uhhh because every other country is ahead of ours academically and we need to do SOMETHING to try and compete with the rest of the world??

It is better to do nothing than do something stupid. Mandatory Arabic is stupid. We’d be better of bringing back Latin, so at least the students would understand the terms of English grammar and learn where 40% of English vocabulary comes from.

Ite, O Carolus Mallum!

In Illinois one must pass the state and Federal Constitution tests to pass middle school and high school. If it’s not done by high school, it’s then required for an Associate degree.

I’m not sure, but I believe Wisconsin requires passing a Federal Constitution test as a graduation requirement. I could be wrong and that could be left to separate school district. My daughter’s a junior, so I’ll know by next year.

Is this somehow mutually exclusive with learning more than one language?

You got that right. It is no longer you must learn Spanish, that is the language of housekeepers and lawnboys. The Chinese control the purse strings

Chinese isn’t a language.

nman – yes it is. Standard Chinese is the official language of China and Taiwan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chinese

Well, kinda. If you want to be a star of future in international business, you better take a peek at Africa. Yes, that is the new poster child for low wage developing country manufacturing. How do I know? Traitors I know, I mean former business associates, are already there…

to nman Oh No ? well Obama told us that Austrian is a language

Absolutely! The Chinese are the ones we need to understand. If someone WANTS to learn Arabic after they master Chinese, Russian, and Spanish, fine…let ‘em have at it!

These kids can barely read english.

Actually, English….China and the rest of the world is working very hard to learn English

Yes it is! Chinese may well be the language of business in the near future and the longer this regime is in power, it is almost guaranteed!

“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.” ~ Will Durant

http://911essentials.com

http://www.languagepolicy.org/grants/

Duy-bo chea?

Ta shyang wo shwo juan-gu-ha.
Cu Yeah Ming Buy wo ma?
me guan she-ee … wo bo ming buy ne.

Dwo Sheyeah.

Better learn it !

Translation:

Excuse Me

They think I speak Chinese
Is it possible for you to understand me?
Does not matter… I could not possibly understand you.

Thanks Anyhow.

In Janesville Wi, Chinese Is taught in elementry schools

Hey j_latimer Chinese is NOT a language. nman got it right. You are a poor study. Oh yeah, I studied Mandarin and ALL Chinese would tell you that.

Here’s the proper link morons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language

Correct !

yiddish, your own link says otherwise.
Standard Chinese is the official language of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC, also known as Taiwan), as well as one of four official languages of Singapore. It is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
and
Internal divisions of Chinese are usually perceived by their native speakers as dialects of a single Chinese language, rather than separate languages,

You’re not going to get the world to write lego language. In any case, the whole Chinese thing is a bubble economics.

Scottcs

Actually, English….China and the rest of the world is working very hard to learn English

Maybe in the rest of the world.. but not in the US..

@yiddishlion Hahaha, I love that the link you gave CLEARLY contradicts your own statement! You basically just showed that there are subsets to Chinese.

we must always insists that the langauge of any future must be ENGLISH. YOU CREEPS

The Department of Education has identified Arabic as a ‘language of the future.’????? The Department of Education from what county? And, what were they on when they said that? With comments llike that, it’s easy to see why the education of our children is in such bad shape. The grant should be returned or the Arabic language part be eliminated.

Yes, Texas’ huge oil industry sure does a lot more business with FRANCE than with the Arab world.

IOW, you are an idiot hick.

Chinese! Oh no! That would be a back door way for the government to indoctrinate our children Atheism and Buddhism!!!!

Spanish! Oh no! That would be a back door way for the government to indoctrinate our children to accept Mexicans here! Next thing you know Spanish will be our official language!!!!

French! Oh no! I’m still calling my French Fries “Freedom Fries” ever since France opposed our liberating of Iraq. If the French would have had there way, those 100,000 civilians that died in Iraq would instead be forced to live under an oppressive regime. No way I’m letting my kids learn French

I lived in Saudi Arabia for five years with my family. 3while there I witnessed first hand the Arabic Culture and I can say without question that to study the Arabic culture is to study Islam. Even the Arabic linguists that study for the Military must learn the basic tenets of Islam in order to learn the language.We must remember that Islam is the heart and soul of the culture of the Arab. Every part of the Arab life is governed by the Koran and that is their culture. I say take care and do not allow this to happen.
the study of other languages and cultures is not a study of a religion because the culture is not the religion.

You’re telling me that you lived in an overwhelmingly Muslim, Arabic-speaking culture for 5 years and came out with an (incorrect) impression that all Arabs are Muslim? Shocking.

ARABS aren’t synonymous with being Muslim, SAUDIS are. I mean, what about all the Arab Christians? There are a LOT of them.

Because it is greatly needed in the military, pentagon, UN, etc. No one here knows it but many Arabic speaking countries are our biggest enemies. We need to know them and what they are saying. THAT is why its being awarded as a grant.

Russ, you sound a little paranoid. It’s a 3rd world language pretty much. It will never be used globally in any business sense. My kids will never travel to those countries. I’ve been there so they won’t have to.

Russ,

Yes, being multilingual is a necessary skill if this country wants to compete economically in the global economy. However, there are currently no Arab speaking countries that have either economic opportunity or near term potential to compete with any G20 country. This program is nothing but a feel good waste of time. If they want to teach foreign languages they should teach Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, German, or Portugese (i.e. Brazil’s language). Each one of these languages is spoken by countries that are going to kick our collective economic axes with the feel good politically correct crowd in charge of our schools.

This should be a wakeup call for school choice!

Russ, you are absolutely right. The media has done a good job of scaring people not to learn what they should really be aware of and informed about. Fear and prejudice are fed by ignorance, not knowledge. The middle east is supplying most of our fuel, financing our banks, and helping, along with China, to keep the US afloat. It really would be helpful to have a better understanding of what they are saying either in front of us or behind our backs. Not liking their religions, and there are many variations of Islam, has nothing to do with this conversation.

Great Russ. I am glad to finally see our left leaning education experts have awoken to the foreign threat, and are now educating and preparing our elementary aged children to fight our enemies.

mgrimald, you might want to go look to see who is really providing most of our oil. Become informed before you spout junk.

Islamic countries are still developing both culturally and economically. 2/3rd of Iran’s population is under the age of 30 and most are incredibly tech savvy. Generally speaking, these young populations embrace western culture and oppose their conservative governments (as can be seen by the recent events in Egypt, Tunisia, and Syria). Conditions are ripe for Arabic speaking countries to become the emerging markets of the next 10 years as trade relaxes with western nations. Dubai is actually one of the most pro-American investment communities.

Succeeding in business is all about finding your niche and differentiating yourself from competition and coworkers. While few people speak Mandarin, it is an incredibly complex and difficult language to learn without full immersion and takes years and years of study to master the correct tones. When Saddam Hussein was captured there were only 12 people in the FBI that were fluent in Arabic.

I’m by no means saying that Arabic is the language of the future. I am saying that conditions are right for an increased need of Arabic speakers in both the private and public sectors.

@donna sweney..it is NOT just MUSLIM charter schools they have BLACK.. HISPANIC however all WHITE or American schools MUST be open to all there are NO WHITE (EUROPEAN) charter schools.. WHY is that?? When do we say to all these others SHOVE IT.. this is OUR country..

Russ is right. We have few arabic speakers and we need many to monitor radio, tv, internet traffic. And although most Muslim nations can be categorized as third world, there are 1.5 billion Muslims in the world. If only 10% are radical, that means there is a “country” half the size of the US who wants us dead and gone. Damn right we should speak their language. KNOW YOUR ENEMY

um, where did you get your data? Saudi Arabia ($618 billion) has nearly twice the GDP of Belgium ($383 billion), and the US GDP is $14 trillion, to China’s $10 trillion…

I agree with your point that choice is important – that’s a very valid point. But don’t belittle your point with outright falsehoods.

We have many Arabic speaking linguists in the US Military…

Research the Defense Language Institute in Monterey California.

This is sheer madness! Muslim extremists have been quite clear in their intentions of taking over the United States and this is just part of their plan. Should we all just lie down and give them our country, our freedom?

@Brad Skidmore
We have many Arabic speaking linguists in the US Military…
Research the Defense Language Institute in Monterey California.

You can do even better than that, Brad! Go to Lingnet, a Defense Department Language Learning Resource site, and behold a wealth of language learning tutorial treasures. Quite possibly one of the best autodidact sites around for the language lover and language learner.

http://www.dliflc.edu/languageresources.html

Um, BW, you realize Iran speaks Farsi and not Arabic, right?

