Another article about trying to be American while keeping their language and culture alive. Let's hope this helps more people be bilingual and they don't lose the second language. - - Donna Poisl
By KEVIN PENTON • STAFF WRITER
In Dorothea Drew's Middletown household, the Frankfurt native speaks to her bilingual children in German while her American husband speaks to them in English.
Over at Michaela Greco's house in Atlantic Highlands, the mother of two also speaks to her children in German. They respond in English.
"I don't think they find it fashionable for me to speak in German," said Greco, 46, who emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1995. "But you hope that something sticks."
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This country was built by immigrants, it will continue to attract and need immigrants. Some people think there are enough people here now -- people have been saying this since the 1700s and it still is not true. They are needed to make up for our aging population and low birthrate. Immigrants often are entrepreneurs, creating jobs. We must help them become Americans and not just people who live here and think of themselves as visitors. When immigrants succeed here, the whole country benefits.
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