I grew up in Stamford CT. I had two friends that were sons of immigrants, and could not speak English. They were sent home and the parents were told to have them learn English and come back next year. Both did and both became successful in life. Why aren't we doing something like this today? George ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

When I started school, in 1926, (yes, they had schools then) many of my schoolmates could barely speak English in Kindergarten, but by first grade they spoke English as well as we did. How? By playing with us. Yes, why don't they do that these days. Cha d'dhuin doras nach dfhosgail doras When one door closes another door opens Marilynn IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: <GWGEHoyt@aol.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Ramblings about Dutch > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 3945 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len