re misc english jack aubert absolutely correct teach standard english thing hesitate compulsory nationwide although nt necessarily mean vium federal level mandate nothing against personal familial ethnic bilingualism spend great deal effort render myself bilingual teenager odds against most master second language childhood however english essential ingredient glue bind u s together far cruel help non english speaker u s along without require learn provide necessary educational infrastructure substantial majority formerlynon english speak immigrant u s hold position feel denigrate learn english expert claim degrade nt anyone express opinion yet list miss post national plural monolingualism curse damn straight marion kee marion kee nt speak cmu knowledge engineer center machine translation cmu returns favor carnegie mellon university pittsburgh pa usa opinion own 