He's my nephew Jack (held by his Gamma Zoozie -mom- real name
Suzie). Miracle child.
Lidia the famous italian cook figured out that kids love to cook- and they follow recipe directions well-Jack makes awesome pancakes with his Dad. I am getting him this cookbook for Christmas. www.lidiasitaly.com
Every school in this greater Washington, Dc and NY Areas should teach multiple languages to kids as the marketplace becomes global and as it becomes critical that people understand different cultures. Start with not only Spanish but French and Italian - make 2 mandatory and make a third optional. Most europeans are multilingual, trilinqual even overwhelmingly, except the British. Offer cantonese or mandarin. All elementary schools should have at least three language offerings at elementary grades. The earlier you learn a language the better you are at it-because your brain literally forms around it. This will also reduce overall the cultural bias and stigma of immigrants in various places. In this country spanish should be absolutely mandatory because the country will soon be over 25% spanish speaking as a first language. But why forget
French - or Portugese (Brazil is a huge place and it is spoken in parts of Africa ) and Italian?
If there is a budgetary problem attracting teachers, have adult ed also at the place where languages are offered for a modest tuition to cover the salary and have the language teacher offer a few days language classes after school for adults. How hard could that be. I offer to teach french. That way I get tax write offs when I go to France to take immersion courses in the Riviera. Such a deal.
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