Texas Regains Its Senses
Feb 10, 2011 Political
Yesterday the news was out that a few schools in Texas were going to require children to learn the Arabic language and about Arabic culture. Let me be clear, this was not an elective offering, this was a mandatory class for children.
The school system imposed this requirement under a grant from The Department of Education which has deemed Arabic the language of the future. Parents of these children were caught off guard and said they knew nothing about this new requirement.
It looks as if, for now, the program is on hold. Seems the uproar has but the brakes on this whole mess.
As well it should.
I have no problem with children learning to speak Arabic as long as it is something they get to choose. Children are not forced to learn any other language and they should not be forced to learn Arabic. Most of the parents who objected did so based on this aspect of it.
If schools want to teach about Arabic culture then they can do so as part of a class that teaches about a multitude of cultures.
I have no idea why it is the federal government thinks that the Arabic language is the language of the future when the people who speak it are still living in the 7th century.
What I also have a problem with is The Department of Education has decided that it will force our children to learn a foreign language when our own government will NOT force immigrants to learn English. If you want to make this a better place then FORCE immigrants to learn English. Then we will never hear “for Spanish, press 2.”
Besides, the way America is going some form of Chinese will be the language of our future…
Cave Canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
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Tags: arabic, forced indoctrination, mandatory language, texas