Reachtanna Chill Chainnigh i gKansas

international | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Saturday December 10, 2005 01:13 by Daithí Mac Lochlainn

…as an Washington Post:

"Most of the time, 16-year-old Zach Rubio converses in clear, unaccented American teen-speak, a form of English in which the three most common words are "like," "whatever" and "totally." But Zach is also fluent in his dad's native language, Spanish -- and that's what got him suspended from school.

'It was, like, totally not in the classroom,' the high school junior said, recalling the infraction. 'We were in the, like, hall or whatever, on restroom break. This kid I know, he's like, 'Me prestas un dolar?' ['Will you lend me a dollar?'] Well, he asked in Spanish; it just seemed natural to answer that way. So I'm like, 'No problema.' '

But that conversation turned out to be a big problem for the staff at the Endeavor Alternative School, a small public high school in an ethnically mixed blue-collar neighborhood. A teacher who overheard the two boys sent Zach to the office, where Principal Jennifer Watts ordered him to call his father and leave the school…”

Seo é an fáth nach thuigeann cuid mór de muintir na tíre seo faic faoi fhormhór an domhain...agus fáth eile go bhfuil an Bushín sa Teach Bán... agus go bhfuil cogadh san Iaráic.

Múinimís na “múinteoirí”!:

Seo é seoladh na scoile….

Ms. Jennifer Watts
Endeavor Alternative School
2540 Junction Road
Kansas City, Kansas 66106
Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá

…agus an seoladh ríomhpoist: [email protected] ...

…agus an uimhir faics: 001-913-288-3691

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