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Abram
Montoya
Abram,
an elementary school student, speaks both Spanish
and English.
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Having different languages isnt
bad because all cultures have positive
things to give us.
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What
will you vote for? English or another language
should be in the U.S.? I think that other languages
are useful, too. People will get hurt if there was
only English. People that speak other languages
will get misunderstood.
If
it was only English we would not have won World War
II. The soldiers used the Navajo language to trick
Hitler and soldiers. Hitler was killing all Jewish
people, but the soldiers tricked Hitler and saved
the Jewish people by using the Navajo language.
Trade
with other countries is possible if you speak their
language. We will be unwell if we were to eat the
same food every day. Quesadillas,
chimichangas, sushi, and latte
are from other countries. All of the words for
these foods are from different languages.
In
America we have learned new scientific discoveries.
If it was only English, we would not find some new
scientific discoveries in this world. For example,
Severo Ochoa discovered a synthesis of RNA and
spoke Spanish. He was from Spain until he came to
America and became an American citizen.
If
people in America speak only English, we wont
comprehend what others are saying. In my family we
speak Spanish. If I dont speak Spanish
anymore, I cant talk to my mom. I won't
understand her and she wont understand me.
Without
other languages we wouldnt have books or
music from other countries. For example, The
Diary of Anne Frank was written in Dutch and
had to be translated to English. Its
important to have a book like this because it talks
about history from the perspective of Anne Frank, a
girl who died in a concentration camp. Only she
could have written that story.
God
made us to speak different languages and nobody can
make this world speak English except God. I think
God created different languages because He wanted a
variety of people. For example, there are different
kinds of animals, plants, cultures and food. Having
different languages isnt bad because all
cultures have positive things to give us.
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