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.

[Smokin' Joe]

The school district wants students at select schools to take Arabic language and culture classes as part of a federally funded grant.

WTF is our tax money doing being redistributed by the Feral Government to fund the destruction of Western Civilization and culture?

As an elective, perhaps someone could convince me this was 'culturally enlightening', as a mandatory class, it is attempted conquest.

English is and remains the language of our founding documents and the language in which the fundamental principles of our nation and culture are best understood. Even the indigenous residents were forced to learn English. People who came here learned English to become Americans.

Spanish? Arabic? Feh.

Someone is looking for a chunk of Grant money that never should have been granted.

[Bob]

Not true. Most of the Spanish spoken in the SW US is atrocious.

Most of the "Spanish" spoken in the US wouldn't be recognized as such by people from Spain. While, on the surface, it's somewhat similar to Spanish, it was bastardized in Mexico and further bastardized when "Mexican Spanish" became "Americanized Mexican Spanish" here in the US.

My high school Spanish teacher is undoubtedly rolling over in his grave at the "Spanish" I have to use to be understood.

[longtermmemmory]

Pure Spanish speakers from Spain view N and S American speakers with the same disdain as the French view the French language spoken in Quebec.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

For all the people in this thread with the theories that are saying it is good some how... or know your enemy...

The future will have a voice translator in cell phones so= the phonetic learning of arabic right now; is nothing but political ideals and propaganda.

-—Muslim Agenda of the Obama Administration-—

http://www.conservapedia.com/Muslim_agenda_of_the_Obama_administration

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

نعم. كريه الرائحة مسلم دعاية

[Georgia Girl 2]

Somebody call Paul Ryan and tell him there is another $1.3 million he can add to the $58 billion in cuts for the year. What a completely worthless grant. Another genius idea from the Dept of Education. More proof it should be shut down.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

معا نحن تزدهر يساوي الشيوعية معا يزدهر

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

فصيل عبد الواحد، كنت لا تريد أن تنشر هذه الثروة حولها؟ لماذا لا؟ / ق

[Dick Vomer]

they ought to try to teach English first. Of course that would be to much to ask, but just a thought.... oh and maybe addition, subtraction, division and multiplication without using fingers and toes.

heck, our teaching unions can't even teach the basics and now they want to teach farsi... pathetic. Ask the teachers, "How many kids that have gone through 2 years of middle school and 4 years of high school Spanish, can speak Spanish?" Maybe 5%.... maybe. what a waste

[longtermmemmory]

1.3 millioin that can be cut immediatly.

This is why bureacrats need to be reigned in. We are being ruled by the unelected.

[HushTX]

I’m all for learning the language of your enemies so that you can defeat them, but I somehow doubt that this is the goal behind the policy here.

Their intent and ours do not have to be the same. Utilize all resources, even those provided by the enemy.

[BenKenobi]

Grrr, I hate this ****. You want to bet that they’d undermine the history curriculum?

I’m not teaching that BS.

[Allegra]

Yeah, I’ve learned lots of cusswords and insults in Arabic. The way I speak it is with the Iraqi dialect, but it turns out, people in Jordan and Kuwait understand it just fine. :)

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

اقالة باراك حسين أوباما وسويترو باري

[Frantzie]

Maybe if Texans stopped voting for RINOs like Perry, Kay Bailey anc Cornyn. Idiots care more about stupid football. NM has better Repubs. Texas needs a Suzanne Martinez. She rocks.

[Soothesayer]

It is no coincidence that leftists are constantly looking to honor the most evil society they can find. They just have so much in common.

Apparently the Chinese are not evil enough for the vermin.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

أحب أن

[BenLurkin]

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/saywhat.wav

[Scythian]

The DOE has identified Arabic as a ‘language of the future.

Surrendered already have they?

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

هل لاحظت المتصيدون بقعة جدا على الاب؟ يقولون بما فيه الكفاية ليست واردة الحصول على المحظورة ليس الدمى هم نشطاء البقعة