I am actually in a fix on this issue about arabic, i just dont know if i should do it or not. Well, mostly when i think of arabic i think of dubai, quatar, UAE. Dubai is like the world’d city right now. Arabs are stinking rich, you know the oil and stuff, so people want to do business with them. Check out photos of dubai of late then you will know what i am talking about. I think its good straategy if you are looking to make a lot of money. Forget abt the troubled afghanistan and compony, point is the arabs are currently some of the richest people on earth. If you have noticed, many lucrative deals these days always have those guys with some weird clothes and head gear. Yeah, those are the arabs and they have shares in almost everythung. Wait, who is that who bought Manchester city, and was spending grands buying bid players like robinho tevez, wright philips,adebayor…etc.. Yeah that’s some stinking rich arab, so i think you might want to reconsider…

More “religion of peace” threats I see.

that violent false religion will end with the return of Jesus Christ!!!

Amen ! And the way things are shaping up, along with the rebirth of Israel in 1948, it doesn’t appear that it be much longer !

No,you forget the military creed:If we can’t have the ball,there won’t be ANY winners next time.Next!

Not at my house. I have enough ammo for most of them.

You guess or you hope.

You surely cannot know.

Chinese are practical people. They teach ENGLISH in China (and everywhere else) because it’s the language of business and science,…and the Chinese want to do business. While Arabic isn’t the language of anything but backwards thinking and hatred. So what practical reason could they have to make it mandatory? Other than PC brainwashing?
Also, China is a dictatorship where everything they decide becomes mandatory. You want that for America, you idiot?

If any new languages should be offered (not mandatory) it should be CHINESE, not freaking Arabic!

Arabic is the language of ….. the language of ….. the conqueror of course.

That’s not what the Bible says. It says you guys are gonna be eating dirt.

>>> We should have multiple options

Problem is that it is not optional, it is mandatory.

So the kids will be able to speak arabic but have no idea who James Madison is, which is just the way the government wants it. We wouldn’t want to corrupt all those young minds with notions of freedom and self-rule, would we?

don’t you get it? This is NOT an attempt to teach language skills. This is Nazi Germany all over again. Get the youth too accept then they will not notice the danger until it’s to late!

AMEN,TUNABLUE

Why offer foreign languages to our children who are clueless about our own American history ?

How are you going to teach a foreign language when you can’t even teach them English?

ABSODAMNLUTELY!

I don’t believe we should be teaching americans arabic. Hardly is thwe language used, more people speak english, spanish , and chinise maybe our school system should concentrate more on living in the real world instead of taking the taks and learning foriegn languages. Our children should learn the Pledge of alegiance and the national anthum and to respect them both.

“Nate

How are you going to teach a foreign language when you can’t even teach them English?”

Say that again and again and again!!!!!. Foreign languages should be a college elective in this day and age. or offered to high school seniors who’ve mastered English with the grades to prove it and NO ONE ELSE.

Most anyone who wishes can learn any language they want online for free or for pay with Rosetta Stone and other similar programs. Until they’ve completely mastered English with straight “A” grades through Junior year of High school, another language should be OFF THE TABLE.

No mention of the word “mandatory” this time around. Selective editing by CBS?

The fact that we fail to teach children to read, write, and speak English well has nothing to do with their ability to learn and speak other languages. Their failure is a condition of the environment in which they are taught. The system fails them and then tells them it’s not their fault. They are taught to hate the very system that enables them to fail. How ironic.

Study Ben Chavis’ model from his book “Crazy Like a Fox.” He is an administrator who took a charter school for Indians in Oakland, CA, and turned it around. His students, who have gone from the bottom of the barrel to third in all of California. Each student receives a full hour and a half of science, mathematics, and English and language arts everyday. No one graduates from the high school without achieving an “A” in calculus in their senior year, and his students are placed in the best colleges in America.

Let’s not suggest that our KIDS can’t learn English, or anything else for that matter. Let’s understand the root of the problem and fix that. Kill (can I still use that word) unions, get rid of tenure, pay teachers based on performance, start a school voucher program, stop the fluff — politically correct and feel good programs and get back to basic.

There is a reason most of the world is learning English. It is a very precise language even after dealing with many of it’s faults many of which are the adoption of foriegn words. English dominates the scientific community as well as the business world and the airlines. In the future Chinese and Indians will communicate in English. Within their own countries there are thousands of dialects.

How about teaching proper English. What a concept. Why do you find a need to use an unnessary hackneyed phrase like “that said”.

The muslims have prayer rooms, and we can’t say the pledge of allegiance to our God or pray before sports or whatever we want in public. That’s not fair.

So true! Christian groups should protest! Parents should protest too!

BECAUSE THE REJECTS AMOGEST ARE OVERWHELMING US! OH AND THE MUSLIMS ARE WAGING THE 5 KINDS OF JIHAD AGAINST US. IMPOSING SHARA LAW AND DEYSTROYING THE EXISTING CULTURE AND TAKINGOVER FROM WITHIN IS THE 5TH FORM!

SHARIA LAW!
AND THE 5TH FORM OF JIHAD.

That’s except all the Illegal athletes who could run jump and swim better than the rest who are here being payed millions to be pro athletes. Even they can’t speak a da English..;)

Three quarters of the Major Leagues can’t even count out loud to a hundred in English.

Bet that one with next months rent and live for free all year long.

However while it may be profitable IF one WANTS to learn it but this is MANDATORY.. BIG DIFFERENCE.. NO two ways about it.. FORCING someone to learn a language from a country who is HOSTILE towards us NOT a good place to spend MY tax dollars..

CHECK YOUR CALCULATIONS AND THEN EMAIL THAT INFO TO FOXNEWS.COM AND TO ME DIRECTLY. http://www.supersaiyan1701f@gmail..com

Yea that’s only in the military in order to help our soldiers beat back the Islamic wave on it’s own turf, not to be friendly greeters at the local Mosques Upstate.

If you wanna see how inclusive they are, Muslims, go to your local Mosque and walk inside with a Christian cross around your neck and see if you walk out alive…

Go ahead, take pictures and post em on Facebook of all the friendly Muslims you encounter OK? We’ll be waiting Mr Diversity..

Good one Chicago Nick check out this, order pork…

I’ve seen that on the news Mom and thanks,

it’s just incredible what we’re up against with these folks. I don’t even think most of these people are really Americans, I think they’re all in the Middle East in the basements of Mosques acting like dumb Americans online frankly. But I don’t risk it, I treat em all the same. Like the Moulians they mostly are..

If they are fake libs, they’re pretty good at it, but I live up north of Chicago and know many many people and yet not a one who would defend Islam to my face. Not a single one in my 20 years here and especially since 911.

I think they’re all fake Americans mostly and the far far far lefties on these stories. Just my thoughts… We’ll hand it to em either way .

Okay Nick…. but you have a real big mudslime problem in the windy city and harmony school is a big farce run by Fetullah Gullen and supported by the clintons and we down here in St Louis have one also. I hope you join Act for American in your area. It’s very sad he was expelled from TU and he is trying to bring islam to the US and he dreams of being an islamic hero

Icky9:
what country would that be exactly?
I bet mostArabic people know a lot more about geography than you!
Idiots like you make me embarrassed to be from the DFdub.

Just sayin. .
If people want to learn Arabic, it’s their right. The school system has NO right to force Arabic language and culture on our children. With the English literacy rate falling every generation in the US, the match and science skills dropping like a rock it’s time schools return to the fundamentals of teaching. This is sheer madness.

If you are a level 4 or 5 linguist. It takes years of study to get to 4 and only natives are 5.

I wonder which Arabic dialect they will be teaching. Sure, there is MSA (Modern Standard Arabic), but I’m pretty certain that’s not spoken on the streets.

Just as it is impossible to teach the culture of the English-speaking people (there are too many of us, too varied, and across too many international borders), it is impossible to teach the culture of the Arabic-speaking people (unless you go into religion).

This comes from a one-time Middle-Eastern linguist who tested at 4+.

Yes, they did make a few discoveries several centuries ago. But what have they done for society since the last discovery in the seventh-, eighth- or ninth century? Just play soccer with a goat’s head and commit honor killings because a daughter was seen in the presence of another muslim of a different sect. That’s a stoning, for sure!

Bob, those discoveries were either imported and then the mohammedans slapped their trademark on them, or they were taken from the high cultures that used to rule those areas once: Rome, Greece, the Sassanide Empire, etc.

Take algebra or the so called “Arabic” numbers. Both are Indian inventions.

ARABIC HISTORY IS SWORDS, CUTTING OFF HEADS, ISLAM AND ABBACAS. JUST LIKE BLACK HISTORY IS PEANUT USES COTTON GIN, TUSKEGEE AIRMEN FATHERLESS CHILDREN, PIMPS, DRUG GANGS, VIOLENCE ATHLETES AND OSOMA OBAMA!

John T Fox SCORE!!!!!!

CHICAGO NICKAF MOM HERE IS A NEWSFLASH FOR YOU: THE REJECTS AMONGEST US HAVE ESTABLISHED 5TH COLUMNS IN EVERY STATE, EVERY MAJOR CITY AND ALL MOST EVERY COUNTY IN AMERICA. AMMO IS CHEAP AGAIN I RECCOMMEND BUYING NOW FOR THE REVIL WAR DRAWS NIGH IN AMERICA! I’M DONE EDUCATING REJECTS FOR TODAY! BYE AF MOM.

