Isn't the language requirement discrimination ?

[Kender]

<p>I’m not sure why you continue to insist it’s discrimination when it’s not. The university has no control over whether you were exposed to a foreign language at a young age or not. They are offering you the same options for meeting the requirements as everyone else.</p>

<p>You also have not been flamed. You have been told you are wrong and given verifiable proof why this is so, but no one has flamed you.</p>

<p>Have you read about admission by exception?</p>

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Sometimes even the most creative, focused and intellectually passionate students aren’t able to fulfill our requirements for eligibility — often because their life circumstances have prevented them living up to their promise.

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<p>[University</a> of California - Admission by exception](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/transfer/minimum-requirements/exception/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/transfer/minimum-requirements/exception/index.html)</p>

<p>There are other ways to try and be admitted even though you cannot meet the requirement. It is, as I understand it, more difficult than even regular admission because you are not able to meet requirements that others have (even those from similar backgrounds as yours), but it is yet another option.</p>

<p>Does this really sound like discrimination to you? They give everyone the same options to meet a requirement and then further give everyone the same options for being admitted by exception. Everyone can apply through this method as well.</p>

<p>This is not even getting into the fact that the UCs are need-blind for admissions.</p>

<p>Seriously, you need to get over this false belief that the UCs are discriminating against anyone with the foreign language requirement. Instead of taking the time to complain about it, why not go get in some more studying? Or write a really good personal response that explains what in your life prevents you from doing well in a foreign language class.</p>

<p>Good luck with everything. Like belkster, I’m definitely done. I’ve already posted several times pointing to facts you are not acknowledging as disproving your claim of discrimination. If you refuse to believe those facts, it’s not my problem. It makes me sad that you are in such denial, but there’s nothing I can do about it.</p>

[thisislife]

<p>Fine, I’m done too . If enough people keep saying something it just becomes true . At the same time I’ve seen threads in the Parent Cafe with parents calling their child’s difficulty with a foreign language a disability . It isn’t , a second language is just hard to learn if your not exposed to it as a child.</p>

[Lubatab]

<p>You can’t imagine how many people much older then you had to learn English not only to survive but to succeed in a new country which welcomed them. If it wasn’t possible to learn no immigrant wouldn’t be able to achieve some stability and independence in their lives. You could find million examples of success stories.
You probably just very stressed with all this college staff but the earlier you stop complaining and start to believe anything is possible for you, the faster and more efficiently you learn what you have to. Don’t worry too much. You’ll do fine. Good luck to you.</p>

[isus39]

<p>No, it’s not, because English is not the first language of that person and they have to learn it too.</p>

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And now I get flamed . </p>

<p>The CA education system isn’t one that even makes a good attempt to teach students foreign languages before high school . </p>

<p>The last time I check the UC were STATE SCHOOLS, meaning first and foremost they need to serve the students of THIS STATE . I’m just being real, your average student coming from a CA high school is lucky to be able to read and write . Now while its not all that hard to catch up in reading in math, it’s INSANELY difficult to just catch up in a language.

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<p>I don’t know about you, but I learned American Sign Language in 6th grade, and I know the middle school I went to taught American Sign Language and Spanish.</p>

<p>And at OP: if you already know a foreign language, you can take a foreign language aptitude test–if you pass, you can waive the foreign language requirement. Frankly, I do not see what’s so bad about learning a new language. I love learning new languages, because it broadens my insights on other cultures. Even though I am Vietnamese and already know Vietnamese and English, I love expanding my horizons (plus, Vietnamese isn’t one of the languages highly valued in the working field anyway. It’s only useful for if I’m conversing with family or if I want to go to Vietnam).</p>