Originally posted by: xospec1alk
i think this is a very interesting topic...just recently i began thinking to myself, i wish more people spoke english. Here in nyc, there is an abundance of immigrants, i walk around the city, and me being chinese, chinese people come up to my constantly and ask me, in their native language for directions...i try to help but its like my chinese aint that great. My position is that they should just learn the language. if they are legal, citizens of the US, and they have lived here for so long, they should learn the language and learn to communicate with the people around them.
and another thing, at my school, there is a huge amount of chinese immigrants who do not speak english and it kills me when they try to ask the professor a question. It wastes my time, their time, and its just ridiculous. A lot of people know that college professors can't speak english, but now when a non english speaking student tries to converse with a not very good english speaking professor, i just want to kill myself.
if you want to goto school in the US, learn the language. Speak the language....please....