Most of the discoveries Arabs made were rip offs from the orient AND before the religion of Islam was invented by some snake oil salesman from Mecca. After the advent of Mohammed the intelligence of the world was lowered by 20 IQ points.

ABSODAMNLUTELY CORRECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AF MOM EMAIL ME SUPERSAIYAN1701F@GMAIL.COM I WOULD LIKE T DISCUSS A FEW THINGS WITH YOU. WHEN I GET DONE EDUCATING THE REJECTS AMONGEST US!

I sent you the video

Look at Britain’s David Cameron this week!

He’s come out and said it “It does not and will not work” and Britain is multiculturalism’s ground Zero. I get on the Daily Mail and their papers every day and duke it out with those Brit Muslims and their libs over there. Holy indoctrinated Batman!!

They’re on the verge of being consumed like Europe was leading up to the Crusades, and I just can’t see what it will take for these people to realize they’re being ridden like government mules by Islammers.

Useful idiot is a compliment to those kinds of people of today running interference for CAIR and the Muzzie Brotherhood. It’s Brutal !!

Dang straight Myra! There’s no reason why any American student should even be allowed to take a foreign language in any grade until they’ve had 3 straight years of Nothing But A’s in English>

That should be a law and I’d also end this Spanish crud as well. The only time I speak Spanish (which I had in High school and speak fluently) is to curse out illegals in the stores and elsewhere who speak it behind our backs like we’re too stupid to know what they’re saying, ya know?

It appears as though YOU are the hater here.

totally not a hater RM- i dont hate anyone, i dont teach my children to hate those with different religions or skin color. With Jesus there is no gender, race, skin color, He loves us all the same and I try to get my kids to do the same.

I think this money was printed by obumer and will not be paid back to china 4 generations from now.

YOUR THE FIRST TO EVER MENTION THAT! EMAIL THAT TO FOXNEWS!.COM

A Muslim sympathiser?!?!?! HE’S A GOD DAMNED MUSLIM!!!!

Hey Patriot Army, do you still talk to Charlie?

@Worried Human,
Yes, why?

90% of the muslims that are living in America do exactly that… live here… take food stamps,… live in Sec 8 housing, and get free medical assistance-no copay!

GUYS I AM DISABLED FROM BEING RUN OVER WHILE WORKING BY AN UNINSURED BLACK WOMAN DRIVER GOING 50-60MPH. I LIVE IN HUD HOUSING. I GET FOOD STAMPS. LET ME EDUCATE YOU. 30% OF MY MONTHLY CHECK IS GONE BEFORE I EVER SEE IT! THAT’S THE HUD PART. 16 1/3% IS GONE BEFORE I GET THE CHECK ON INSURANCE. OUT OF THE REMAINING 53 1/3% I HAVE TO BUY GAS, MAINTAIN MY CAR, BUY VITAMINS AND ALL OTHER THINGS THAT MEDICAID WON’T. I HAVEN’T HAD A COLA ADJUSTMENT IN TWO YEARS AND WON’T NEXT YEAR! WHEN I DO GET A COLA MY FOODSTAMPS GO DOWN BY 50% OF THE INCREASE. NODR’S TAKE MEDICAID BECAUSE THEY AREN’T BEING PAID. SO I DON’T GET TO SEE DR”S! MEDICAID WILL NOT PAY FOR ALL MY PRESCRIPTIONS. I’VE BEEN PRESCRIBED NEXIUM 40MG 2X A DAY AND MEDICAID WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY PRESCRIBED ACID REFLEX MEDICATION. THEY FORCE ME ONTO GENERICS THAT AREN’T NECCESSARIALY SAFE! I’M PAYING FOR NEW TIRES BY MAKING PAYMENTS (THAT’S A FIRST FOR ME)! I HAVE TWO BROKEN SPRINGS ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND I FOUND OUT THAT IT WILL COST $1107 TO FIX IT RIGHT! THE ONLY MEAT I GET IS WHAT I KILL OR PICK UP ALONG THE HIGHWAY! I WOULD LOVE NOT TO HAVE BEEN RUN OVER AND LEFT DISABLED AND WOULD LOVE TO BE WORKING AND LIVING RATHER THAN MERELY EXISTING! I HAVE NO TV, I CAN’T AFFORD IT AND DON’T LIKE RECTANGLES. MOST OF WHATS ON AIN’T WORTH WATCHING! I’VE A BS AND CAN’T USE IT (BEING BRAINED WON’T LET ME)! ITS NO AS FRE A RIDE AS YOU BELEIVE, UT IT IS A RIDE THEY SHOULD NOT BE GETTING! FYIOH AND I’M ON THE NET BY USING MY NEIGHBORS CONNECTION. OTHERWISE ITS ONE HOUR A DAY AT THE LIBRARY!

Yo…dat be a dang good ideaz bro….I cants understands why deze peeps can’t be talkin my hood rap ….I axe em all the time what they be doin and dey whack, yo. Cracker man dont be playin my rap keepin me and my homies down in da hood

Don’t give up John and I know how you feel. I have MS and spent 8 years in a wheelchair and they told me year after year I’d never walk again and a year ago lord and behold here I am walking, standing up for hours at a time, playing music as I did before being crippled and I really know how you feel. I went from making 6 figures to disability which was less than a quarter of what I was making and now I’m back working, playing my guitar in bars and hopefully I’ll be soon back where I was a decade ago

I almost offed myself a couple times and decided against it and I was on Methadone for pain and all kinds of narcotics and could have easily but something, I like to think GOD, helped me through it.

Been 2 years now almost walking again so my hope is it never gets that bad again until it’s over. I also survived a brain tumor in my right temporal lobe at 21 two months after I graduated college from University of Virginia and I know, I couldn’t get hired when I was in a wheelchair for nothing

You can email me at chicagonick44 at yahoo dot com if you want and I’ll see if I can help ya with some tricks I learned with the government and such if interested.

Just don’t give up and don’t become one of those nobody’s who just rot away. By being online you keep your mind moving so when your body catches up your ready for it like I was.

I went to High school in St Louis with a John Fox, you’re not him are you in 1978-9?

Egyptian is a language?? Arabic is the official language of Egypt. Arabic is also spoken in Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Lebanese is not a language either. But I guess you’re just pretending to be ignorant.

THATS HOW PATTON BEAT ROMMEL AND HOW I FIGURED OUT THEIR PLAN AND ITS AUTHOR! BUT IT MUST BE TAUGHT FROM AN AMERICAN PEERSPECTIVE OR WE WILL WIND UP LIKE MY INDIAN ANCESTORS!

THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE KORAN IS SUFFICENT. JUST REMEMBER IT IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THE BIBLE WITH PARALELLS. NUFF SAID!

THEN THEY’LL HIT’EM WITH CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. IF I HAD HAD ANY CRITTERS I WOULD HAVE HAD THEM BORN IN A HOT TUB AND BE OFF THE GOVERENMENT GRID!

ditto

I AM NOT A BORG AND I WILL NEVER SUBMIT! WHICH IS WHAT ISLAM MEANS (SUBMISSION)@! I AM NO ONES SLAVE NOW OR EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ISLAM IS SATANS RELIGION. THAT IS WHY IT IS INTOLERANT AND KILLS EVERYTHING NOT LIKE IT! I SALUTE YOU! EMAIL ME SUPERSAIYAN1701F@GMAIL.COM

You think Texas doesn’t promote a culture of hate and murder?
I don’t believe you’re from here.

TRUE UNITED WE STAND AND DIVIDED WE FALL. WERE REPEATING ROMES FALL. ON THE CALANDER I WOULD SAY WE ARE IN THE YEAR 495 A.D. CARE TO GUESS WHEN ROME FELL? 495 A.D.

LiterCola you are so correct. Although Mansfield ISD is a “Recognized” district according to the TEA “Texas Education Agency” for the 2010 school year. If everyone looks at the numbers below they are no where near the “mastery ” of english or math.
TAKS Commended Performance (Sum of All Grades Tested)

Reading/ELA 2010 33% 37%
2009 31% 35%

Mathematics 2010 29% 30%
2009 28% 29%

Writing 2010 33% 41%
2009 33% 38%

Science 2010 28% 28%
2009 26% 22%

Soc Studies 2010 47% 51%
2009 44% 48%

All Tests 2010 15% 17%
2009 15% 16%

The first column is the state percentage second is the district. These results are for students that where commended on the state test grades 3-11. In order to be commended you need to have gotten at least 95% of the questions on the test correct. Pretty sad that only 17% of the district’s some 30,000 + students mastered the subjects.

Hopefully you are under survielance so we don’t go through another Ft. Hood incident. Your Q,ran tells you what to do with Infidels. I’m an Infidel and proud of it.

forcing people to learn Arabic sounds like SHARIA LAW!!!!!!!!!

u r an ass sir………..and thank you for your service to our country

With most religions that’s true, with the exception of islam. If you’re as familiar with the koran as you say, then you understand that it is a guide for every aspect of life, including religious, legal, social, it even tells you how to wipe your butt.

