One Language, Under God
Authors Note: This essay is about why I think that English should be the official language of the USA.
Imagine, walking down a corridor, and there are people of all different races, speaking in their own tongue, and you can’t understand what they are saying. You get so confused that you just nod, and keep walking. This is one of the reasons why English should be the official language of the United States.
One reason why English should be the official language is because many people already speak in English that is really wouldn’t affect many people’s lives. Even though for the small percentage of people that would have to learn the new language it would be very easy to catch one as English is similar to many other languages.
To keep the ball rolling, another reason why English should be the official language of the USA is it would help people to communicate better. It would help people communicate better so one person isn’t trying to look up what the other is saying or so the people don’t have to have a translator tell them what they are saying.
To put the seal on the letter, the constitution was written by the founding fathers, in English, so if the territory wants to become a state or a person wants to become a citizen, they have to understand English, and understand what our founding fathers decided how this country should be run. So if our founding documents are written in English then if America is to have an official language it should be English.
As the great Theodore Roosevelt said “The ultimate way to bring this nation to ruin, or preventing all possibility of it continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities. We have but one flag; we must also learn one language, and that language is English.” I think that the American people and her governing body should lend an ear to Roosevelt.
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