get an interpreter.

eileena9 Joined Fri 04/13/07 Posts: 28211	Wed 02/20/08 09:40 AM
i live in america! so why then do 80% of the jobs i am applying for or qualify for require that i am bilingual???? if i chose to move to another country i certainly would not expect that the country change their language to cater to me and then their own people who speak their native language can not get a job because they do not speak my language. i find this EXTREMELY irritating. i am not racist. my daughter is 1/2 spanish. but again, i dont get it! (((MADAM)))Move to Idaho....we aren't as evolved as the rest of the US! Guess that is why I am heading there!!

franshade Joined Tue 07/24/07 Posts: 24704	Wed 02/20/08 09:40 AM
Just claim you're bilingual then when you're hired get an interpreter. sneaky wiley

FreshMountainAir Joined Thu 08/30/07 Posts: 17879	Wed 02/20/08 09:41 AM
i live in america! so why then do 80% of the jobs i am applying for or qualify for require that i am bilingual???? if i chose to move to another country i certainly would not expect that the country change their language to cater to me and then their own people who speak their native language can not get a job because they do not speak my language. i find this EXTREMELY irritating. i am not racist. my daughter is 1/2 spanish. but again, i dont get it! (((MADAM)))Move to Idaho....we aren't as evolved as the rest of the US! Guess that is why I am heading there!! Glad to hear! Hope you love it here as much as I do!!

Fade2Black Joined Mon 10/08/07 Posts: 50752	Wed 02/20/08 09:56 AM
Well I live in Colorado .. and I know we have a big hispanic population but not so much here in the Springs. Anyway, I took French in school. No habla espanol. HA HA HA

franshade Joined Tue 07/24/07 Posts: 24704	Wed 02/20/08 10:08 AM
Well I live in Colorado .. and I know we have a big hispanic population but not so much here in the Springs. Anyway, I took French in school. No habla espanol. HA HA HA

franshade Joined Tue 07/24/07 Posts: 24704	Wed 02/20/08 11:24 AM
btw madamx you are totally and truly entitled to feel anyway you feel - was just expressing my opinion here's to you

madamx7316 Joined Tue 10/16/07 Posts: 15886	Wed 02/20/08 12:45 PM
everyone has different opinions and i respect that completely. we cant all agree all the time. sometimes someone else's point of view adds a different twist on how you view something. its not just about the employment issue. me, working within the system and knowing how it operates, also annoys me that americans are not entitled to the same benefits as others from other countries, even more annoying is the illegal immigrants that are using such benefits. our needy from our own country can not get the help they need. our elderly and vets are not being taken care of as they should be, yet someone here illegally can! just me ranting today...pms has kicked in so i had to pick a subject to beotch about hahaha

franshade Joined Tue 07/24/07 Posts: 24704	Wed 02/20/08 12:53 PM
everyone has different opinions and i respect that completely. we cant all agree all the time. sometimes someone else's point of view adds a different twist on how you view something. its not just about the employment issue. me, working within the system and knowing how it operates, also annoys me that americans are not entitled to the same benefits as others from other countries, even more annoying is the illegal immigrants that are using such benefits. our needy from our own country can not get the help they need. our elderly and vets are not being taken care of as they should be, yet someone here illegally can! just me ranting today...pms has kicked in so i had to pick a subject to beotch about hahaha absolutely nothing wrong with that, I agree with most of your views but respect you totally!!! and we women do to beotch we are just vehement about certain subject during specific times of the month!!!!!

izzie Joined Wed 02/21/07 Posts: 31834	Wed 02/20/08 01:06 PM
i totaly agree madame.... this is america.. and unless and untill they add spanish as a second language inhere... its best that everyone learn ENGLISH instead of tryin to make us learn spanish.. sorry.. jmo

franshade Joined Tue 07/24/07 Posts: 24704	Wed 02/20/08 01:14 PM
i totaly agree madame.... this is america.. and unless and untill they add spanish as a second language inhere... its best that everyone learn ENGLISH instead of tryin to make us learn spanish.. sorry.. jmo it's ok izzie (you already made my day) keep in mind - English is not North America's 1st language

Myisland50 Joined Thu 07/19/07 Posts: 6517	Wed 02/20/08 01:20 PM
i totaly agree madame.... this is america.. and unless and untill they add spanish as a second language inhere... its best that everyone learn ENGLISH instead of tryin to make us learn spanish.. sorry.. jmo it's ok izzie (you already made my day) keep in mind - English is not North America's 1st language ^^^^Zaptan (five)

Unknow Joined Sat 12/15/07 Posts: 41170	Wed 02/20/08 01:27 PM
I have no opinions either way but FYI the U.S.A. has NO official language...

PATSFAN Joined Mon 12/10/07 Posts: 42782	Wed 02/20/08 01:32 PM
I agree with you Madam 100%, and it's sad this country is doing itself in!! Pretty soon no-one is going to understand us

franshade Joined Tue 07/24/07 Posts: 24704	Wed 02/20/08 01:33 PM
I have no opinions either way but FYI the U.S.A. has NO official language... short sweet and right to the point - thanks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_in_the_United_States

catchme_ifucan Joined Fri 11/03/06 Posts: 24221	Wed 02/20/08 02:06 PM
It's very sad. I was next door yesterday & he has even applied at fast food places just get get something until he finds a real job & doesn't get hired because he's not bi lingual. As Robin Williams speech comes to mind... Our for fathers had to learn ENGLISH when they came threw Ellis Island..