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I know plenty of people of working age who don't think they OR their children need to learn English.
And, yes, it harms their economic situations and it harms their access to government agencies (sure, translators are available at certain times and places, but not necessarily when someone needs to communicate with an agency).
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@fu I am in the United States of America. Currently in California
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@fu E, my sister's nephew learned English in high school over the objections of his parents, then went to university for four years and got a job paying more than both his parents' combined incomes. He still speaks Spanish, but now he's bilingual.
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Their objection was that they didn't need to learn English, and neither should their kids. They've been able to hold jobs for over twenty years.
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@fu There was a family conversation about it back when E was small.
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@fu I don't know whether I have mentioned it since I started seeing you around, but one of my sisters is married to a Mexican citizen. #faveNephew is a citizen of both Estados Unidos Americanos and Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
We haven't had the full family get together in years, but I really used to enjoy the variety of foods. Most of it, anyway. I think I need to retry Persian and Korean foods. My tastes have changed since then.