When you have a kid who is in Early Intervention or has an IEP at School, the administrative burden is a never ending process.
While I commend socializing the problem, Laura Mauldin dives deep into the indignities families like mine face every f'ing day.
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Reading True Biz as a language teacher made me reflect on how language shapes identity—and what’s lost when medical decisions silence a culture.
One question lingers:
What are the medical community’s ethical obligations in preserving human diversity?
#TrueBiz #LanguageJustice #WritersOfBluesky
So when I teach, I don’t ask them to leave one voice behind to find another.
We carry both. We grow stronger that way.
#TrueBiz #LanguageIsIdentity #ESLTeacherWrites #MultilingualVoices
I’ve seen students thrive because someone let them think, feel, and express before demanding fluency.
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I’ve seen students thrive because they held onto their home language.
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As these passages show, the idea of a single “correct” path to language is a myth—one that’s done real harm, especially to children.
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Language is not just a skill. It’s identity, memory, safety.
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As an ESL teacher, I hear it all the time:
“Letting students speak their native language will hurt their English.”
“Translating is a crutch.”
“Full immersion works best.”
What do you think?
Yes or No?
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Started True Biz this week. As an ESL teacher, I’ve seen what happens when kids are forced to trade one language for another.
They don’t fall behind when they hold on to their first voice.
They thrive.
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