minus-squaresplendid9583@kbin.earthtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?linkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days ago Some of the immigrant generation learnt English, but preferred to speak their native languages, especially at home. Their children largely grew up bilingual, but many chose to speak English, even to their immigrant parents. When this bilingual generation established their own homes, they usually spoke English at home. “Consequently, by the third generation, the prevalent pattern is English monolingualism, and knowledge of the mother tongue for most ethnics is fragmentary at best,” the study said. linkfedilink
minus-squaresplendid9583@kbin.earthtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•iran war has been constipatedlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·4 days ago The most common problem is a valve at the back of the toilets that can be knocked loose and cause all of the toilets (which the Navy calls heads) in one of 10 zones to lose suction. linkfedilink
minus-squaresplendid9583@kbin.earthtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•iran war has been constipatedlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·4 days agohttps://www.npr.org/2026/01/17/nx-s1-5680167/major-plumbing-headache-haunts-13-billion-u-s-carrier-off-the-coast-of-venezuela linkfedilink