--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > snippage> > > > > My experience has been that as a born English speaker I found > > > > no subtle confusion when very young being introduced to a > > > > language of the country I was in. For example, learning Spanish > > > > in Mexico, because I heard and spoke both languages daily. I > > > > also rapidly forgot the non-English language after leaving its > > > > country of origin. > > > > > > The question in my mind is whether the confusion MMY > > > is talking about is on such a subtle level that you > > > *wouldn't* detect it as such--the point being that we > > > really don't know what he's referring to. > > > > I mean no disrespect to him or to you, but if it is that subtle, > > from a practical standpoint, who cares? > > Sure, obviously it's an individual decision whether > you want to worry about it on the basis of something > MMY has said. I'm not advocating either way, and for > all I know MMY could be completely wrong about it. > > I'm just saying that on the basis of what very little > we know, it's not impossible that something could > get screwed up on a very subtle level that would have > some negative impact on grosser levels without the person > necessarily being able to make the connection, or even > realizing there had *been* a screwup. And if so, it > might be something you'd want to avoid if you could, > even if it did mean sacrificing some degree of ease > of learning a second language as a tradeoff. > > Again, all I'm saying is that we can't rule this > possibility out without knowing more about what MMY > means. I'm not suggesting anybody even worry about > it if they don't feel it's worth it. Just pointing > out that the original conclusion that MMY can't be > trusted with children's education in this regard > isn't warranted on the basis of what information we > have. > > There's just this knee-jerk kind of reaction that > many here have, that if something MMY says doesn't > immediately make perfect sense to us on its face, > therefore it must be crazy and wrong. Maybe it is > and maybe it isn't, but often the assumption is > made on a very superficial basis. > > That's really all I'm getting at. > Oh OK. Yes, I agree with you.
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