learnteach

As an immigrant, I'm not sure your last statement is true. The kids in my ESL class (Rogers Middle School in SJ) were mostly bright and motivated kids. Most of us got out of ESL in 6-9 months. Well, I got out in 2, but I had some English knowledge going in. The problem isn't immigrants, it's immigrants from cultures that do not value education. And that is a much harder to fix problem.