Cynthia Velasquez Bogert, Glenfair’s bilingual school psychologist
Because of her bilingualism, Velasquez Bogert has become a central fixture in meetings between teachers and Spanish-speaking parents, and in classrooms with newly immigrated students. At this school, more than 85 percent of students speak a language other than English at home. Immigrant and/or refugee students make up a majority of the school’s population. She says the diversity is what draws her to this community, in particular. But there are un-expected goodbyes — she’s had students attend school on Friday and then their family will be detained or deported over the week-end, she says. “We have learned to just let go, and know we did the best we could do during the time we had with them in school.”
3 cheers for illegal aliens being deported over the weekend and their kids no longer taking up our resources!
She’s helped undocumented students (who are ineligible for the Oregon Health Plan because of immigration status) access community health clinics to replace their eyeglasses or get their required immunizations.
Community health clinics = taxpayer funded health care. The United States is just doing the medical jobs that Mexico won't do.
“When I interview kids as part of testing, if I know they weren’t born here in the U.S., I always ask about their journey. I call it the “trip” – whether it was crossing and going over a fence, or coming on a plane – they all have amazing stories about their journeys of physically getting here to this point, and what it was like and what they remember and what they miss about where they came from.”
You can call breaking into our country a "trip" but that's like calling a bank robbery a "withdrawal."
When politicians talk about eduction funding these are the people that get supported. It's not the teacher who does math, it is the Spanish speaking psychologist who helps illegal aliens get social services. My new battle cry is: cut education funding by 20% and let's see what happens!
8 comments:
well, I think that there should be a school psychologist.
I mean... think about it.
These children are uprooted against their will from their home and their country...
drug across international borders into a foreign country...
unable to discern between right and wrong based on their parents examples ...
and those that are old enough to realize their predicament, are traumatized about their future.
so I agree... we shouldn't be separating families, therefore, it's even more important for the child's welfare to stay home in their own country.
Robin, you speak the truth. I can't believe our government encourages the parents to put those children in such dangerous positions. If we had a law where the children of illegal aliens were taken by the government, a lot of this might stop. They could be adopted by responsible Americans citizens, not irresponsible mexican citizens. If these immigrants put their children in such danger, they need to be seized by the government. The local, state and feds do it all the time.
That might stop a lot of the anchor babies.
I grew up in a town just North of Boston and went to school in the 40's and 50's. We had immigrant children every year who spoke no English. Within three months they spoke decent English and by the end of the year they spoke as well as any American student. There was no translator or special program and that is exactly why the new immigrants adapted so well and so fast. Make no mistake the current system is not designed to help the students it is designed to make jobs for bi-lingual teachers.
ANON 3:29 PM
It was the sink or swim philosophy. The problem these days is they are all hispanics. You don't hear the two million illegal alien chinese whining about anyting. They work hard. I want them gone too by the way. The hispanics don't ut any priority on education. I'll probably be called a racist for that FACT.
Racism is a belief and an action in my opinion not simply stating the facts bluntly. Having said that I have known many people and families of hispanic heritage and in general they were great people with strong famlies (i.e. strong parents and grandparents). Like you I want illegals to be sent home it isn't about race or bias. It is quite possible to like and even love all people and still not want them to come into the country illegally and steal our jobs and taxpayer provided benefits. I sympathize with their problems and the reasons they came here. I appreciate their rich heritage and enjoy the differences and similarities we have. But I want our laws obeyed and enforced.
Imagine for a minute how our educational system would benefit from the elimination of illegals. Smaller classrooms equal more one on one with teachers. An emphasis on proper english for our children without the confusion,cost,and time over the bilingual mess. Quality educators hired based on performance and credentials other than the ability to speak spanish. This should be a reality, and instead I feel I am describing a fantasy land with talking unicorns and chocolate trees, they both sound almost silly and impossible. I love my country and I hate to see these people rape our system the way they do, always taking and never giving. All the pro-illegals will have to come up with a better reason than cheaper lettuce. We all know that produce costs are more a result of mechanized farm production. I would be embarassed if the argument in a country that I had broken into was I provide cheap lettuce. Some people have no shame, also I find it hard to believe that the escalade with all the after-market upgrades and spinning wheels full of non-english speaking individuals is the fruit of farm labor. Drugs anyone??
Just a question: Is acknowledging that some/many illegals sell drugs and drive $50,000 cars and have multiple baby momma's getting welfare while exploiting we taxpayers... Is putting that in writing "racist"???
well, I think that there should be a school psychologist.I mean... think about it.These children are uprooted against their will from their home and their country... drug across international borders into a foreign country...unable to discern between right and wrong based on their parents examples ...and those that are old enough to realize their predicament, are traumatized about their future.so I agree... we shouldn't be separating families, therefore, it's even more important for the child's welfare to stay home in their own country.
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