Look at any of the sites listed below (or find your own sites) about the recent debate in California over allowing bilingual teaching in classrooms. Focusing on the obstacles Johnson encountered as a Spanish-speaker in school, try to use what you find either to rebut or support the argument that bilingual programs should be incorporated into teaching curriculums.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/baroneweb/mb_020208.htm

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/linguistics/people/grads/macswan/SacB2.htm

http://www.almanacnews.com/morgue/1998/1998_05_20.cover2.html