Maintain permanent residency status

[godisgoodtome]

american teenagers have the worst english skills... it still baffles me why do they even have spelling bee contests? i do not know of any other country/language that does? I mean how hard is it to spell something?

maybe because i come from a language where you spell it the way it sounds (most of the time). But even then, they use to teach us how to write things... kids these days are all: "sup dawg, i aint fuzzing ttyl gr8 stuf".

yes prea,,,,
just don't stay too long around them or soon you will start talking and spelling like them. ITs all about the environment that one is raized,and unfortunatelly american public high schools are not doing any better to help and neither are the streets that they hand around.....

 

[techbuyer77]

It is all in the environment you raise your kids, and whatever values you bring from your own family. We are very family oriented in my household. And that is the strenght you give your kids. And your example. If your children see you doing the right thing, they are more likely to do it; if they see you doing wrong things even if you tell them to do the right thing, they wont do it. It is called hypocresy.

 

[lardbird]

Mr Southner,
I am quite capable of using google and could have even used a dictionary had I not had a computer. The bigger point was that, while I understood the contextual meaning, I didn't really care what the precise definition of a nonsequitur was or is. I took aim at the use of that word only because I think it was chosen, deliberately or otherwise, in an attempt to convey TheRealCanadian's condescension. You might've gleaned that from the "wth" (google it) rather than "what"...it was not a spelling error. Sadly, googling sarcasm may not give you the ability to recognize it in use.

TheRealCanadian,
In terms of my right to advocate changes to the laws that "control" immigration, I certainly do have that right...I am the US citizen in my marriage, I am called for jury duty, I vote, I registered for selective service and I even served in the military. I am not the recipient of a privilege of living here, it is my right. And demanding government action where it is needed is not selfish, it is good citizenship, my responsibility. I spoke with my Congressman's aide yesterday as a matter of fact, and told her AGAIN exactly what I think of the immigration system and that I believe her boss has a responsibility to the people of this great country to fix it. Will they fix it? Even the little parts that they could fix? Say Namecheck or a Border/Work Card for spouses or a reasonable budget for USCIS in order to invest in appropriate electronic infrastructure? Come on, that last one wouldn't even be controversial with the taxpayers!!! But no, they're not going to fix it.