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things I don't understand; part of a large series
Getting all of your ID replaced is like installing Linux; everything has dependencies. I can't replace my Social Security card without getting my passport and green card replaced; I can't replace my birth certificate without a garantour; I can't replace X without Y, etcetera etcetera.
So I called the Canadian Consulate (thank God this happened in Seattle, I guess; the Consulate is downtown) and asked them for advice on how to expedite this process, because some of my US documents can't be processed without my Canadian documents, and I'm not sure where to begin with my Canadian documents; birth certificate or passport (considering I have my old expired passport and my passport can be processed in an expedited manner if need be - and that's not counting the fact that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tallin's aunt is good friends with the Consular General in Seattle, apparently ...)
I was greeted with a phone message that was naturally in both official languages, and marvelled at the mellifluous beauty of the woman's French accent (I have a thing about that.) My french is not the greatest, certainly not compared totallin who is officially bilingual eonough to carry on an actual conversation fluently, but it's not bad, because we had french all the way up from 4th grade until high school (everyone was required to take at least one high school french class.)
And then I remembered hearing some nervous nellie on NPR blathering about how the US should have only one official language and ZOMG those damned immigrants should just learn english and OMG THEY MIGHT HAVE TO TEACH SPANISH IN GRADE SCHOOLS blah blah blah (forgetting all about Puerto Rico as usual; not a state, I know, but still).
And I'm thinking, 'so what? It's not going to kill the kids. Hell, half the Supermommies have their kids in language classes anyway starting in utero. They should be glad they don't have to pay for it. (Of course that's probably the government's problem; they'd have to pay for it if it's mandatory, and education is not exactly a top priority because the right wing would prefer that everyone is ignorant so they don't know what's going on (I used to say the military was a top priority, but considering the recent admissions from the Pentagon that there are soldiers going without body armor, I can't even say that any more; where the hell is the money actually GOING? Look! Black helicopters!)
But of course, that would make sense, and would force the current government to get its head out of its ass and actually admit that the english-speaking-US is not the center of the universe, and we can't have that, I suppose. Sigh.
So I called the Canadian Consulate (thank God this happened in Seattle, I guess; the Consulate is downtown) and asked them for advice on how to expedite this process, because some of my US documents can't be processed without my Canadian documents, and I'm not sure where to begin with my Canadian documents; birth certificate or passport (considering I have my old expired passport and my passport can be processed in an expedited manner if need be - and that's not counting the fact that
tallin's aunt is good friends with the Consular General in Seattle, apparently ...)I was greeted with a phone message that was naturally in both official languages, and marvelled at the mellifluous beauty of the woman's French accent (I have a thing about that.) My french is not the greatest, certainly not compared to
tallin who is officially bilingual eonough to carry on an actual conversation fluently, but it's not bad, because we had french all the way up from 4th grade until high school (everyone was required to take at least one high school french class.)And then I remembered hearing some nervous nellie on NPR blathering about how the US should have only one official language and ZOMG those damned immigrants should just learn english and OMG THEY MIGHT HAVE TO TEACH SPANISH IN GRADE SCHOOLS blah blah blah (forgetting all about Puerto Rico as usual; not a state, I know, but still).
And I'm thinking, 'so what? It's not going to kill the kids. Hell, half the Supermommies have their kids in language classes anyway starting in utero. They should be glad they don't have to pay for it. (Of course that's probably the government's problem; they'd have to pay for it if it's mandatory, and education is not exactly a top priority because the right wing would prefer that everyone is ignorant so they don't know what's going on (I used to say the military was a top priority, but considering the recent admissions from the Pentagon that there are soldiers going without body armor, I can't even say that any more; where the hell is the money actually GOING? Look! Black helicopters!)
But of course, that would make sense, and would force the current government to get its head out of its ass and actually admit that the english-speaking-US is not the center of the universe, and we can't have that, I suppose. Sigh.
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I wish they'd put my passport name amendment somewhere besides PAGE 47 though. :p It confuses people.
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