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Friday, 6 June 2003
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There was a period of time when I was looking for a job in the HR industry and couldn't find one without the requirement of speaking Spanish. Uh, excuse me? I thought I lived in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! I can understand if these establishments had something to do with import/export or had international branches, but they didn't have either, so they had no credible excuse except for coddling.

I have an aunt who is the same way; she's lived in Los Angeles for at least fifteen years and prior to that, she lived in Canada where she obtained citizenship. Yet she can barely speak a lick of English. She can't even communicate with her children, who were all born in Canada and speak English natively, yet she refuses to learn due to the comforts Los Angeles offers her to continue existing in her ignorance.

All I can say is, if my parents can immigrate from Taiwan to America, move to the East Coast where there was no pampering and learn English, so can EVERYONE ELSE. Hey, every time I visit Taiwan, do you think I speak English? (Except to fellow foreigners but that's different) When I vacationed in Thailand do you think I left my fucking translation book at home? No and no.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Except in Los Angeles.

Posted by *~-mOi-~* at 5:29 PM PDT
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