Immersion

[WhatIThinkCounts2]

Don't judge teachers. If I wanted to teach in a foreign language, I'd move to a foreign country. It was my choice to spend my hard earned dollars on the academic concentration area (credits equal more than a minor degree) which I chose to enrich my Education degree. The public schools don't pay for me to learn, and overwhelm me so much that I wouldn't have the time. Teachers aren't superhuman. It's easier for kids to learn one language, English, than for a teacher to learn multiple languages.

[love2slp]

i cant believe they put me in da credits as bunny ear girl wtf couldnt they jst call me a kid

[stefharder]

Tarantadong principal.

[arugulablue]

Excellent film!

[dogsrule30]

I don't fully understand the ending. So he basically just sat there and didn't finish the test?

[JuicyLoveForever10]

was it just me or was that kid hot

[XiPepsiX]

@JuicyLoveForever10 u must be like 10 lol.

[cookieteacher]

As a teacher, all I can say is that this topic is so political that very little can be easily accomplished.....

[solokin3]

lol@this dumbass kid... if u come to america then learn the damn language! otherwise its ur own fault if ur too stupid to understand problems on a test. good luck getting a job if you don't know how to speak english

[Faythe5491]

@solokin3 America is one of the very very few countries that doesn't raise their kids to speak multiple languages. Many countries have people who are raised with three or four languages. Americans (and I am one) are the stupid ones, not a kid who moved here with his family who is actually trying to understand what is going on around him.

[Machdude]

You are making quite the dumb statement yourself. America does not actually have an official language. Sure you can speak predominantly English, but it is not the designated language of the country and the people are free to speak whatever language they want. Your grammar blows, BTW.

[Freestylemystyle]

i believe in mediathatmatters. Please keeping doing what your doing, your making a difference

[smellyfish555]

i started grade 2 in australia without knowing any english and I swear that in only a few months I mastered the language, i suppose some children can pick up a new language easier than others. It also helped that my brother & my dad spoke english to eachother all the time before we moved to australia (my brother is 10 years older than me and he learnt english when my family lived in ireland). i'm 18 years old now and I have almost forgotten my native language!

[stikitape214]

i started grade six in australia without knowing any english or understanding anything lol ive been where he is

[stillcracking]

I went to school in a foreign country in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade...I succeeded by spending 4 hours/day after school studying the new language. I didn't get any hand-outs, charity, or special assistance.

[stillcracking]

Simple solution to this child's problems: He and his family should go back to their own country and not expect other countries to spend thousands of dollars teaching them the language they should have learned BEFORE they ILLEGALLY came here!!!

DEPORT THEM!

[hautertamale]

@stillcracking someone sounds nasty and bitter.

[jmanthunder1]

@stillcracking you know what you mother fucking son of a bitch maybe you should go to the fucking mental hospital bitch

[muyfelizmami]

@stillcracking you are a blind, ignorant bigot. Perhaps you are the one who should be deported to an island where no other humans exist...maybe then you will learn to appreciate your fellow man no matter where they are from. No child should ever be denied the gift of knowledge! At least Moises was willing to learn...evidently you weren't!

[muyfelizmami]

@stillcracking one more note for you to ponder....I hate to break this to you, but you clearly did not succeed!

[VivekRajcoomar]

@stillcracking *learnt

[xoxParamore]

spanish was my first lanuage, but i went to school and damn... i forgot how to speak it

[netitas16]

espero que esta agonia termine, ya se proibiendo la entrada de los inmigrantes o con admistia, pero que se acabe!

[favoritefoods]

Excellent!!!!

[drwaynewright]

This is a fantastic video which sadly is quite realistic. I'll be using this in courses I teach. Thank to the producers, and may more videos like this be made so we can make needed changes to ensure students like Moises are given better opportunities to suceed in school.

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[doctorwho24]

i dont like the ending in these films but there very gd

[Zimtjunkie]

well actually i`d like to know the ending but it is a good film. deals with problems i am not thinking of every day.

[exsportsplexgymnast]

That's horrible that the prinicipal could speak spanish and didn't even help him! If he wanted the grades to improve he should've helped the kids who didn't learn the lanuguage!

[icyangel13]

Well...the situation is different, but when I came to the US from italy, at the age of 8, it was very easy to pick up the language. In 2 or 3 months, I had learned all of the basics, simply from exposure. For a kid, learning languages isn't usually a terribly difficult task, especially at a young age. He would struggle for a while, but would quickly learn to cope, especially if intelligent, like the boy in this film.

[sweetgrli]

completely agree:) the struggle makes a person stronger. you cannot understand this unless you've been there, and not while you're going through it but after.

[devilsnevercry322]

these are meaningful videos

i like things with meaning

i like nonsense as long as its interesting or funny

i hate commercials in abs cbn all of them think their cute

i like sense or nonsense

i don't know anymore

[MikSane]

i gave it 5 stars

[runer08]

illeagils they need to come here leagily

[aleterra]

wow, I didn't know you could attend elementary school without knowing the language!. I felt a bit identified with this film, I am an Argentinean living in Denmark and I came here to take my master, of course most people can speak English here, but social life is quite limited without speaking Danish.

[MikSane]

I'm your master, Bitch.

[watts187]

this one is realy good , i subscribed right away after watching laugh at the fat boy , this channel is the best :D

pretty sad vid ,

[crazi3chic]

lol same here

[devilsnevercry322]

hahaha me too laugh at the fat kid is very nice

[damienfah3y]

language barrier.

i was like this when i was in elementary.

im a filipino but my school is teaching some subjects in foreign language.

[devilsnevercry322]

yay another filipino like me

[piggyotoSUSHI]

brilliant!

[surferartchick]

awesome work. I'm in love with this channel.

[MyWord360]

Muy Bueno!!!

[MrAppleby56]

this is why i love this channel

[theoffspringfan2]

awesome video..:)

[gbenniaminn]

this reminded me of 'freedom writers' . nice end:)great work

[sweetpea47]

awesome

[Malteboy777]

Poor boy.. A catchy story I would say...

[ToxicatedLum]

great work =]