BOCA BETH: One Song at a Time

Very seldom do I hear, “Why Spanish?”  More & more people are realizing that Spanish is still the most requested language program in our country of the United States.

Why?  More than 45 million people in the US alone speak Spanish in their homes.  That represents more than 29 million homes.  And with more than 350 million people worldwide speaking Spanish, it simply makes sense to speak Spanish.

Why not Mandarin (the dialect of the Chinese language that so many are saying is ‘the next language of this century’)?  The simple fact of reality is that Spanish is the language that will help you communicate today with your neighbors, co-workers, children’s friends and thousands more people in the United States.  We are talking real time here friends.  Walk around your community, travel throughout the US, and what language do you hear spoken second to English? 

Spanish!  ¡ Español ! 

Children communicate through play.  They will need to communicate with English and Spanish as their two languages as they grow up in this country.  Give them the head start they deserve and need today.  Do not choose Mandarin.  Granted, it is a language that is spoken more than any other language in the world, but that is simply because of the population of China.  It has nothing to do with the fact that your child will use Mandarin in their very near future.

Those programs pushing Mandarin are looking at the global economy, at the push China has made and continues to make to become a force to be reckoned with.  Personally, I refuse to accept a country, a government, that allows treatment of its citizens to take place as in China; therefore I refuse to spend time, energy or money learning the language of that country and its communistic ways.

After watching the opening and closing ceremonies of this year’s Summer Olympic Games I find it impossible to say that my children will learn the language of China and its people so that they can keep up with that country and its global impact.  Polluting our world, suppressing their people and creating a negative karma about them . . . those are not things I will ever support in any manner.

Sing, Dance, Play … isn’t that what I preach here at Boca Beth as the owner?  Why would I ever change my tune?  (No pun intended!!!)

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth