the language taught in and the native tongue of the students would be limited. Using this method, the students learn English faster and can work with the rest of their English speaking peers. If the two amounts of languages are switched so that there is mostly Spanish and limited English, then the learning would go at a slower pace. English is needed here in America and keeping these children from learning it just hurts them. If English is learned at a slower pace, it will not be learned to the proficiency that is needed. "When you're talking about language, English is essential for success in this country" (Ferraro)A third reason why the bilingual education system in place now isn't doing its job, is that there are many students who abuse the system too easily and they get away with it. Bilingual educators were accused of disregarding such developments; they often admitted children who were proficient in English to bilingual programs and kept them there too long. A U.S. Office of Educationsponsored investigation of thirty-eight bilingual projects for Hispanic Americans judged that about 70 percent of the pupils involved used English rather than Spanish for the purpose of taking tests. (Duignan) These children stay in the bilingual classes because they go at a slower rate and they don't have to do as much work in these classes either. "The system they have right now gives students no incentive to actually learn English, and many people graduate still not speaking English" (Garnaat). If this system is being abused so much and the kids are getting away with it, then why isn't it changed? That's what Proposition 203 is going to do. It's going to change the existing bilingual education systems into one year immersion programs. These programs will make the non-English speaking students learn English and keep them in English speaking classrooms.Overcrowding in schools today forces English only speaking students to be in a class full ...