And social/cultural life in arabic countries is centered around islam. So teaching arabic culture as part of the curriculum of an arabic language class is de facto teaching islam.

And thank you for your service.

Thank you for your voice of reason. As usual people are bringing religion into it. It’s a language course people. Open your minds.

Traitor

Thank you so much for your service! I don’t think most people care if you’re Muslim, Buddhist or Hindu. It’s all about the Sharia law.

The language is one thing, problem is making it mandatory and teaching the cultural aspects — which will no doubt whitewash Islam and not cover honor killings, Jihad, history of genocide, misogyny, invasion of Africa and millennium of white and black slavery that continues to this day in the Sudan, and countenanced under the Sharia.

Yes, no culture is perfect. But Sharia Law says it must be so as a duty to Islam! It is incompatible with our constitution as you know. The radical jihadis will not cease and the moderate muslims will not speak out against the radicals. I guess it is against Sharia law to be critical of Islam and would make them worthy of death, too. Perhaps they share our concerns. God bless.
.

You are an enabler and sympathizer with the enemy…most Americans realize that Islam their faith and their culture is the enemy and a danger to our way of life…those that don’t are traitors or sacred…America will prevail because of the people and in spite of people like you wake up

Christians speaking in tongues? That particular feature is only found in a small percentage of denominations and not all of Christianity. Arabic is the language of the Koran and any translation of it nullifies it. I studied Arabic in the Army from Arabs. You learn not only the language but the history, religion, and culture. Oh and if you get pro-Arab and anti-Jew teachers, then you get all the propaganda as well.

I think all muslim traitors need to be discharged from the military immediately.

Anything Arabic, whether it is government, culture, social mores or even Arabic Christianity is permeated with Islam. Islam is an endemic part of the Arabic culture and language of the Middle East.

Jews DO speak Hebrew, even those living in America learn Hebrew. It is a cultural tie.

I think the point here is someone is thinking that future migrant workers will be Islamic as in Europe, hence the need to speak Arabic, so Arabic as a language will be useful in the future as Chinese will be.

I think America should concentrate on teaching English since most Americans have poor English skills and English not going anywhere as a global language. Sadly, America will probably choose to teach TXT as a language in lieu of English–not that it matters anymore. I think we are well past the point of no return for fixing what is wrong with America.

unh, please don’t be offended by the unintelligent and uneducated posts that are meant to offend you.

It’s funny you say that. The majority of “Jew” had to learn hebrew in order to “mature”, Arabic is the central pillar of ISLAM. PERIOD. Christian’s spoke Latin then the Kings English and now many other languages. We don’t make the language the center of our culture like ISLAM.

@Meredith Frauzel.. most of us do have open minds.. however they are NOT so open that our brains fall out and we believe all propaganda we are fed.. thank you.. now maybe you should CLOSE yours some..while your ahead of the game

Facts are facts. I’ve been ‘involved’ with Islam and Arabic culture my entire military career. The fact is that you cannot be taught Arabic culture without also being taught Islamic theology. The two have become, by design, so intertwined that there is no difference. In virtually every other culture this is not true…language, culture and government are separate from religion. NOT so with Islam. You can’t truly have one without the others.

I’VE READ THE KORAN AND I KNOW THAT IT IS TWO BOOKS IN ONE. THE FIRST BOOK IS A RETELLING OF THE BIBLE TWISTED TO GET THE JEWS TO SUBMIT TO WORSHIPPING SATAN. THE SECOND BOOK IS A BOOK OF WAR ON HOW TO CONQUER THE JEWS AND ALL OTHER PEOPLES! IN FACT THE FIVE FORMS OF JIHAD ARE CLEARLY SPELLED OUT! WAR, TERROR, ECONOMIC ATTACK, IMPOSING SHARIA LAW AND THEN OUTBREEDING THE EXISTING DOMINATE POPULATION AND TAKEN OVER FROM WITHIN THROUGH INFILTRATION! THE TORAH IS THE WORD OF GOD. THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE WORD OF THE SON OF GOD. THE KORAN IS THE WORD OF SATAN AND HIS FUTURE ANTI-CHRIST! YES I KNOW WELL ISLAM! I KNOW THAT YOU CAN’T SEPERATE THE CULTURE FROM THE RLIGION FOR IT IS ONE AND THE SAME! OH AND IT CAME AFTER THE TORAH AND AFTER THE BIBLE. SATAN IS A COPYCAT NOT AN ORIGINAL THINKER!

Not all Muslins speak Arabic, not all Jews speak Hebrew, true. But virtually all those who DO speak Arabic are Muslins and those who speak Hebrew are Jews.

It’s also true that Arabic predates Islam by many centuries, however, in the past thousand plus years Islam has influenced Arabic to such an extend that it is difficult to separate the two.

Therefore if a child is forced to learn Arabic (and Arabic culture) he or she is going to have a dose of Islam along with the Arabic teachings.

God forbid we have a kid quote from the Bible, or hear any reference to Christianity (even if 80% of the founding fathers were devout Christians), however when it comes to referencing Islam, teaching Arabic, etc. the ACLU is unsurprisingly silent.

You know very well if this were Hebrew being taught (and Hebrew culture) there would be an explosion of dissent from the left.

My advice to the parents in Texas: find out which school board members voted for this (get the exact names), and then vote them out of office.

You sir “unh” are ignorant to your religion and a disgrace to the US Military…or you are a liar. Your Koran is complete opposite of what your country stands for and what you claim to fight for. It is absolutely impossible to serve the US Military and the United States and follow “your god” and your Koran at the same time. You may “act” and “pretend” but you can not follow both. Impossible.

You are a traitor.

Proud wife to a US Military Member

Please ignore the idiots, at least the intelligent people here are proud to have ALL types of Americans serving the government’s need to kill people for oil and money.

I hope to God that someone in the army has their eye on you, Unh. Every Muslim is a Fort Hood timebomb waiting to go off.

Believe me, we already know them. ‘Nuf said?

A Christian home schooling parent totally agrees. There was likely a federal grant for this because someone realized the tactical and strategic importance of having more US citizens who are fluent in the language of those whose religion dictates they convert or kill us.

How about leaving that for the people who chase down the enemy, not school kids?

Yes it is Frank read the letters and papers of the founding fathers and by the way your free to think like a fool here…. if you don’t like that… get out.

Actually Frankwank it is a Christian nation. Something like 76 percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States). That makes this a Christian nation. It doesn’t mean that it is a Christian government, that’w where the 1st amendment fits in.

If 76% of Americans were ignorant wankers then we would also be a ignorant wanker nation no matter what the Constitution said.

Frank, it actually is a Christian nation. You might like those facts or be deeply bothered by it, but a majority here are Christians. It was founded on Christian beliefs also. If you don’t like it or are offended by it, then I’m sorry, but it does not change the facts.

The founding fathers believed in a God that wasn’t the same god as Jews or Christians. I know it’s confusing for you since they also called that god, “God,” and you never bothered to read anything first hand, but this isn’t that complicated. Not the same guy.

For instance, they thought Jesus was either a myth or just a crazy person. Sound like christians? No, because they weren’t. If anyone is unpatriotic, it’s all the christians who don’t hold the same values as our founding fathers and great leaders.

1. The Founders were Christians. Even Thomas Jefferson was a Christian. All it takes to find out is to read their personal papers, letters, etc. They were all Christians.

2. The United States was founded as a society in which ANY religion can be freely practiced without fear. While our social values are based upon Christian principles, our government is not a Christian government. We do NOT live in a theocracy, and that is to protect us from the likes of the religious tyranny exhibited in the Middle East.

3. Forcing children to learn a a language and culture that raises such controversy is a bad idea. Especially when that language presents no real benefit or relevance to those children. Offering it as part of the curriculum is one thing. Forcing it is another. I do not live in this school district, but if I did, my children would not participate.

It’s Not an ARABIC nation, you ignorant Yank-check the Constitution. better yet, live in an arabic country and see thier hate for yourself, before calling others ignorant. Thier Intent is to kill us or destroy us from within. Nothing less.

@AF Mom: I think you are the one who needs to read up on our founding fathers. This is from one of the first treaties that the US government entered into. It was read aloud in the Senate, ratified UNANIMOUSLY by the Senate, signed into law by President John Adams, and had the full support of George Washington. I don’t think the text could more clearly state the intentions of our founders: “As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen…” – Treaty of Tripoli 1797

Maybe U should read the letters and papers of our FOUNDING FATHERS of did you graduate from FU

We all know that you are a liberal sympathizer Russ, but stop trying to force what you would like onto the innocent youth of our nation.

yes, but islam should not be recognized as a religeon because it is devil worship, and does not tolerate other religeons, so why should we recognize it?

The founding father’s believed in a God that wasn’t the same god as Jews or Christians. I know it’s confusing for you since they also called that god, “God,” and you never bothered to read anything first hand, but this isn’t that complicated. Not the same guy.

