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Old 03-18-2009, 01:06 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by valo403 View Post
So where does that leave a child who grew up in a home with parents who were immigrants and learned to speak a language other than english first? I know plenty of people who learned a foreign language first but learned english before attending elementary school, technically english is their second language. Do they have to check that box and take idiotic tests?

This is a case of bureaucracy at its finest, it's simply an inflexible system for a nuanced problem.
Nope, in this case English has become your first language.

Checking anything that is 'non-english' is asking for trouble.
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