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Christie
BACKGROUND
Sex: female
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Born in: Long Beach, CA
Parents born in: USA
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My
childhood education was spent in schools where
there were many bilingual classes. My mom was very
much against bilingual education. She felt that it
was not successful because too much Spanish was
being used, which may have been the case at my
school.
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Growing up
hearing her comments I guess I began to take on her
prejudice. Later in life I began substitute teaching. I
substituted in many upper grade classrooms. I became exposed
to many upper grade students who didn't have a good grasp in
English. I began to think that my mom was right and that
students should be taught in English because maybe they were
not getting enough instruction in English. Seven years later
I began classes to get my CLAD certificate. It was then that
I realized that bilingual education is necessary if the
first language is used to support the learning of the second
language and gradually reduced.
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