Student Suspended for Speaking Spanish
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Zach Rubio of Kansas City was suspended (later revoked) for speaking Spanish in the hallway during a restroom break.
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There was a time when I would have felt very different about this event. I feel that I can see the situation from a different perspective now. I am living in a foreign country where English is not the primary language. I had to learn Italian to be able to do my work. I speak it everyday with friends. However, when I am at home, or walking down the street with my wife, we speak English (Well, mostly, sometimes we slip into an Italianese dialect he he.)
To be punished for talking my native tongue with my friends for the sole reason that we are not in an English speaking country is unheard of (to my knowledge). Yet that is what has happened to Zach Rubio. He was punished for speaking his native language because he is in a non-Spanish speaking country. I hope that some good will come out of this incident. I am sure that there are many more that go on unreported for one reason or another.
I feel this young man did absolutely nothing wrong and that the cause for his initial suspension was most likely a racial issue. I agree with Janet Murguia, national president of La Raza, when she says that a bilingual man like Zach should be considered an asset to the community. And indeed, he is.
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There was a time when I would have felt very different about this event. I feel that I can see the situation from a different perspective now. I am living in a foreign country where English is not the primary language. I had to learn Italian to be able to do my work. I speak it everyday with friends. However, when I am at home, or walking down the street with my wife, we speak English (Well, mostly, sometimes we slip into an Italianese dialect he he.)
To be punished for talking my native tongue with my friends for the sole reason that we are not in an English speaking country is unheard of (to my knowledge). Yet that is what has happened to Zach Rubio. He was punished for speaking his native language because he is in a non-Spanish speaking country. I hope that some good will come out of this incident. I am sure that there are many more that go on unreported for one reason or another.
I feel this young man did absolutely nothing wrong and that the cause for his initial suspension was most likely a racial issue. I agree with Janet Murguia, national president of La Raza, when she says that a bilingual man like Zach should be considered an asset to the community. And indeed, he is.
