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Schools should focus
on teaching English
Re: “Want to improve our schools? Expand bilingual education” (Page A6, June 20).
I agree that speaking two languages is a benefit to the individual and to the community. We should all be bilingual.
Unfortunately, there are not enough bilingual teachers out there to accommodate the children whose family primarily speaks Spanish, Chinese, Indian or any other language that is spoken in California. Learning English first should be the primary goal in the early years for these children. Poverty is reduced and there are more opportunities for upward mobility for people who speak, read and write English.
If a child is taught by a bilingual teacher, he and his family benefit because the student is fluent in two languages and the parents understand the curriculum. Until there are more bilingual teachers, English should be the priority in class.
Patricia Marquez Rutt
Redwood City
Solar firm HQ in S.J.
is a win for everyone
Re: “Solar window company moves HQ to the Bay Area” (Page B3, June 19).
This article is good news for several reasons:
San Jose is still attracting new businesses into the Bay Area despite all the talk of people leaving.
It’s refreshing to hear new technology success stories to help with renewable energy adoption — a change from the ever-present negative stories of heat waves and wildfires.
Most importantly, it highlights the truism that the more you decentralize energy production the less you need to upgrade the grid. At the same time, commercial and residential building owners with solar become smarter energy consumers and will find even more ways to improve efficiency.
Tom Calderwood
Los Gatos
Give illegal sideshows
a designated space
Re: “Sideshows in San Jose, Peninsula draw crowds and police” (Page B2, June 18).
Like driving fast and taking chances, sideshows will occur whether or not society wants them. We accommodate speeders; we gave them Nevada. We need to do the same for sideshow enthusiasts.
Give them a site where they can explore the limits of tire traction and the cost of replacing said tires. It’ll solve a lot of problems, and the occasional accidents will be a boon to local body shops.
James Thurber
Half Moon Bay
Louisiana indoctrinating
students in Christianity
Re: “Public schools ordered to display religious text” (Page A3, June 20).
Louisiana just enthusiastically passed a law designed to convert every schoolchild in the state to Christianity.
I wonder how people there would feel if the Quran was required to be posted in large font in every classroom, or if state law mandated that only kosher food could be served in school cafeterias? This is not very different.
I also find it pretty rich that these same people dare to use the word “indoctrination” to describe the simple acceptance and fair treatment of the gay community.
David Herlich
Morgan Hill
Stop describing
Trump as pro-life
Many well-meaning people identify as “pro-life” and believe in the sanctity of life. Donald Trump, although claiming to be pro-life, is not one of them. Consider these facts:
Millions of Americans receive life-saving health care …read more
Source:: The Mercury News – Entertainment
