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  Arizona Used to Have Classroom ‘Accent Monitors’
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ContributorHomegrown Democrat 
Last EditedHomegrown Democrat  Sep 25, 2011 05:48pm
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News DateSep 25, 2011 11:05am
DescriptionWhat makes Arizona the #1 state in the union? It's the little things—sex temples, gun raffles, armed lawmakers—and its recently-retired policy of "sending monitors to classrooms across the state to check on teachers' articulation."

Yes, that's right, the state of Arizona used to send people to schools to make sure the teachers didn't sound Messican—until the so-called "Justice" Department decided to investigate over "civil rights violations." But is it really a "civil right"... to speak English as your second language?
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