A year or so ago, I made the aquaintance of a 75 year-old gentleman who had been the chairman of a major insurance company headquarterd in Frankenmuth, MI, not far from Bay City. Frankenmuth has a strong German heritage. He spoke with a heavy German accent. When I asked him when he came to America, he bristled a bit, and said that he was 4th generation American - but that English wasn't taught in the Frankenmuth schools until about the 6th grade