By Joe Guzzardi October 30, 2017 For 22 years, beginning in 1986 and ending in 2008, I taught in the California public school system. My subject was English as a second language, and my students were adults. The first class consisted of San Joaquin Valley migrant farm workers, mostly Mexican, who were attending to fulfill … Continue reading U.S. Has 65.5 Million Non-English Speakers; an ESL Instructor Reflects on the Consequences