Official Language

I don't care if it sounds un-PC. English should be our official language in this country, and no one should be required to be bilingual for any job.

Otherwise, in just a few years, no one in New York City will be able to work unless he or she is bilingual, and of course the most proficient people will be the ones who have been here the shortest length of time. American born children raised by American born parents will be completely left behind.

Today I was infuriated. While walking on Avenue U we saw two signs in a store window. One was spelled incorrectly. Okay, no one knows how to spell English or properly speak English anymore. That's bad enough, but the other sign in the same window said help wanted, but demanded that the applicants must speak Russian.

Well, excuse me. They can't be bothered to learn English properly, but no American can get a job in their store? This is despicable. It's going to completely undermine our economy if it is allowed to continue.

Oh, sure, we should all learn a foreign language, and kids should be taught in public school. First of all, that's balderdash. They do a completely incompetent job of teaching kids a foreign language. So who is going to get these bilingual jobs? The American born kid who has 3 years of high school foreign language, or the alien? Sorry, American kid, do not pass go, do not collect a salary.

Plus, there are so many immigrants coming in from so many places that it is not possible for any American to learn all these languages and therefore even the playing field. My grandfather spoke 6 languages, but he came from a wealthy family in Greece, and had no need to work until he came to the States. So he had plenty of time to learn all those tongues. Around here you'd have to know Russian, Chinese or maybe Korean to get a job in a local store. In other parts of the city it's Spanish. What's an American supposed to do? Learn fourteen languages?

I think we need to legislate so that Americans will have the leg up getting jobs. Otherwise, our own kids in this next generation will be sitting on the sidelines while the children of foreigners snap up the all the jobs.