{"id":22224,"date":"2011-02-08T13:12:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T17:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=22224"},"modified":"2011-02-08T13:12:38","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T17:12:38","slug":"the-language-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=22224","title":{"rendered":"The language of the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Old Trooper sends us a link to an article from Dallas\/Fort Worth’s ABC station<\/a> announcing that a school in Mansfield, Texas is requiring students to learn Arabic;<\/p>\n

As part of the five-year $1.3 million grant, Arabic classes would be mandatory at Cross Timbers Intermediate School and Kenneth Davis Elementary School. The program would also be optional for students at T. A. Howard Middle School and Summit High School.<\/p>\n

Parents at Cross Timbers say they were caught off-guard by the program, and were surprised the district only told them about it in a meeting Monday night between parents and Mansfield ISD Superintendent Bob Morrison.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with students learning another language. When I learned Spanish and German, I learned how to use my own English more effectively. But to make it mandatory? In elementary school?<\/p>\n

But what’s really laughable is that the Department of Education calls Arabic “a language of the future”. WTF? If your future includes a stint as a goat roper in Yemen, maybe, but not as a language of commerce, diplomacy or even literature. At least not to the extent that it’s mandatory in elementary school. An elective language maybe…not forced down students’ throats. Especially in Texas.<\/p>\n

And they’re going include Arabic culture without making it about religion? That’s impossible. Arabic culture is called Islam. Every bit of their culture and laws come from the Koran. I don’t know how it’s even possible to separate the two.<\/p>\n

This is the height of dhimmitude. The US Department of Education has surrendered to politically correct pressure and it demonstrates perfectly why there should be no Department of Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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