Originally Posted by totalimmortal
I think we need to put ourselves in their shoes at some point. If you moved to another country, how long would it take you to learn the language?? It's very ignorant to just say "Learn english or go back to your country".
Agreed. To expect the transition to be instantaneous is unrealistic.
But OTOH..I feel like it's equally unrealistic to expect our educational, governmental and health-care systems to take on the expense of becoming multi-lingual institutions.
English is still the predominant language in this country; accordingly, there ought to be a concerted effort on the part of those who immigrate to assimilate and learn the English language.