For instance, they thought Jesus was either a myth or just a crazy person. Sound like christians? No, because they weren’t. If anyone is unpatriotic, it’s all the christians who don’t hold the same values as our founding fathers and great leaders.

I think muslims are funny. They sound funny when they talk.

“dlkjfokvdoijsodj;dojwkvokjdcvoj ;lk jcvjkodjiv;lskjdcv kjsdkjskcvj sdlvkjoijovij’kldvmm ‘dlvkj’skcjvsiopj /,’lpjpeopvkjskdmv lkjdfgvkojevo” = my name is mohomad

While you might be correct that we are tolerant of all religions, it does not change the fact of what this nation was founded on. You can’t change those historical facts. A majority of this nation is Christian. A majority still believes in Christmas. It’s our culture that has been here for 100s of years and your kind will not get rid of it.

why is the richardson ISD allowed to furnish rooms for muslims students to go pray in, several times a day. how is this happening in our public schools? richardson ISD is breaking federal law! this has to stop NOW!

Your ignorance is simply stunning. We are a Christian nation and it is reflected in every aspect of our lives. Our policys of caring for the disabled, the poor, the elderly are all based on the Christian beliefs of charity and being “our brother’s keeper”. Pubic education came from the belief that everyone should be able to read the Bible for themselves, not have it interpreted for them by a priest. Our first universitys were church based and espoused moral virtues as necessary for a good education. Our first hospitals were set up and operated by the churchs. Nuns were instrumental in caring for the sick and due to their hard work and dilgence the care of the poor and sick became a responsibility for our society. I could go on but what is the point? Educate yourself on the history of your country and its institutions. Your ignorance is appalling.

This nation WAS founded on CHRISTIAN VALUES… Check out the buildings in D.C. than check your money.. etc.. HOWEVER.. which CHRISTIAN religion you choose to worship is up to you.. ie..Catholic, Lutheran, etc..And if you read the works UNEDITED of the founding fathers one would see that.. America is NOT non denominational never was and NEVER will be.. BTW those % of how many in this country are CHRISTIAN is higher than was said previously on this board.. For those who believe the Propaganda the left is spewing sorry but you have been sadly misinformed..

The founding father’s believed in a god that wasn’t the same god as Jews or Christians. I know it’s confusing for you since they also called that god, “God,” and you never bothered to read anything first hand, but this isn’t that complicated. Not the same guy. For instance, they thought Jesus was either a myth or just a crazy person. Sound like christians?

The founding fathers were, in fact, Christians. The assertion that they were diests is a myth and is inconsistent with historical fact. Reading their letters and papers proves that they were actually Christians. This is especially true of George Washington, Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams (very much so), John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin.

However, they did not create this Nation as a theocracy. They intended us to be free from all forms of tyranny, including religious tyranny. It is important that we preserve the truth about who our founders were, even if it’s inconvenient to our political positions.

Even the United States Supreme Court ruled that we are a Christian nation. It is obvious that you have spent no time at all reading anything written by our founding fathers.

YOUR IGNORANCE IS AS PROFOUND AS STUPIDITY IS APPALLING! I’LL GIVE YOU THE BEST ADVICE THAT YOU’LL EVER BE TOLD! THE ONLY SUBSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENCE IS SILENCE@! YOU SHOULD TAKE A VOW OF SILENCE!!!!!!!!

Here you can observe a lesson in a Texas classroom while brushing up on your arabic….

Always has been always will be, but you never read the writings of our founding fathers and you will remain ignorant. You are free and tolerated in a Christian Nation and will be beheaded in a muslim country since you are an infidel and dimmi.

YOU NEED TO TAKE THE SAME VOW OF SILENCE THAT ALL PEOPLE DEVOID OF INTELLIGENCE SHOULD TAKE!

Yep ! If you don’t like the language we speak here, then you are free to go to a contry that speaks the language you like better.

The problem with your statement Kurt is the United States of America does not have an officially recognized language. English is predominant BUT nothing in the Constitution or any law says that English is our official language. Don’t take my word for it though, feel free to look it up!

Hey Hojo, What language was the Constitution written in? Just asking..

Salary Info for Arabic Translators:
Salary $44,219 – $99,159
Bonus $3,570 – $20,347
Total Pay $49,579 – $97,211

We need to vote it AS the Official Language so no more BS comes down about liberals knowing what’s best for the Rest of society, though, and do it Quick! No more Bummer knows best, folks!!

HEY HOJO, WHAT LANGUAGE WAS THE CONSTITUTION, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE… WRITTEN IN? WHAT BOOK DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE TO SWEAR IN ON? WHAT DO PEOPLE SWEAR ON IN COURT? WHAT LANGUAGE WAS, IS AND ALWAYS BE SPOKEN BY THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND THEIR DECENDANTS? YOUR ONE OF THE REJECTS AMONGEST US! YOU ARE OF NEGATIVE VALUE! YOU ARE WORTH LESS THAN A CULL! JOHN WAYNE EXPLAINED MAGNIFICENTLY IN MCCLINTOCK WHAT A CULL ACTUALLY IS!

Thank you! Well said.

islam, (means submit) that’s how …never!

Can it ya sympathizer…everyone who hates islam knows islam…everyone who doesn’t is muslim or ignorant!

Hey Dipstick, there’s a world of difference between having the “option” to learn the language of barbarians, and being forced to. Did you read the article?

Body language my man…body language.

I hope that calling me a dipstick and people from the middle east barbarians made you feel better.

+1, and shut up Steve Thomas. Every High School requires students to take at least one foreign language, along with a host of other required courses (and I went to through catholic education!). If you think thats a bad idea to have to learn certain subjects you don’t believe in education. Think all those students want to learn history, calculus, or even take an english class?

Did you even go to school Steve?

Hey mike they are barbarians by any definition of the word…they are stuck in a primitive time a primitive culture due to a confining inflexible religious belief system…we understand them they don’t understand us because most are illiterate…the once that are educated are brainwashed in this cult

Interesting, do you really think people in the middle east are all illiterate and barbarians? So are we better than people from the middle east? And do you truly believe that Americans can fully understand the experience of being Middle Eastern. I don’t think that anyone had a choice over where they were born, what society they are from. As an educated, non barbaric person, I cannot fault a person for things that are outside of their control. Many in the middle east would love an education and a chance at the future. We are lucky enough to be born in a wonderful place where many men have fought and died so that we can chose our own destinies.

It seems that we also have a problem understanding them. Inflexible belief system, perhaps, but western europe did fine with catholicism.

Remember, the universe revolves around the earth? dinosaurs never existed? Inquisition?

I just think that discounting a whole people by calling them barbarians adds nothing to the debate. The Romans were considered barbarians at the early stage of their civilization and they rose to be a powerful empire.

I like that Michael. Not only are conflating the requirement to learn A language with the requirement to learn a PARTICULAR language, your typically fascistic left winger response is “SHUT UP”. And no, I don’t go to school, I’ve been out of school for probably longer than you’ve existed, and my knowledge of Islam is not likely to be surpassed by any of the numbskulls supporting this policy of coerced indoctrination on this comment board. Sure I have strong opinions. They are based upon deeper knowledge than you possess.

By the way Mike. Have you ever been in a school in a EU country?

Most likely not. But let me tell you: US kids aren’t really behind the rest of the world. Certainly not. They’re still better than in many EU countries.

ERADICATE THE VERMIN AND THEY WILL NO NO FEAR EITHER! I MUCH PREFER THAT PATH THAN ALL OTHERS!

ANOTHER MIKE YOUR RIGHT AND I AM A BODY LANGUAGE EXPERT. I ONCE GOT MYSELF AND TWO SORORITY GIRLS THROUGH 4000+ RIOTING EAST ST.LOUIS RESIDENTS IN FALL OF 1991 AND KEPT OUR CARS FROM BEING VANDELIZED WHILE OVER 400 OTHERS WERE TOTALED! THEY WERE A MONTH HAULING CARS OUT OF THERE! 40 STATE TROOPERS JUST WATCHED AND ARRESTED NOBODY! ONLY AN INDOMINATABLE WILL AND SOME MAJOR BALLS KEPT OUR PROPERTY SAFE AND THOSE GIRLS FROM GETTING RAPED! THAT MY NRA HAT, AND MY ABILITY TO CONVINCE THE 40+ GANG LEADERS THAT WERE CONVEINING OVER THE RIOT THAT THEY ALL DIDN’T LOOK ALIKE TO ME IN MY 9X SCOPE AND THAT I WAS READY TO EXPOSE THEIR BRAINS TO THE MOONLIGHT NIGHT SKY IF ANYTHING DID HAPPEN! I TOLD ONE OF THEM YOUR FIRST, YOUR AND YOUR THIRD! BY THATR TIME THE STATE COPS WILL OPEN FIRE, SO WHO AMONGEST YOU WANTS TO CALL MY BLUFF? THEY SENT TWO GUYS TO WATCH OVER OUR CARS AND THEY PARTED LIKE THE RED SEA BEFORE ME! CARRIE AND SHANNON NEVER DID THANK ME! OH AND IF YOU WANT TO GET A MUSLIMS ATTENTION CASTRATE A DOZEN OTHERS AND CARRY AROUND YOUR SOUIVENERS IN A PICKLE JAR WITH ALCHOHOL IN IT!

