How Can Spanish Be A Mandatory Language?

Who would have thought that English could one day be dethroned by Spanish as the world’s most spoken language? Especially in the United States, Hispanics are becoming more and more plentiful. Through time, immigrants from Latin America have introduced to and shared their culture with Americans. They have changed the country and have helped shape it, and are continuing to do so today. The United States is a land of diversity and sharing, and Hispanic culture is a real part of it. Spanish should be a mandatory language class in the U.S. because of the growth of the language.
Today, knowing Spanish is necessary for American children. According to Babbel Magazine, Spanish is now the world’s most spoken language after Chinese. American children feel like they do not need to speak another language fluently because everyone speaks English. Unfortunately, this is not true anymore. Speaking a second language fluently is a really good quality in today’s world. Spanish is becoming more and more popular all over the world and knowing Spanish would open whole continents to them. It would expand their culture and their knowledge. It means they would be able to
be more open to the rest of the world. If we think about the future of American children, knowing Spanish would only be beneficial for them. Therefore, speaking Spanish would help American children in their future life on a world’s scale, since it is becoming the most spoken language in the world. Hispanics changed the United States.
They are the biggest minority in the country. According to the Daily Mail, the number of Hispanics went from 7 million in 1970 to 57 million in 2015. The number is even predicted to double by 2050. As Stephen Balkaran says in his article for the Huffington Post, the blending of various Hispanics’ identities, cultures, traditions and lifestyles makes America culturally Hispanic without many of us even realizing it. Teaching Spanish to American children would educate them about their country and would make them realize how important it is in their country’s history. If we think about it, Hispanics greatly contributed to our economic and politics. In brief, American children should learn Spanish because of the essential place and influence it has in the United States’ past and
present. The obligation of Spanish classes in the US could seem like a controversial issue since English is the first language and Americans could feel like another culture is imposed on them. It is true that Hispanics in America are mostly immigrants, and it is justified that Americans could feel like their country’s identity is threatened and that immigrants should be the ones trying to adapt to the place they live in. According to the Daily Signal, some people think that bilingual education would only hurt students and cause further ethnic and racial divides, and that it would worsen the the rift between immigrant families where English is not the first language and families where it is. However, people need to look at this issue in a more “tolerant” eye; knowing another language can only be beneficial to American children, and even more since Spanish is becoming so popular all over the world. All over the world, English classes are mandatory for foreign children. But today, there is many chances that English is going to give its place to Spanish.
To conclude, mandatory Spanish classes would be a very difficult thing to introduce in the United States because of the controversy it could cause. After all, why should another language be imposed to American children? But we cannot forget how important the Spanish language is becoming, and of course the influence that Hispanics have on America. The world is changing, and today, learning Spanish is necessary for Americans.