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as that source. Sports was the second highest choice for parents and
students.
With 35 students responding in the affirmative, 97% indicated they
had one or two people with whom they enjoyed spending time. Thirty-
seven parents responded affirmatively, with 73% indicating the same
information. Thirty-eight percent of the parents and 49% of the students
chose a friend or "other" as the person with whom students prefer to
spend time. Twenty-eight percent of the parents selected themselves
as their children's choice for the person with whom to spend time.
Twenty-two percent of the students made this selection, which was the
highest choice for parents and the second highest for students. Almost
50% of the students selected "other"; 21% of the parents made that
selection.
One parent indicated uncertainty about offspring learning English.
Considering that 100% of students answered in the affirmative to this
question and 100% of parents stated they wanted to learn, it is likely
that this "do not know" response could have been marked in error.
Inadvertently, the response "be able to go to college" was omitted from
the alternatives for learning English on the Parent Survey. Ten of the
12 respondents (31%) who chose "other" wrote that college was the most
important reason for their children to learn English. Helping the
family was the most important reason 32% of the students and 26% of the
parents gave for their children. Of this group of responses, the
greatest difference between parents and children was in the selection
of the response "obtain a better job" which was chosen by 38% of the
parents for their children and 2% of the students.