Something needs to be done about these free programs.  Gwenn

Subject: Letter by Flordia Teacher

Letter by a Florida teacher................ A teacher speaks    This is a subject close to my heart. Do you know that we have adult  students at the school where I teach who are not US citizens and who  get the PELL grant, which is a federal grant (no pay back required)  plus other federal grants  to go to school?    One student from the Dominican Republic told me that she didn't want  me to find a job for her after she finished my program, because she  was getting  housing from our housing department and she was getting  PELL grant which paid for her total tuition and books, plus money left over.    She was looking into WAIT which gives students a CREDIT CARD for gas  to come  to school, and into CARIBE which is a special program (check  it out - I did) for immigrants and it pays for child care and all  sorts of needs while they go to school or training. The one student I  just mentioned told me she was not going to be a US Citizen because  she plans to return to the  Dominican Republic someday and that she  "loves HER country."    I asked her if she felt guilty taking what the US  is giving her and  then not even bothering to become a citizen and she told me that it  doesn't bother her, because that is what the money is there for!    I asked the CARIBE administration about their program and if you ARE  a US Citizen, you don't qualify for their program. And all the while,  I am working a full day, my son-in-law works more than 60 hours a  week, and everyone in my family works and pays for our education.    Something is wrong here.   I am sorry but after hearing they want to  sing the National Anthem in Spanish - enough is enough.    Nowhere did they sing it in Italian, Polish, Irish (Celtic), German  or any other language because of immigration.   It was written by  Francis Scott Key and should be sung word for word the way it was  written. The news broadcasts even gave the translation -- not even  close.Sorry if this offends anyone but this is MY COUNTRY    IF IT IS YOUR COUNTRY SPEAK UP -- please pass this along.    I am not against immigration -- just come through like everyone else.  Get a sponsor; have a place to lay your head; have a job; pay your  taxes, live by the rules AND LEARN THE LANGUAGE as all other  immigrants have in the past --  and GOD BLESS AMERICA!    PART OF THE PROBLEM    Think about this: If you don't want to forward this for fear of  offending someone -- YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!    It is Time for America to Speak up If you agree -- pass this along,  if you don't agree --- delete it!