Both on this site and at my job there are many people that speak very little English. My job recently hired a non-speaker of English (non meaning English isn't her first language) in my department and I have a problem with that. What's my problem? I become a stuttering stanley. I don't know how much they know and I use a lot of slang which really can confuse the hell out of the non-speaker. So I speak much slower and think while trying to speak and this is nerve wrecking. This starts confusing me, and I get frustrated with myself because I'd not perfect at these kinds of things. I love being a teacher but I don't speak a lick of foreign languages. I can read and understand some words at least in Spanish. If those words were said in Spanish I'd be like huh? The non-speakers flock to my job because my job allows it. I think they made some kind of deal with the government to get them in. It has been said the non-speakers are some of the hardest working people. But at the place I work at that remains unknown. Will remain unknown because the way my work is set up, there's a ton of standing around going on because there's not a lot to do at my job. I do not like my job because of this. My other job sucked but it was constant heavy duty work. I love teaching and helping people but when English is a problem, it's very hard for me. I don't get mad or frustrated with the person I'm talking to. I love a good challenge but this isn't really something I can work at during my job.
