Reply #132: Second language isn't a bad idea, but not necessarily Spanish.

[Warren DeMontague]

Give 'em a choice.

Anyway, given the sorry state of education in this country, I'm not so sure that this is such a clear-cut issue on any side. Frankly, for my education dollar, I'm much more worried about kids who aren't getting a grounding in Scientific facts like the 4.5 Billion year geological history of the Earth --and the evolutionary history of life on it-- because of the religious nuts who have taken over various school boards.

A second language is a nice thing for kids to learn, but I'd be hard pressed to say it's more important than the basics that many schools aren't doing a very good job with.