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People pay thousands of dollars for full immersion schooling in non-English speaking settings here in Portland (French, Chinese, Spanish-American schools). Does anyone know how those students are doing learning basic subjects in a foreign language? It would be interesting to see a comparative study on how successful learning is for these English-speaking students getting their schooling completely immersed in a foreign language environment.

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Thank you for today's program. I enjoyed the call from Cy who gave a thoughtful perspective as a decendent of the Cascade Indian Tribe. I appreciated his mention of Chuck William's book, Bridge of the Gods, Mountains of Fire. Although I didn't recognize the caller's voice, we must be related because Chuck is my cousin as well. My son just used Chuck's book in a presentation for his 11th grade cultural studies class. His teacher told me the class was unusually quiet and attentive while listening to his presentation, and ended up asking many questions afterward. I will send her a link to the exhibit. What a great field trip for students to learn about the rich and diverse history of this national treasure, documented through the lens of those early photographers. Here is our Aunt Virginia, sister of Kalliah and daughter of Chief Tumalth, taken by Edward Curtis in 1910.

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