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DrWDS
11:45 PMJul 22 2009
Private school in my city teaches Mandarin, starting in kindergarten.
feelwrong721
11:39 PMJul 22 2009
Is it wrong for a man l to have sugar baby?? you know it is an absolutely extramarital relationship, but more and more services c ome out on Internet focusing on this kind of relationship..like !!!.----SugarsCupid. C O M----what will the world be??
PRAYMONDC
11:38 PMJul 22 2009
We seem to live in a country that resents any language other than English. Our children should be taught either German, Spanish or French at a minimum. Is there any wonder we are so far behind the world in languages and learning. Our soldiers end up over seas unable to communicate with the locals... and we wonder why we are viewed as strange unwelcome.
JDW Yacht
11:21 PMJul 22 2009
It is obvious that adults can learn NOTHING,,, SO, it must be in the kids days that everything is lernt ! RIGHT ! ! ! PURE LOGIC GUYS ! ! !
DBatt911
11:16 PMJul 22 2009
It's easier to learn anything when youy are young because everything is new. Learning to swim at a young age is easier because a child is more relaxed and its fun. An adult would be more concerned about making a mistake while speaking another language plus people have more patience with a child trying to speak. Also after you learn doing anything one way it is hard to go against the way you are used to doing it. Coaches will tell you about that when they try to retain athletes and employers will tell you about that when they hire a person that learned how to do something in a different way at a previous job.
RANN948
11:09 PMJul 22 2009
Another ridiculous study, paid for no doubt by taxpayers. Any educator with half a brain could have come up with this finding. Of course children learn language easier than adults. They are wired for it, it's self-preservation. Once you learn the language or languages you need to communicate with your care-givers, the circuits become less malleable - otherwise you'd "forget" too easily.
Tedsaralee
10:44 PMJul 22 2009
I grew up in Brazil and speak Portuguese fluently, but when I was five and returned to the US for two years, I completely forgot the language. I remembered my old friends, and their names, so I was bewildered when I returned and could not speak with them. I re-learned Portuguese in about a year, and since we stayed there for the next 7 years, I never lost it again.
janesmith900
10:29 PMJul 22 2009
Is it wrong for a man to have a sugar baby or a woman to have sugar daddy?? It is an absolutely extramarital relationship, but more and more services came out on Internet focusing on this kind of relationship. such as ^-^ http:// Su gar Da ddy Ch at.c om/ ^-^ it's the biggest sugar dating for beutiful women and rich men.
SJ MIR
10:28 PMJul 22 2009
I spoke two languages as a child. Was fluent in Hebrew but as I got older there was no one to talk Hebrew to (great grandparent died) and I left Yeshiva to go to public school. I am now 50 and cannot speak a word of Hebrew anymore..My brain just lost it all. Tried to go to a local Temple for lessons but it didn't work..So I do believe if you want your child to speak another language you have to do it when they are young..They just pick it up so much easier than adults...
EvelynRanma52
10:07 PMJul 22 2009
This is a real good argument against the continuing waste of money on bi-lingual education. It doesn't work anyway, and only keeps children from learning the new language they are supposed to learn.
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