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Mandatory Arabic Classes Coming To Some Texas Schools....'Language Of The Future'
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Posted on 02/08/2011 10:23:57 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
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To: KarlInOhio
>Mandarin would make far more sense.
>
>Learn how to beg for a few hundred billion dollars and you can become the Secretary of Treasury.
Ah, true!
But if you’re Secretary of State, or a member of the State Department, it is essential that you know how to label a button OVERLOAD in Russian. ;)
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posted on
02/08/2011 10:55:41 AM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Moose Burger
Indeed. It is the mandatory nature of this class that annoys me.
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posted on
02/08/2011 10:56:43 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Red in Blue PA
No particular foreign language class should be mandatory, and if taking a foreign language is required, the students should have a selection to choose from.
Our military and intelligence communities would likely be happy with a larger number of people familiar with Arabic to pull from but I don't think many people will get much use out of it.
To: 240B
“Why would Texans speak Arabic? What the hell are they going to do with that? It makes no sense.”
How are you going to respect the rights of the smuggled Hezbollah and Hamas terrorists, unless you speak their language?
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posted on
02/08/2011 10:57:06 AM PST
by
mewykwistmas
("Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ")
To: Red in Blue PA
It’s time to play, “Cowboys and Muslims.”
To: Red in Blue PA
Hey Kids! You gotta learn...
Latin
French
German
Japanese
Chinese
Spanish
Arabic...
...it's the language of the future!
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posted on
02/08/2011 11:00:27 AM PST
by
paulycy
(Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
To: KarlInOhio
If you learn Spanish you can talk to your gardener.
If you learn German you can talk to your co-worker.
If you learn Mandarin you can talk to your boss.
If you learn Arabic you can talk to your enemy.
47
posted on
02/08/2011 11:02:51 AM PST
by
henkster
(Before we make any more "investments" we ought to be shown the prospectus.)
To: Red in Blue PA
Headline: “Mandatory Arabic Classes Coming To Some Texas Schools....’Language Of The Future’”
We have to put an end to this crap now. End the reign of the Leftist Department of Education.
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posted on
02/08/2011 11:07:12 AM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: Jolla
Why would Texans speak Arabic?
Work in the arab oil fields? Arabic is now the language of choice in US oil, gas and coal fields?
< /sarc >
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posted on
02/08/2011 11:08:44 AM PST
by
Publius6961
("In 1964 the War on Poverty Began --- Poverty won.")
To: rockinqsranch
We have to put an end to this crap now. End the reign of the Leftist Department of Education. Can anybody explain to me why American children can be forced to learn arabic, but illegal mexican and other latin nationals cannot be forced to learn English?
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posted on
02/08/2011 11:17:04 AM PST
by
Publius6961
("In 1964 the War on Poverty Began --- Poverty won.")
To: Red in Blue PA
Language of the future SLAVES. Not in my home. I cannot believe Texans are allowing this to happen.
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posted on
02/08/2011 11:21:43 AM PST
by
bboop
(Stealth Tutor)
To: GeronL
Remember when CAIR developed a curriculum for CA schools and parents from one school district complained, took it to court, and lost? The school district decided to drop it anyway because of the problems it was causing.
Parents should tell the board they will pull their kids out. The public school teachers and administrators are more interested in keeping their jobs and they won’t be able to do that if they lose students.
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posted on
02/08/2011 11:30:28 AM PST
by
goldi
(')
To: henkster
Worth repeating!
- If you learn Spanish you can talk to your gardener.
- If you learn German you can talk to your co-worker.
- If you learn Mandarin you can talk to your boss.
- If you learn Arabic you can talk to your enemy.
20 years ago, the mere act of home-schooling was a radical and thrilling adrenalin rush, a finger-poke in the eye of The System. Today, I think God requires more of us. We need to home school with a broader purpose in mind, beyond just educating our kids. I know of a family that studies Turkish, and befriends Turkish grad students, with the goal of evangelizing them. This is a whole-family project. The kids are an integral part of the effort to make these sojourners feel welcome and valued. And it definitely hones a sophisticated Biblical world view to realize that some non-Christians are really nice people!
Although this isn't a "prophecy" thread, I believe that the God who demolished, almost overnight, the credibility of the Soviet empire could do the same for Islam. Imagine a billion people wondering what to do NEXT. Can we be ready for such an opportunity? Learning a foreign language is a long lead-time project ...
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posted on
02/08/2011 11:32:24 AM PST
by
RJR_fan
(The press corpse is going through the final stages of Hopium withdrawal. That leg tingle is urine.)
To: Reagan69
It will stop when the instructors are encouraged to find another line of work.
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posted on
02/08/2011 11:33:29 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: Red in Blue PA
“Language of the future”? According to whom, the Muslim Brotherhood?
To: Red in Blue PA
Yup, but having lots of infidels fluent in Arabic and conversant in Muslim culture will be invaluable as the Long War continues and we decide we need to have serious human intelligence capabilities.
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posted on
02/08/2011 11:37:37 AM PST
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
To: goldi
The CA court found it was perfectly Constitutional to have kids read the Koran, dress like arabs, adopt Muslims names and recite Muslim prayers in school.
Imagine if it had been Christianity.
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posted on
02/08/2011 11:42:39 AM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php for FR backup site!)
To: Publius6961
As a matter of fact I THINK I can.
The Left.
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posted on
02/08/2011 11:47:21 AM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: GeronL
The CA court found it was perfectly Constitutional to have kids read the Koran, dress like arabs, adopt Muslims names and recite Muslim prayers in school. BUT, they get expelled if they happen to say "Merry Christmas".
Liberalism is a mental disease.
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posted on
02/08/2011 11:48:01 AM PST
by
240B
(he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
To: nolongerademocrat
You KNOW they’re never going to do that...
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posted on
02/08/2011 11:48:15 AM PST
by
LaineyDee
(Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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