Doesn't sound like an issue...

Post #209,849 by Yendor 6/4/05 7:00:00 PM Reply	Doesn't sound like an issue... "A new proposal before the school board would force principals to learn the native language of the majority of students - for 43 percent of pupils at Dallas schools that language is Spanish." Last time I checked, it takes 50% + 1 to make a majority. But maybe I'm the one losing his grip on the meaning of words in the English language... -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #209,851 by inthane-chan 6/4/05 7:01:39 PM Reply	Re: Doesn't sound like an issue... It could be if there is more than one large minority group. SE Asia refugees are actaully a pretty large group out here on the west coast, wouldn't be surprised to see a school with a 20% population of Hmong/Viet/Thai/Filipinos... Aleph-null bottles of beer on the wall, aleph-null bottles of beer. You take one down, you pass it around, Aleph-null bottles of beer on the wall!
Post #209,853 by ben_tilly 6/4/05 7:54:14 PM Reply	A minority in the city might be a majority in a given school I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #209,854 by Another Scott 6/4/05 8:13:21 PM Reply	Depends on how you read it. "A new proposal before the school board would force principals to learn the native language of the majority of students - for 43 percent of pupils at Dallas schools that language is Spanish." Last time I checked, it takes 50% + 1 to make a majority. But maybe I'm the one losing his grip on the meaning of words in the English language... I think your grip is pretty good. ;-) But the story isn't clear. The head link is a repost of a [link\|http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158289,00.html\|Fox News] story. That story doesn't have a clear cite either, and browsing around the [link\|http://dcptadallas.tripod.com/\|Dallas PTA site] shows nothing useful related to this that I can find. If one reads it as meaning that if a majority in a particular school is non-English speaking (while 43% of the school district as a whole is Spanish speaking), then the principal should learn that language, then it makes some sense. Whether it's policy that should be codified is something I don't have an opinion on. Cheers, Scott.
Post #209,875 by pwhysall 6/5/05 2:57:46 AM Reply	43% can be a majority... If the other 57% is divided. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #209,887 by Another Scott 6/5/05 8:49:22 AM Reply	Not really. That's a "plurality";few use that word any more.
Post #209,995 by Ashton 6/6/05 2:04:10 AM Reply	Yes.. yes, some of us still do -

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