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To: Bilow who wrote (177419)	12/8/2005 11:30:48 AM
From: neolib	Respond to of 281500

All I can report are the trends I see locally. One comment on the data you supplied: 1) It is a trailing indicator, not a forward one and 2) it of course lumps the entire population into one category, i.e. assumes the population is uniform. I'd very much like to see the data based on the local conditions. Where you have high Hispanic populations with plenty of Spanish being spoken, there is obviously less motivation to learn English. I do concur that the second generation is in general much better at English. Early on it was routine for farm workers to bring their kids along when looking for work, since the kids could interpret for them. Same when going to the bank, or DMV, etc. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. I didn't know they played football (at least like we do) south of the border. It was soccer.