Got this in my email, thought it was interesting. So im sharing it with you people.
[FONT=Arial]Letter by a [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Florida[/FONT][FONT=Arial] teacher… A teacher speaks[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] This is a subject close to my heart. Do you know that we have adult[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] students at the school where I teach who are not US citizens and who[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] get the PELL grant, which is a federal grant (no pay back required)[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] plus other federal grants to go to school?[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] One student from the [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Dominican Republic[/FONT][FONT=Arial] told me that she didn’t want[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] me to find a job for her after she finished my program, because she[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] was getting housing from our housing department and she was getting[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] PELL grant which paid for her total tuition and books, plus money left[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]over.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] She was looking into WAIT which gives students a CREDIT CARD for gas[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] to come to school, and into CARIBE which is a special program (check[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] it out - I did) for immigrants and it pays for child care and all[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] sorts of needs while they go to school or training. The one student I[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] just mentioned told me she was not going to be a [/FONT][FONT=Arial]US[/FONT][FONT=Arial] Citizen because[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] she plans to return to the [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Dominican Republic[/FONT][FONT=Arial] someday and that she[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] “loves HER country.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] I asked her if she felt guilty taking what the [/FONT][FONT=Arial]US[/FONT][FONT=Arial] is giving her and[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] then not even bothering to become a citizen and she told me that it[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] doesn’t bother her, because that is what the money is there for![/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] I asked the CARIBE administration about their program and if you ARE[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] a [/FONT][FONT=Arial]US[/FONT][FONT=Arial] Citizen, you don’t qualify for their program. And all the while,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] I am working a full day, my son-in-law works more than 60 hours a[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] week, and everyone in my family works and pays for our education.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] Something is wrong here. I am sorry but after hearing they want to[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] sing the National Anthem in Spanish - enough is enough.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] Nowhere did they sing it in Italian, Polish, Irish (Celtic), German[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] or any other language because of immigration. It was written by[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] Francis Scott Key and should be sung word for word the way it was[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] written. The news broadcasts even gave the translation – not even[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] close.Sorry if this offends anyone but this is MY COUNTRY[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] IF IT IS YOUR COUNTRY SPEAK UP – please pass this along.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] I am not against immigration – just come through like everyone else.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] Get a sponsor; have a place to lay your head; have a job; pay your[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] taxes, live by the rules AND LEARN THE LANGUAGE as all other[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] immigrants have in the past – and GOD BLESS AMERICA![/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] PART OF THE PROBLEM[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] Think about this: If you don’t want to forward this for fear of[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] offending someone – YOU’RE PART OF THE PROBLEM![/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] It is Time for [/FONT][FONT=Arial]America[/FONT][FONT=Arial] to Speak up If you agree – pass this along,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial] if you don’t agree — delete it![/FONT]