A fellow listmember sent me a note with the current numbers. I was using numbers that I read in the Pioneer Press last December.
If the goal is to produce high quality results in a cost effective manner, it seems to me that the U of M could encourage its Education and Social Sciences students to teach kids to read and write English - for course credit of course. That way, at no additional cost, the children could hit the road running. It must be terribly frustrating to sit in a class without the foggiest notion about what's being said. It is also frustrating for the kids who do speak English. Valuable time and progress are sacrificed when the teacher continually stops and repeats the same information over and over. How is the teacher to know if her lesson has been imparted? I have been at public meetings that should take 40 minutes, expanded to 4 hours to allow for translations. In the end, no one really knows what was said. It's inefficient and very risky from a public policy standpoint. Vicky Heller Cedar-Riverside (Work) North Oaks (Home) _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
