Dear Larry: I think the idea of offering Spanish in kindergarten is good. Spanish is a language that is very useful in this country and abroad. I think other languages should be offered, as well.

When I was a teacher about a year ago, the principal floated the pipe dream of offering Ebonics classes at a secondary school in Harlem. I promised to vote yes if she agreed to offer one of the following languages: Afrikaans, Gaelic, Turkish, Finnish or Basque.

My logic was that Ebonics ...

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