Are you an idiot?

You’re not serious, right? Really, you’re just messing around right?

And you’re NOT a Christian. You’re a Socialist. That is your religion.

Gustav, I hope you’re being sarcastic. If not, you’re being ironic.

The Lord was not for social justice. The only justice is His justice and in case you haven’t read your scriptures lately, He sometimes wipes out whole towns. He created America and He can take it down, which He will unless we stop trying to reform the country He created. God’s ways are not man’s ways and you would be benefited by learning that concept. He is not a Democrat, He does not belong to a union and He does not teach, preach, or condone man’s version of social justice.

Gustav, Do not use Christianity to justify social justice/collective wealth. The bible does not teach that, infact it teaches not entitlement but ‘those who do not work shall not eat’. Collective wealth, although sounds good in theory, does not work in this side of eternity, a broken world. Do not read your bible selectively to fit your bias. Instead let your views be informed by the bible. As for Obama, he is just as delusional.

@bornfree – I’ll answer your question. Absolutely, yes, he is an idiot!

Do you read the Bible? “My kingdom is not of this world….”

You can’t possibly believe in Jesus Christ with a comment like this.

Barack is a brother too us all. He represents a new Christianity where he embraces his Muslim heritage and intermingles it with his Christianity taking the best of both religions. This is why Arabic is so important to learn in our schools. Through learning the Arabic culture, we can introduce Islam as well since they are intertwined and inseparable.

Regarding Capitalism. Open your eyes. It is too late for these antiquated ideas that the capitalists have fooled you into believing.

Look around you. You are the minority. You talk of your ideals and the rights you believe granted to you by your forefathers. But you are feeble in your own willingness to do anything about it. We continue to siphon away your so called ‘freedoms’ from you not in a back room, but right in front of you. And every two years we get a little stronger as we convert the staunchest of conservatives to accept a little less, and less, and less.

Vote Democrat! Vote Union!

You people are the idiots. This is painfully obvious sarcasm. Remedial ed for you!

People – go to urbandictionary.com and look up the definition of “troll”…

Gustav, what do you smoke, how much is it and where can I buy me some ?

well thought out, and well said gustav. maybe bush would have been able to prevent the acts of terror (which clearly, the terrorists won, look at how afraid everyone is of just their language alone. they want you to be ignorant and afraid) had we known what they were saying, and in turn know what they were planning…. that’s why the military needs translators. every one of our soldiers fighting in the middle east were at one time, children. maybe we can actually beat them if we know what we’re up against. you can’t just say what you believe is factual.

Yes the good old days of East Germany…do you miss the 10%suicide rates and the nice comfy government job you could have had? Your are are drone and an idiot.

JESUS GOING TO WIN IN THE END! for a country thats struggling financialy what a way to spend money

Gustov, buddy, get help! You are either mentally challenged or a glittering jewel of colossal ignorance. This is America, and once we lose the mistake in the White House, we will be getting back to championing freedom and continuing to build the strongest and most prosperous nation on earth. And, we will continue to take care of people like you…that’s what we do.

DO NOT VOTE FOR THE D-RATS

DO AWAY WITH UNIONS. THEY
HAVE BANKRUPTED THE COUNTRY
AND ARE NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF THUGS

Gustav…
Glad you are here to demonstrate for us all what a true believer sounds like… you are right about Borat Hussein (not him) Obama being the shepherd leading all his little sheeple down a path– but is he only planning on fleecing us or are we headed for slaughter? Socialists and their insectoid like minds are traitors to humanity… as humans: the individual (each soul) is at the very least as important as the HIVE…

Actually Gustav is not being Ironic, he’s being MORONIC!
What a delusional sheep!

Do not kid yourself. the DOE is a Democratic operation and is leading us down a path that threatens this country. You notice when the riots happened in Iran Obama did not say a word when the guards there beat the people in the streets. He does not wish to offend the radical Muslims. if you want a society where the people are spoon fed and the government takes care of you then you are a foolish person. Socialism has never worked and it will not work here as hard as Obama may try.

barak is an enemy of the people.

Gustav and Stacy, you two live in a dillusional world. First Barrack is not a new Christian. You need to look no further than Reverand Wright. Secondly, as far as Stacy goes, I would be willing that you have NEVER stepped foot outside this country. I’ve been over there. I do know somewhat how they think. This is another example of liberals trying to live in a eutopia that doesn’t exist.

1. Christianity does not promote collectivism, socialism, fascism, or communism.
2. Individual wealth is not evil.
3. Individual freedom was the first gift God gave man.
4. Because government does not grant liberty to man, it cannot justly usurp it.
5. Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. – Thomas Jefferson

DO THE NAMES SODDOM, GOMMORAH, MARKS, LENNIN, STALIN, HITLER OR OSOMA OBAMA MEAN A DAMN THING TO YOU? gustav g

Dear soldier,

Please read the declaration of independence and the bill of rights. How can you claim your a soldier, a history teacher and in the same breath tell someone they have to leave there home because you don’t like them. That’s what Hitler did. Do you believe that Hitler was right?
How can you Teach and not know what being a liberal is? To call it socialism is beyond ignorance. You should learn about what socialism realy is and steady communism in Poland or the Soviet Union.
Your close minded, hate mongering, and probably listen to to much AM radio for your own good. Start thinking and stop quoting the opinions of mad men.

Shane,
I hate to be “that guy” but… I believe the word you are looking for is YOU’RE not YOUR, if in doubt… pretend you are from Texas and put YER… that way people will think you are a cool young hipster using TXTNG Code Language and not some moron who should’ve REALLY paid more attention in 5th grade… sorry, for being so nit-picky about my favorite language…. you may go back to proving us right about the education system, now…

So the first admendment says you can say what you wan’t and you can hear what you want, but it only applies to what you agree with?

Freedom of Speech sister is for everyone, and not just for your own petty and closed minded beliefs.

Your a hypocrit.

There are so many things wrong with this comment I hardly know how to (not too) begin. But let’s start with pointing out that you obviously failed English in school regardless of what your (not you’re) report card read. I’d be more worried that you’ll look like a fool when your kid’s Arabic is better than your (not you’re) English.

Freedom of religion is our (not are) right, but imposing it on children in school is out of line. God has no business in a public school. He belongs at home, in church, or in private parochial schools.

And I’m gonna let you in on a little secret: there is no hell. That was a lie you were taught as a kid to keep you afraid so your behavior could be controlled.

julian416: NEWSFLASH….. you can’t be a know it all superior atheist in a muslim country only in a Christian Nation will you even be allowed to exist. Duh.

Deb, only the good go to heaven. The rest of us goes back to Detroit.

Hell is only a word. The reality is much, MUCH worse.

Fail

Shane, it’s not a matter of naming one school that doesn’t teach to read or write, it’s a matter of HOW they teach it. Obviously it’s not working very well in a lot of schools. Studies do show that home-schooling does produce brighter and better prepared students. The problem is is that most parents can’t afford to do it because they need to work. The public education system is in the toilet.

ON THIS COMMENT YOU ARE CORRECT ON YOUR PREVIOUS YOU ARE WRONG! THERE IS A HEAVEN AND IT IS COMING TO EARTH. THERE IS A HADES . IT IS THE HOLDING PEN FOR EVERYONE THAT DIED BEFORE CHRISTS SACRICE. THEN AFTER CHRISTS RETURN DEATH AND HELL WILL BE CAST AWAY AND BE NO MORE. THAT HAPPENS AFTER HIS MILLENIAL REIIGN AND THE DEVIL MAKES ONE LAST APPEARANCE. THEN THE LAST JUDGEMENT WILL BE AT HAND!

Name one school that doesn’t teach our kids how to read and write english?

I ALREADY SAID THAT AND MORE!AND HE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MOST IGNORANT HUMAN BEING THAT I’VE EVER MET! ESPECIALLY ON THE CONSTITUTION!

Back at you Justin Fanok

What was that you were saying about ignorance and being oblivious of the international world?

http://www.dakotavoice.com/2011/02/british-pm-rejects-the-failed-vision-of-multiculturalism/

Adjust to the fact that Americans are waking up to the sickness of islam and we are not going to taking it anymore. In most middle eastern countries people can’t read or write or even use a toilet , yes that is the first thing the Turkish army did ..teach the new recruits how to use a toilet instead of the alleys and yards. I lived there, I’ll never for get the stupidity.

