Thread: Bilingual?

I have been looking for a second hand Rosetta Stone program...if anyone would allow me to borrow!

i'm still waiting for my sister's brazillian rosetta...lazy so and so


you aren't CJMajor are you?!?!?!

In an ideal situation, an American police officer should only need to speak 1 language, that being English. A lot of today's immigrants (legal and illegal) refuse to learn the language of the greatest country in history (USA). It's unfortunate that others (IE the police) need to learn another language to accommodate those who move here. It should be the other way around right? It irks me when you see a hiring requirement such as "must speak Spanish and English" when applying for a public service job in the USA! When I lived in CA I recall the Santa Ana PD having such a requirement. How about making it mandatory to learn English if you want to come here and make a living (Didn't the Italians etc have to learn the language a century ago?).

great point i forgot to touch on when bitching about my sister, sgt

if they don't understand you when you say identify yourself, they become a doe

Originally Posted by huskycj

I've been doing just about everything I can to make myself as attractive a candidate as I can .

With a name like "huskycj" I doubt you're attractive at all....


I recommend a real simple and easy course of action. Enlist in the Army, and tell em you want to go directly into Special Forces. They have a kick ass language school out in sunny Cal. It's wicked easy getting in AND you get to check off the 'Veteran' box. Now, once you get notified you're going SF, just let them know you want 7th SFG(A). They work south of the border and you'll really hone those Spanish lessons..

Good luck amigo

You might want to ask NUKE about this,word around Town is he's BI......







....lingual..

Originally Posted by 7costanza

You might want to ask NUKE about this,word around Town is he's BI..........lingual..

To bad 7 just heard the word bi. It was awkward trying to explain to him that I don't swing that way without hurting his feelings. Poor guy, at his age and still a virgin.

Originally Posted by Sgtandysipowicz

In an ideal situation, an American police officer should only need to speak 1 language, that being English. A lot of today's immigrants (legal and illegal) refuse to learn the language of the greatest country in history (USA). It's unfortunate that others (IE the police) need to learn another language to accommodate those who move here. It should be the other way around right? It irks me when you see a hiring requirement such as "must speak Spanish and English" when applying for a public service job in the USA! When I lived in CA I recall the Santa Ana PD having such a requirement. How about making it mandatory to learn English if you want to come here and make a living (Didn't the Italians etc have to learn the language a century ago?).

+1

I only took a second language in high school and college because I had to, but it certainly came in handy on the job. It's good to know what the little bastards are plotting in their native tongue.

I took 4 years of Spanish in high school, as well as 2 semesters in college, I too am hoping that it will help to give me an advantage on my resume.

It's tough though if you don't speak it regularly or have a chance to practice it you can forget some stuff pretty quickly.