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Dreamscape, langugae, rant
Jul. 20th, 2010 08:49 amIt's very rare that I recall having any dreams let alone remember any details. But here it is.
I dreamed I was working in Japan, in an office. (Wherevertown, Japan looked a lot like downtown Dover, New Hampshire. I find this unlikely. So is my working in any sort of office.) Anyway, lunchtime came around and I decided to go visit a nearby catholic church. I remember being concerned because I didn't speak Japanese. Mass was just ending when I got to the church. That's about where it ended - me looking for a place to sit and worrying about my language lack.
Not speaking the local language is a bit of a sore point with me. Immigrants are fine, immigrants are great, I've worked for and with many immigrants, foreign students and I think it's cool. Until they've been here for several years and still can't carry on a conversation in English. I start losing my tolerance when someone can't communicate even simple things after years in country. I know picking up a new language is harder for some than others. God knows I've seen it in the French-Canadian community I grew up at the edges of. But if you're going to live here, become American and learn the language.
I dreamed I was working in Japan, in an office. (Wherevertown, Japan looked a lot like downtown Dover, New Hampshire. I find this unlikely. So is my working in any sort of office.) Anyway, lunchtime came around and I decided to go visit a nearby catholic church. I remember being concerned because I didn't speak Japanese. Mass was just ending when I got to the church. That's about where it ended - me looking for a place to sit and worrying about my language lack.
Not speaking the local language is a bit of a sore point with me. Immigrants are fine, immigrants are great, I've worked for and with many immigrants, foreign students and I think it's cool. Until they've been here for several years and still can't carry on a conversation in English. I start losing my tolerance when someone can't communicate even simple things after years in country. I know picking up a new language is harder for some than others. God knows I've seen it in the French-Canadian community I grew up at the edges of. But if you're going to live here, become American and learn the language.
