This blog captures the reflections and impacts of service-learning focused on immigration and refugee resettlement issues in the world, the United States, and Nashville,TN. ~ Girl Meets World Service Learning Class, Winterim 2012, The Harpeth Hall School ~
Friday, January 14, 2011
Learning with Conexion Americas
Today we learned that Middle Tennessee has the fastest growing Latino population in the nation. What other fact did you learn about the Latino Immigrants in our area that impacted you?
That very few of them spoke English. I knew there was few, but I didn't think that the percentage was that small.
ReplyDeleteI learned that a large percentage of the kindergartners in Nashville are from foreign born familys.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that stood out to me the most was also that there were few Latin's spoke English.
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