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I used to think that a bilingual program that students in my grammar school were in when I was there, was preparing them for the best, but now I know it was actually taking so much away from those students who were ELL's. After being in this dual launguage class, I am confident that I would want my children going to a school like Calmeca Academy to get 2-3 language instruction from the early start of Pre-K. I was very impressed of all the benfits a child will get from knowing two languages and how it rises test scores. Being a well educated person is very important in todays society to succeed and if we could prepare the younger generations when they first begin schooling, then we should take full advantage.

After this past year of exploring ESL and what it is all about, I know that I am taking the right direction into becoming ESL endorsed. I didn't know at first that in a bilingual porgram the ELL student loses their first language and will eventually only be taught in English. In a Dual Language program instruction is in your first language as well as English, and possibly a third language. This is incredible to me and makes me hope for the best in future education.