Ybor City Tape

Wilson interview

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 and speaks English well. So that if a Spanish parent comes

 in and doesn't speak English you can talk to them in Spanish.

 And if an Englishman comes in and doesn't speak Spanish you

 can talk to them in English. But you've got to be good

 in both languages. I never tried to get rid of Spanish

 or Italian, but I said you've got to be proficient in both

 if you want the greater opportunities



M: What about in terms of teaching them American traditions. I

 mean they come here and hear about George Washington, say.

 How would they react to these?. How could you I deal with this

 in a class?

W: We tried to teach them the things the basic courses taught

 in there, and then we tried to talk to them and explAin things

 to them about anything that came up that they had a question

 about or an answer we tried to answer.

M: Did they use, you had textbooks I'm sure, didn't you?

W: Oh, yeah. We had textbooks from the first grade on up.

M: When would you introduce subjects like history or social

 studies for example?

W: I don't remember. It seem to me like the first year we did

 nothing but read, you might say.

M: Reading.

W: Reading and music and phys. ed. And then in the year we