Learning languages does not harm kids - recent study

Forbes reported on a study in Europe that showed that bilingual kids are not at a disadvantage to kids how speak only one language, or something to that effect.

I never cease to be amazed at the useless studies that "academic" get "funding" for. No one can do anything, even the most obviously beneficial thing, without a study.

Not long ago, our spendthrift "Conservative" government handed out $3 million to study why immigrants have trouble getting better jobs. This is not because there has not been a mountain of studies, meetings, conferences and other activity on the subject. This is not because we do not know that language is the biggest obstacle. But it is because it is more fun to get money to do a study than to actual address the problem.

In the case of the kids, just let them enjoy languages and get the teachers of their case with grammar and such. In the case of the immigrants, make it clear that the responsibility is primarily with the immigrant, the learner.

And stop wasting money on useless studies.

Comments

[Ethan Poole]

I see a use in having statistics and studies for some things, particular when the situation is clouded. However, $3 million would have gone a long way in actual help to immigrants, rather than studying how their language skills negatively affect their job scenarios. I see studies better left to universities, who have people writing docrate papers and the like.