Arabic mandatory at New York City public school

[mcurrier]

Arabic mandatory at New York City public school

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/arabic_mandatory_at_city_public_UdLomjOOnZNfjDfs6YQrUN

[Guest 6.8 AR]

More stupid. I like the first comment: "How about mastering the English language?"

[vontar]

Other then Numbers it is dumb. We do use the arabic number system. The only way a person will

Learn a foreign language is if they want too. My self I didn't.

[NRA]

that cant be for real?

[hipower]

Why don't we just bend over and say here we are. Take over. We don't care.

[Guest bkelm18]

I'm all for kids learning another language. However their reasoning is ridiculous. It's not for the children, it's so the school can get some meaningless international award.

[TMF]

أنا لا اÙحم، ما هي متشكلة؟

[mcurrier]

أنا لا اÙحم، ما هي متشكلة؟

Na does not he confuted, what are the cataclysms?

?????????

[TMF]

Na does not he confuted, what are the cataclysms?

?????????

Excuse my spelling, I put a "ح" where a "ه" belonged. Corrected below. And i misspelled مشكلة because of my fat thumbs on my iPhone.

أنا لا اÙهم، ما هي مشكلة؟

Edited May 25, 2012 by TMF 18B

[Dragon]

@ TMF 18B

The problem is it's mandatory and not for the childrens benefit but for the schools. Like a lot of other things these days.

[gunrunner32]

I'm taking classes right now, 5 hours a day 5 days a week. I already did a 6 month stint learning it, doing a refresh 6 years later. It's not that hard to read and understand the squiggles. Language is already mandatory in high school, at least it was at the high school I went to.

[Oh Shoot]

Other thean Nnumbers it is dumb. We do use the aArabic number system. The only way a person will

Llearn a foreign language is if they want too he wants to. My self Myself (redundant), I didn't.

I dunno, you do okay in English as a second language. What was your first?

Back on point, seems to me if another language is required, should be Spanish. Hispanic-Mericuns will be the majority race in 25 years or less, and we all know how well they've assimilated into our culture, what with all the bilingual usages most everywhere. As a matter of fact, this very year was first time that white births were not the majority of all births in the US.

Of course, for business purposes, Mandarin Chinese is a wise choice for the future. Seriously.

- OS

Edited May 25, 2012 by OhShoot

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Maybe those wise educators in New York know something we don't. I'm expecting to hear of a Sharia Law School

in some empty public school building in New York, next.

[enfield]

What a bunch of crap!

Edited May 25, 2012 by enfield

[TMF]

@ TMF 18B

The problem is it's mandatory and not for the childrens benefit but for the schools. Like a lot of other things these days.

This is why I don't see a problem, there are elementary schools all around the country that teach foreign languages as a mandatory instruction. My elementary school had Spanish as a mandatory class. No uproar there. I don't see Arabic as being any different with the exception of its global relevance/irrelevance. I agree that the administrator's assessment that it will make kids more competitive in a global market is ridiculous as the only exports of Arab nations are oil and extremism, but it does introduce kids to another language which makes a more rounded adult, just like art and music classes.

I had to take art classes all through elementary and middle school and I didn't grow up to be an artist. I learned to read, write and speak Arabic a decade ago and didn't become a Muslim.... weird, I know.

Edited May 25, 2012 by TMF 18B

[BrasilNuts]

The students would be better served learning a Romance language.

"The Arabic requirement becomes mandatory in September. But PS 368 is a so-called “choice’’ school and no kids, even those living nearby, are forced to attend it. If the school ever enrolls a student who objects to learning Arabic, administrators will deal with that on a case-by-case basis, Jackson said."

As long as their parents don't have a problem with it and it's not forced on anyone, I think it's great that any child might have an interest in any foreign language.

As Vontar stated before, "The only way a person will Learn a foreign language is if they want too."

I took German and Spanish in High School and College, but I didn't "learn" either of those languages.

I did learn Portuguese later because I wanted to.

Edited May 25, 2012 by BrasilNuts

[tnhawk]

The students would be better served learning English.

fixed it for ya

[BrasilNuts]

I am assuming that they are already being taught English, but i know what you meant.

So, if you couple English with one of the Romance languages these kids will have a good base for communicating with people around the world.

Also, once you learn one Romance language each one you learn after that is easier.

Edited May 25, 2012 by BrasilNuts

[gjohnsoniv]

Learn Latin they said, it will be fun they said. Waste of time for me. Took Russian for a while and picked it up pretty quickly, but that was because I wanted to learn it.

[mcurrier]

أنا لا اÙهم، ما هي مشكلة؟

Translation -

"I do not understand, what is the problem?"

[Caster]

Well, someone has to prepare this next generation for their future leaders. Washington D'Cremlin is handing it over piece by piece.

[mcurrier]

Back on point, seems to me if another language is required, should be Spanish. Hispanic-Mericuns will be the majority race in 25 years or less, and we all know how well they've assimilated into our culture, what with all the bilingual usages most everywhere. As a matter of fact, this very year was first time that white births were not the majority of all births in the US.

Yeah...but if Obama has his way, the small minority of our new elite masters will be speaking arabitch...or maybe chinese.

[TMF]

Translation -

"I do not understand, what is the problem?"

Yes, apparently your translation software doesn't have tolerance for my previous misspellings.

[Guest bkelm18]

Well, if the parents are ok with it then big whoop I suppose. This country has bigger problems than kids learning a foreign language.

[mcurrier]

Well, if the parents are ok with it then big whoop I suppose. This country has bigger problems than kids learning a foreign language.

A foreign language I would agree, but this particular foreign language in this particular city...I'm not down with that. Muslims routinely build mosques on conquered ground. They see it as a symbol of victory. This is just more of their not so subtly shoving 9/11 and the new world order of islam in our faces.

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Edited May 25, 2012 by mcurrier