6 933 misc english jack aubert absolutely correct teaching standard english thing hesitate say compulsory nationwide although nt necessarily mean via federal level mandate nothing personal familial ethnic bilingualism spent great deal time effort render bilingual teenager odds people would master second language childhood however english essential ingredient glue binds u together far cruel help non english speakers u get along without require learn provide necessary educational infrastructure substantial majority formerlynon english speaking immigrants u hold position feel denigrated learn english experts would claim degrading nt seen anyone express opinion yet list missed posts national plural monolingualism curse damn straight marion kee marion kee nt speak cmu knowledge engineer center machine translation cmu returns favor carnegie mellon university pittsburgh pa usa opinions