RJA 10b: Reasons

• We are losing jobs to others in the world who are multilingual
• Cuomo, Chris, Joseph Rhee, and Tran Linh. "Bringing America Back: Are Infrastructure Jobs Being Shipped to China?." ABC World News. 23 Sep 2011: n. page. Web. 10 Dec. 2011. <http://abcnews.go.com/US/bringing_america_back/american-infrastructure-jobs-shipped-china/story?id=14592567>
• Po, Vivian. "Rep. Judy Chu: American Children Need Bilingual Education." New America Media. 21 Apr 2010: n. page. Web. 2 Apr. 2012. <http://newamericamedia.org/2010/11/judy-chu-bilingual-education-will-help-american-children.php>.
• Dowdell, Sommer. "What Are the Benefits of Being Bilingual in U.S. Jobs Today?." eHow. n.d. n. page. Web. 16 Dec. 2011. <http://www.ehow.com/list_6724805_benefits-bilingual-u_s_-jobs-today_.html>
  
•  We are culturally malnourished; learning other languages helps people understand the world
• Dicker, Susan. Languages in America: A Pluralist View. 2nd. Multilingual Matters LTD, 2003. 298-302. Print.
•  People from other countries look down on Americans for being so "self-centered" and "uncultured"
• Bawer, Bruce. "Hating America." Hudson Review. (2004): n. page. Web. 16 Dec. 2011. <http://www.hudsonreview.com/BawerSp04.html>
•  Multilingual children do better in school overall, and show higher cognitive functioning
• Krashen, Steven. "Bilingual Education Works." Rethinking Schools. n.d. n. page. Web. 5 Apr. 2012. <http://www.rethinkingschools.org/special_reports/bilingual/Bi152.shtml>
•  Nauert, Rick. "Bilingual Kids Show Cognitive Advantages." PshchoCentral. 10 Nov 2010: n. page. Web. 5 Apr. 2012. <http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/11/10/cognitive-ability-improved-when-bilingual/20740.html>
•  Almost 18% of our country speak something other than English at home, and we ought to learn to accommodate them
• The World Factbook - U.S.A. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html