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Bilingual Charter School opening in Bethlehem which will have a tie in to Lehigh’s globalization program. Personally I think it’s a great idea, the best way to learn a language is to start young and practice continually. Both Spanish mother tongue and English mother tongue students can/will benefit from being taught in a bilingual environment. Unfortuantely attitudes like this aren’t unusual: ” one student who wished that his name be withheld said, “I wouldn’t send my kids there. My ancestors came to this country not knowing English; they had to learn English to get citizenship and make money. I think [they] would be rolling over in their graves if they knew that American tax dollars were teaching kids any other language but English.” ”

Sad.