Mandatory Arabic Classes Coming To Some Texas Schools; 'Language Of The Future'

cbslocal.com/cbsdfw.com ^ | February 7, 2011 11:03 PM | cbslocal.com/CBSDFW.COM

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

Mandatory Arabic Classes Coming To Mansfield

MANSFIELD (CBSDFW.COM) – Some Students at Mansfield ISD schools could soon be learning Arabic as a required language. The school district wants students at select schools to take Arabic language and culture classes as part of a federally funded grant.

The Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) grant was awarded to Mansfield ISD last summer by the U.S. Department of Education.

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.

[cartan]

Arabic “culture” is the least productive on Earth. And as soon as we have found a better source of energy than oil, all that will be left to say in Arabic is: “Would you like some of my camel dung?”

What a total waste of time and effort.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Good one

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

THIS IS TOTAL EFFIN’ CRAPOLA
COMPLIMENTS OF WHO?? PERHAPS SOMEONE IN THE WH????

sorry for the all caps & yes i’m effin’ shoutin’

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

THIS IS TOTAL EFFIN’ CRAPOLA
COMPLIMENTS OF WHO?? PERHAPS SOMEONE IN THE WH????

sorry for the all caps & yes i’m effin’ shoutin’

[BenLurkin]

That would make sense to Americans — but apparently there are fewer and fewer of us.

[JoyjoyfromNJ]

The link below is to a list I found on ed.gov about the FLAP grants for 2010. Note (1)almost all are for Chinese & Spanish. (2)that DEARBORN MICHIGAN (aka “dearbornistan”) is on the list, seeking to do their program KINDERGARTEN thru 12th grade. (3) Philadelphia is also one of the few with Arabic, seeking to “Create a blueprint for dissemination for replicating the program elsewhere.”

Note also that contact info for all these grantees is included:
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/flap/2010-293b-abstracts.doc

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

صحيح جدا. رئيسنا يتعاطف مع الإرهابيين

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

http://translate.google.com/#ar|en|%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%A9%20%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%20%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%20%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%20%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

لماذا الرئيس الاميركي ديك الاسم المستعار باري سويترو؟

[YellowRoseofTx]

start a program that would look at almost every subject from an Arab perspective

This is the part that bothers me the most. More brain washing to cause sympathy for the Arabs

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Yeah. I was using google translator too.

أنا أكره الإسلام. إنه الشر.

[crusty old prospector]

It would rank right in there with learning Spanish or Portugeuse. The languages of commerce - not.

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

INSANITY?

hunnee i got one betta’fo’U__

Texan Arabic Crack Heads

the A’rabs are funding the effin’ border w/crack & meth don’t you think my friend??
this guv’ment we have right now w/headdick in charge allows this sort of thing.
Headdick can’t tell from ‘arse

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

My last one didn’t translate well. I put why does the President of the U.S. have an alias Barry Soetoro? And it translated President Dick...it must call the U.S. dick or be confused with tricky dick Nixon?

[Renderofveils]

لا يهم حيث ولد اوباما. انه ليس مواطنا الطبيعية ولد معتمد من قبل الإرهابيين في جميع أنحاء العالم.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

أوباما = كذاب، وإرهابي محبة الاشتراكي

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

I was wondering about that. But a lot of things just don’t translate well...

[KosmicKitty]

Yeah, but the problem with this program is that it is MANDATORY that Arabic be taught. I have no issue at all with having a foreign language class mandatory, but the student should have a choice as to which language he or she elects to learn

Yes, I agree with you there. But I had to take 3 years of French with no other choice offered. Never used it again after those classes except when ordering food in a French restaurant (once)

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

صحيح جدا، صديق!