Your funny Justin…do we need an official language to be mandated by law in the U.S.? What language is spoken in Congress? By our Supreme Court? I don’t really care what other countries do. A country needs ONE language that all people speak in order for good communication. The goal in our country in to meld together as one, not be divided and separated into multiple groups as you Liberals would have it. And if we wanted to learn another language, wouldn’t Chinese be a better choice? What has the Arabic world offered us other than an 8th century way of thinking?

Mr. Fanok,
English is the de facto official language of the USA, and since it is such, it is therefore the “surrounding” you refer to for those coming to this country. I agree with you, and feel that people choosing to live here adapt and learn English. After all, it’s not going away any time soon.
I have spent considerable time abroad, speak three languages, and also agree with you that many countries have multilingual citizens. The most popular second language those countries have chosen to teach? English.
As to English fluency? I am not sure that oblivious means what you think it does……….

There’s nothing wrong with only one official language in a country like ours. Countries where people learn multiple languages are usually adjacent to several other countries that speak different languages (like Europe). People in America who do business or travel in Mexico or Canada learn French and Spanish because it benefits them to do so. Forcing citizens of a country to learn the language of it’s immigrants is what happens when a country is being occupied by a foreign power.
Is that what we should be expecting?

My surroundings consist of regular Americans that were born here and speak English. I think I’m already adjusted.

As for children in other countries speaking many languages.They weren’t forced to learn these languages in school, their families taught them, because they live with different languages every day. Most Americans don’t.

The Islamic call to prayer is issued 5 times a day over the city loudspeakers in a suburb of Detroit. They are also considering making 2 Islamic holy days a public holiday. Teaching the Arabic language in Texas is just one more step to achieving Da’wa, the call to become Muslim. These are steps that have been taken with success down through the ages and are making inroads in our country. Take a careful look at Europe. Over 100 pieces of Shariah Law have been incorporated into British law. Wake up United States. Unless we hold onto our freedoms they will be quietly taken from us, one by one.

The pablum puke that that school system was trying to hide from the student’s parents will in NO WAY prepare a student for CIA work or ANY counter-intelligence operations. Get real.

YOUR LOOKING AT THE SILVER LINING OF A VERY DARK CLOUD AJ. THE SILVER LINING IS NEVER EQUAL TO THE DARK CLOUD! REMEMBER AND REFLECT ON THAT! IF YOU ERADICATE THE REJECTS NOW, THEN THERE IS NO NEED TO UNERSTAND THEIR LANGUAGE IS THERE!

I totally agree with you. This is a typical example of the “slippery slope.” The board members have taken on the identity of the federal government: “We know what’s best for you, so we’ll just decide on our own. We don’t need your input.”

People need to remember the “independent” part of their school district moniker.

Boiled in oil.

Or maybe, wait, instead of jumping to conclusions we wonder about the motives of the school board. Texan terrorists? Islamists in disguise waiting to start the revolution? Or maybe they were educators interested in giving these children a unique education that could one day be of great use to them. I am applying for a job now, and having arabic on my resume would really stand out as a unique quality.

Or maybe you’re right, they are nazis.

GOD this is to Mike.
SHUT UP !!! Arabic is one of the most difficult languages on earth to learn, especially for people speaking English. There is NO WAY they can teach ALL ABOUT THE CULTURE of ARABS without introducing ISLAM and also you know NOTHING will be mentioned about their war like attitudes, hatred of all other religions, or extreme hatred of western civilization. Leaving these children stupidly with the believe that muslims are to be trusted.

Why can we not talk about this without you yelling god, or shut up? please, sit back down and let’s have a real discussion.

1. Ok, so just because it is difficult means that children should not be taught it? Calculus is hard, take it out of schools.

2. When I learned Spanish we did learn that in their culture Catholicism is the most practiced religion. I am not Catholic. Also, I’m not sure if you know this but their are good sized majorities of Christians and Jews who speak Arabic and live in the middle east. It seems that they are able to know the language and still resist the religion.

3. Do you believe that all people that speak ARabic have “war like attitudes, hatred of all other religions, or extreme hatred of western civilization” I guess if you believe that then you have some validity to your point. On the other hand, I believe that most Arabs would prefer peace and prosperity, in fact Islam has historically been very accommodating to other religions, even today in Iran their is a Christian minority that is permitted to peacefully practice their religion. I believe it was the Christians that held the Inquisition to kill or forcibly remove all other religions from their lands. Either way I believe that your characterization of Islam is incomplete. I am sorry for the peaceful members of that religion that have to be lumped in the ‘terrorist’ category.

4. As far as children being left to “stupidly (…) believe that muslims are to be trusted.” Maybe we could come up with a system so that we can tell when we see muslims walking down the street. Like a star sewn onto their clothes or something. Then our stupid children will know to be suspicious. Also, education should never be left entirely to teachers. It is the responsibility of parents to help extend and enrich that education, and a simple understanding of current events could put their education into perspective.

In high school I sat next to a girl of Pakistani descent, who was Muslim. After 9/11 she was afraid to tell people her religion and for good reason. The fact is her family gave up everything to escape Islamic radicals and it is sad that here in the land of the free and home of the brave we feel compelled to hate muslims. Get out and talk to a Muslim, if they dont stab you in the back you may learn something.

Mike, get over it. There are no jobs (of significance) that you need to have that require you to learn Islam unless you are traveling to one of the countries that practice this. Having a “unique quality” is not a necessity to landing a job here in the states. You’re trying to give credence to something. Whatever job you are referring to would be a rarity and most people still would not benefit from learning Islam.

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3. Do you believe that all people that speak ARabic have “war like attitudes, hatred of all other religions, or extreme hatred of western civilization” I guess if you believe that then you have some validity to your point. On the other hand, I believe that most Arabs would prefer peace and prosperity, in fact Islam has historically been very accommodating to other religions, even today in Iran their is a Christian minority that is permitted to peacefully practice their religion. I believe it was the Christians that held the Inquisition to kill or forcibly remove all other religions from their lands. Either way I believe that your characterization of Islam is incomplete. I am sorry for the peaceful members of that religion that have to be lumped in the ‘terrorist’ category.

Islam is not accomodating to other religions. Iraqi Christians are being murdered on an almost monthly basis. I once met a Muslim woman on a bus in London who was mostly moderate, but she could not identify with the possibility that she might be wrong about anything. My argument is that I might have been wrong or she might have been wrong, we might have both been wrong, or one of us might be right. She had no concept. She was intelligent but simply had no way of percieving other than I am wrong. She is right and there are no other possibilities. Our civil conversation was in no way civil because she was unable to grasp the true nature of civility. I was not asking for her to presume that she was wrong but to accept that is possibility.

Secondly, the Crusades began and continued due to Muslim expansion by war. Islam conqured various territories around Jerusalem and finally proceeded to sack Jerusalem and cut off the only route to the Holy Land. Meanwhile they forcibly converted anyone in their sight–literally by the sword.

Today’s Christians have adapted a more civilized approach than in the days of the Inquisitions, which killed just over 5,500 individuals within about a 6 century timespan. Today’s Muslims, however, are not as civil, and I am not referring to the lack of civility characteristic of the woman in the above example.

This lack of civility is characteristic of entire governments in the Islamic world and of main segements of the population. The media wants us to think that they are a minority when they most certainly are the majority sects.

THIS IS FOR MIKE! THE ONLY SUBSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENCE IS SILENCE!@@@ MAKE BEING SILENT YOUR PERSONAL JIHAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IGNORANCE IS BLISS! STUPIDITY I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO TOLERANCE FOR IN ANY AND ALL FORMS! YOU ARE A CIRCULER THINKER! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? THEN READ MY SOON TO BE PUBLISHED BOOK: THE REJECTS AMONGEST US! AND YOU MAY WELL LEARN WHAT THAT IS, BUT I DOUBT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMERICAN IS THE LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD AN ENGLISHMAN TALK? MOST ARE INCOMPREHENSIBLE@! AMERICAN IS COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE, UNLESS YOUR FROM NY OR CHICAGO. THEY SPEAK THROUGH THEIR NOSES!

THATS WHY I FAVOR A $1,000 BOUNTY ON ILLEGALS BROUGHT IN DEAD (JUST THE SCALP). AND A $1,000 FINE IF BROUGHT IN ALIVE! 10,000 FOR EVERY MUSLIM!

Exactly. If you want to be an “African-American” you lose 50% of your status in this country. For example, “African-American” people can pay taxes but have no freedom of speech. How’s that for equality?

As an American, I am completely insulted that everyone wants to have a hyphenated description of their Americanism.

Our nation is becoming fractured with all the special interest groups proclaiming “equal rights”.

Actually, if you were in a middle eastern country they would most likely all understand some english. God bless america, lets educate our children to interact in a global market instead of falling even further behind in our education.

I don’t know that teaching Texans another language and culture has anything to do with immigrants, unless I missed something and the state of texas has become dominated by people from the Middle East. I’m not sure that the school district is full of children that “came here to be American.”

