Jones proceeds in his column to contrast the success of our Minnesota melting pot with the more modern. but backward trend. to deliberately foster separatism based upon language within the public school system. I fully share his worries about the wisdom of this course. and can speak to the point from personal experience. As the son of Danish immigrant parents. I spoke almost no English when I began school in our rural community in Minnesota. But I seriously doubt whether it would have been possible -or me to be elected to Congress or to any other public position I have ever held had I not been required to learn the common language of this great country.
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