“I really don’t have a problem with schools teaching languages that will be more useful than, say, French.”
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)