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Originally Posted by LikeAWillow
This is why I want to know exactly what the word "fluent" in the policy is being defined as. If the example of pronouncing "think" as "tink" is representative, then this policy isn't about making sure that teachers are intelligible, but rather it is just another instance of Arizona creating an us vs. them mentality.
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If Arizona was truly worried about accents affecting education, you'd think they'd have tried to do something about it before now. Like, y'know, not purposely hire hundreds of Spanish-as-a-first-language teachers from Spanish-speaking countries to, y'know, teach the kids and promote bilingual education?
But no, they are doing this right now - it's a way of getting people to do that whole "OMG WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?" pearl-clutching thing, which pulls away some of the attention from their current questionable behavior as regards teh illegalz.