As a minority person of Confederate-American descent, I am shocked, appalled, and outraged that this school board calls Arabic “the language of the future”. Why don’t you all just bend over and accept Sharia Law without a fight. I find it impossible to put up with the lie that Islam will not be included in cultural discussions about culture. How can you separate the two? Britain is now having riots in the streets because the Arab population has gotten so large the citizens are unable to control them. We’ve chased God out our schools and communities in the name of mult-culturalism. Are students now going to have to accept the God of the false prophet to continue in school?

EXACTLY. Not only that, in middle eastern countries they will kill you if you don’t do as they do, dress as they say, worship how they tell you. I am SICK of seeing mexicans waving flags talking about how great mexico is (when it’s horrible) Schools out west that teach all mexican history, and teach the kids that america sucks. LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT !!!! AMERICAN, ALL OR NOTHING !!!

AGAIN THIS IS AT MIKE, THE LIBERAL WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF GLOBAL ECONOMY.

I HAVE BEEN IN ONE OF THE MOST LENIENT MUSLIM COUNTRIES ON EARTH, THAT IS VERY VERY CLOSE TO EUROPE. ALMOST NO ONE SPOKE ANY ENGLISH !!!
FRENCH OR SPANISH IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES, AND NO SECOND LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN PLACES LIKE AFGHAN OR PAKIST. THEY CAN’T EVEN READ OR WRITE !!! WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO LEARN ENGLISH !!

GLOBAL ECONOMY ? JUST WHAT ECONOMY OR BUSINESS INTERESTS DO ANY MUSLIM COUNTRIES HAVE ? HEROIN? THE BUYING AND SELLING OF SEXUAL SLAVES? EXTORTION AND ROBBERY/PLUNDERING FROM CHRISTIAN FAMILIES? SORRY !! NOT ! INTERESTED !!!!

GLOBAL MARKET LANGUAGES, would include most european languages, CHINESE, Korean or japanese. Even perhaps INDIAN. Countries that speak arabic have no industry (other than oil and christians aren’t allowed there) to offer WHAT SO EVER. rackteering does not count.

My dearest bunny,

Why so angry? I, like you have been to a middle eastern country, Egypt. You are right, not too many people are educated their, but the same could be said about China or India fifty years ago, so please tell me how Arabic will not be the same. I cannot tell the future, so maybe you are right and Arabic will not be incredibly important, but maybe chinese won’t be in fifty years…or english.

Also, I don’t know if you drive, or have heard of oil, but it turns out that this is pretty important in the global economy.

If i write in all caps can you read better?

Joe_Momma plese cite your proof that African-Americans have no freedom of speech. Last I checked they have the biggest microphone in the nation in the White House. I do agree with you about the hyphenated culture attached to them being an american. Most have never even been to those other countries.

WELL DONE GEORGE! AND JOE MOMMA YOUR CLOSE. IN MY BOOK: THE REJECTS AMONGEST US! I CALL FOR CITIZENS ONLY BEING ALLOWED TO VOTE AND CIVILLIANS HAVE NO RIGHTS BUT TO EXIST SILENTLY. THEY ARE NOT WELCOMED, BUT ARE TOLERATED AS LONG AS THEY ARE LIKE GOOD CHILDREN ARE SUPPOSED TO BE (IF SEEN THEY SHOULD NOT BE HEARD, UNLESS FIRST SPOKEN TOO)!!!

Joe,

All I said was that if you want to be a hyphenated American, you lose 50% of your American rights. I arbitrarily picked taxes and freedom of speech as examples of rights that would be enforced (paying taxes) and those that would be lost (freedom of speech). It was an example to show that you can’t really pick and choose what rights you inherit as an American. I never said that blacks have no freedom of speech today.

But I will pick those that hyphenated Americans will get!

RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE ONE NATION PART!, michael!!

Is American children learning another language the same thing as an immigrant group failing to assimilate to American traditions and customs? Did i miss something, I thought this was about children in Texas, not immigrants?

MIKE, UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE ONE AND THE SAME THING! THE CHILDREN ARE BEING FORCED TO LEARN A LANGUAGE THAT HAS NO USEFUL PURPOSE! ILEGAL IMMMIGRANTS ARE FORCING US TO SERVICE AND ADAPT TO THEM. THAT IS ASSBACKWARDS! IN THE LOCAL DHS OFFICE I SAW A SIGN SAYING THESE (OVER A DOZEN LANGUAGES) PEOPLE SPEAKING THESE LANGUAGES ARE TO BE SUPPLIED INTERPETORS! ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THAT COSTS? ITS PLAIN AMERICAN OR DO YOUR BEST PIGEON ENGLISH!

HAHAHA Mandatory Fun Day, I love it!

Chinese toys would make terrible buoys

No, I teach my children and their children how to spell buying properly you self centered, self aggrandizing, pompous, windbag.

thank you, thank you. let’s teach our children!

IF YOU ERADICATE THOSE WHO SPEAK IT THEN THERE SHALL BE NO NEED TO SPEAK OR TO LEARN IT! MY SOLUTION IS PRACTICEL AND WAS DONE TO MY AMERICAN INDIAN ANCESTORS! I AM A DIRECT DECENDENT OF THE SUPREAME CHIEF OF THE CHEROKEE BEFORE DANIAL BOONE WAS EVEN BORN! I AM ALSO A DIRECT DECENDENT OF A SHAWNEE CHIEF WHO WAS ALIVE WHEN DANIAL BOONE WAS ALIVE. WHENS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD SOMEONE SPEAK CHEROKEE OR SHAWNEE IN PUBLIC?

J. Lawrence–yes, I own a dictionary. And NOT to my dismay, I agree that mandatory and required are not synonyms with opportunity, agreed. However, if you don’t make some things mandatory or required, students won’t learn a thing. If you try to change to world to a point where nothing is mandatory or required, people will not become educated in anything. Use this as an opportunity and stop trying to make something out of nothing. This article was written to inform the public of what our children will have the opportunity to learn. You should be thankful that we are in a country where as humans, we are given the OPPORTUNITY to learn more. (whether it’s a language or a type of science) Your negativity towards this change is the reason why the US is not in the top five countries when it comes to education. Think about that!!

The article never mentions the teaching of the Islam religion. A child can learn a language while not being taught the Islam religion. From my background and experience with the Islam religion and Arabic culture, I understand the difference. Stop hindering our children from learning more. If Arabics were Christian or Jewish, no one here would have a problem with it. Become informed and then comment unless you opt to remain ignorant and biased to our children becoming educated.

A lot of them do. they realize the importance of having language studies. Most foreigners I know speak MANY languages, it is only in America that people speak one MAYBE two…

Having lived and worked in multiple foreign countries, “most” people speak only their local dialect. However, those who prosper know how to speak multiple languages.

“why on earth should we force our children to learn another language?”

Dumbest sentence I’ve read all year.

Why force them to learn math then? How many people use algebra in their daily lives? Or why force them to learn biology? How many people need to know what cellular mitosis is?

Many seem to regard the Arabs as our adversaries. It’s wise to know the ways of one’s adversaries.

FTR-Arab countries ARE teaching their children English. I live in Asia and ever country here has many native English speakers, usually college grads, who come over and teach English. One of my friends lives in Libya teaching English; another in Dubai.

The prevalent attitude in this thread is one of fear and ignorance, hatred, bigotry and mistrust. It’s misguided with regard t religion and Christianity. The Founding Fathers -many of whom were deists, not Christians–deliberately made sure there was religious liberty in America so that no one religion would dominate.

I agree. Bring back the Pledge of Allegiance and Ten Commandments. While you’re at it, teach our children something other than the American way; which has proven to keep our children in a box. Let our children learn more and expand to more. Who knows what this opportunity could do for one of our children…maybe allow them to travel to the M.E. and own businesses or teach their children English.

Oh Please, it is fundamentalists that attack us not the Arabs… Let’s get that strait right off the bat. Much like Timothy McVeigh, David Koresh, or Ted Kosinski

Hey unh, why don’t you take a little visit to France and ask them how they feel about the Arabs? You think the French hate Americans more than they hate Arabs? You’re not even close.
Welcome to America. Assimilate or leave.

Detex – David Koresh never attacked anyone, that was the ATF – OUR GOV – that did that!. Timothy McVeigh didn’t attack us either, he blew up a federal building. Ted Kazinski was a psycho serial bomber. NONE of these people you mentioned were fundamentalists. With the exception of Koresch, they were domestic terrorists. Besides, I don’t want my kid learning the language of the enemy no matter what and like it or not, THEY are the enemy. We ARE at war with these people. Should we just lie down and let them take over our country? Hell NO!

Yes, learning Spanish makes far more sense. And, to keep the common sense thing going, Hispanic children living in the US should be required to learn English.

Learning a foreign language is the necessary first step to learning a foreign culture. One must really speak the language of a culture to understand the culture. I agree that learning Spanish makes more sense in the US, especially in border states like Texas, but you can be assured that if they were trying to force Spanish on people there would be an outcry that we were returning the American Southwest to Mexico.

Foreign language should be required starting at a young age. I’m fine with leaving which language up to the students.