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Losing Languages
Spanish is a language that we are losing, many Hispanics are born in the US and most of them their first language is English and there are forgetting their Spanish, maybe they try taking Spanish classes but it’s not the same thing. Losing the Hispanic language, Spanish, is changing our culture because if you don’t speak the language of you culture for example if you Mexican and you d
on’t know Spanish I don’t think you feel the same about your culture. Crystal G
People in San Diego get along very well. For example when the fires happened, a lot of people helped. People donated many things. So I would say that people in San Diego get along pretty well. The future of San Diego I think is that many people may become bilingual. Cecilia
I say the Spanish is fading away because as generations increase Spanish is being use less and less because of the assimulation to the north America culture and the English language. This changes the latino heritage and their cultural beliefs. Manuel
We have lost and are losing a lot of languages through assimilation, the process in which someone loses old tradition and converts entirely to another race. Thus not continuing to pass old tradition down to future generations, and completely decimating that culture from continuing on. Culture is wrapped up in our different languages. Languages are what create the stepping-stone of many diverse ideas and beliefs. Without language we couldn’t communicate with that of our own cultures, it’s their own, and they want to speak it, not to be assimilated with the American, English language. Justin
Languages spoken at our school:
Arabic
Chinese
Filipino
French
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Spanish
Somali
Tagalog
Urdu
Vietnamese
Photo by Camille, Sean, and Zack at SD Multicultural Fair