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Look, I don’t have a true issue with English being the official language of America, I don’t, really.  It makes sense. Most countries have an official language and it’s more for business purposes. You work here, you need to have a common language. It doesn’t really matter that English is considered the only class five language in the world, but, hey, difficulty with learning (I’ve been teaching it for years) it, shouldn’t be the concern. What is the concern? Implementation. Look. I LOVE English. Easiest the best and most worthwhile subject in the world, in my book. I loved the classes. And it’s surely taken a hit over the years. Standardized testing, no matter what the BigWigs want us to believe, does NOT measure English AT ALL.   English has too many choices, like I said, it’s a class five here folks. So? We can’t really use it to measure anything. I’ve met some of the most intelligent people on the planet, who cannot write in English. So it would be a poor meas...