I was responding to Connie's statement:
"Children of non-English speakers need to be the ones removed from the mainstream classes so that they can get better instruction and so that they don't pull down native speakers and make them appear gifted."
I meant that the fact that some students are learning the language does not make them less intelligent. Non-English speaking students are just as likely to be gifted as the "Caucasian Americans" that Connie compares them to. Since Connie is a non-native English speaker herself, I would think she would be aware of that.
