On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, David K. Merriman wrote:
whatever language one chooses. It seems that here in Texas (specifically, here in Amarillo), a local judge informed a Hispanic family that they were prohibited from speaking _only_ Spanish to their child at home. The rationale was that since English is the (ostensibly, in this area) Public Language of the school system here, failure to encourage use of English would adversely impact the child's education, and was thus a form of child abuse. If need be, I can provide excerpts from the local snoozepapers
Yes, and some years ago a State legislature (I forget which) passed a resolution setting the value of pi at exactly 3. I'm not sure how they planned to enforce their will. Do you know how the Texas judge means to enforce his? Charles Bell