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If you parents wanted you to be immersed in the language, I respect that. I think immersion, for many people, is the best way to learn. However, this measure would take away the possibility for that choice. Immersion is not the best choice for all students.

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Does it occur to anyone how discriminatory this measure is? If a Spanish or Japanese or whatever-speaking child needs help with English after two years, this measure keeps these children from being educated in the ways they need because we will have decided as a state that we will not educate them. Many people may forget this, but the US does not have a national language. English is the most popular, but it is not our legal national language.

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