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Why does it need to be part of HISD then? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I don't understand the problem. It's a privately funded (mostly, The Qatar Foundation does receive public monies as well as private donations) and publicly available school aimed at teaching bilingualism to Houston students who want to learn Arabic. Take it up with them. |
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So, you've come to the point in you thinking where you decided that children who know English can't learn another language while continuing to *also* learned English and then you just stopped thinking. My kids are 4 and 5 respectively and they're learning bilingualism at this moment. As far as the "let them pay for it" comment .... they do. Every resident of Houston contributes to HISD. Including those with children who wish to attend this HISD school. View Quote You would think there would be immersion Spanish taught in Houston. |
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They teach Arabic (the language) there. Why is Op upset? View Quote Immersion Schools are language schools where all class work and most discussion is done in the language the student is learning as opposed to his native tongue. A school to teach Arabic. Can't defeat the enemy if you don't know what they're up too. We need Arabic speakers. Doubt there's a lot of Arabic kids there, they already speak the language, and need to be in English immersion schools, AKA, regular school. |
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I took 3 semesters of Arabic in college. Dry interesting language. It was neat watching the "scribble" turn into individual letters as I learned the Arabic alphabet.
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So then your OK with them teaching islam in schools, after all, it's the fastest growing religion. You would think there would be immersion Spanish taught in Houston. View Quote |
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So, you've come to the point in you thinking where you decided that children who know English can't learn another language while continuing to *also* learned English and then you just stopped thinking. My kids are 4 and 5 respectively and they're learning bilingualism at this moment. As far as the "let them pay for it" comment .... they do. Every resident of Houston contributes to HISD. Including those with children who wish to attend this HISD school. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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ITT are a bunch of arfcommers that cannot comprehend the benefits of speaking Arabic. If my tax money is paying for it, at that age, they should be learning how to read/write English. Every resident of Houston contributes to HISD? LOL. How do resident illegal aliens in Houston contribute to HISD to their kids education? |
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Spanish would be more useful. Or Russian. View Quote And no one in Texas speaks Spanish already...... Are they MAKING KIDS attend this school? Or perhaps kids that WANT to learn Arabic and use it to make a useful career path for themselves in business, the military or intelligence could voluntarily attend.... |
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So then your OK with them teaching islam in schools, after all, it's the fastest growing religion. You would think there would be immersion Spanish taught in Houston. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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So, you've come to the point in you thinking where you decided that children who know English can't learn another language while continuing to *also* learned English and then you just stopped thinking. My kids are 4 and 5 respectively and they're learning bilingualism at this moment. As far as the "let them pay for it" comment .... they do. Every resident of Houston contributes to HISD. Including those with children who wish to attend this HISD school. You would think there would be immersion Spanish taught in Houston. Yes, I'd be perfectly happy with HISD providing immersion language schools for ANY language. You'd have to be fucking retarded to think that linguists and bilingualism are in some way valueless. I mean that, by the way. Only a fucking retard could be against kids who are multilingual. |
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So you're telling me I stopped thinking. That's an interesting personal attack. Every resident of Houston contributes to HISD? LOL. How do resident illegal aliens in Houston contribute to HISD to their kids education? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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ITT are a bunch of arfcommers that cannot comprehend the benefits of speaking Arabic. If my tax money is paying for it, at that age, they should be learning how to read/write English. Every resident of Houston contributes to HISD? LOL. How do resident illegal aliens in Houston contribute to HISD to their kids education? You really think a lot of illegals are sending their kids to Arabic language schools? Is this really a problem you think needs addressing? Suggesting you stopped thinking isn't an attack, it's an observation. Based on your follow up, I don't think I was wrong. |
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Spanish would be more useful. Or Russian. View Quote http://www.hisdchoice.com/dual_languages |
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I just worry some idiot is going to conclude Arabic Immersion = Madrassa or Mosque and firebomb the place.
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As a Christian, I'm not even comfortable teaching Christianity in schools. But, that's not the issue at hand, is it? Yes, I'd be perfectly happy with HISD providing immersion language schools for ANY language. You'd have to be fucking retarded to think that linguists and bilingualism are in some way valueless. I mean that, by the way. Only a fucking retard could be against kids who are multilingual. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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So, you've come to the point in you thinking where you decided that children who know English can't learn another language while continuing to *also* learned English and then you just stopped thinking. My kids are 4 and 5 respectively and they're learning bilingualism at this moment. As far as the "let them pay for it" comment .... they do. Every resident of Houston contributes to HISD. Including those with children who wish to attend this HISD school. You would think there would be immersion Spanish taught in Houston. Yes, I'd be perfectly happy with HISD providing immersion language schools for ANY language. You'd have to be fucking retarded to think that linguists and bilingualism are in some way valueless. I mean that, by the way. Only a fucking retard could be against kids who are multilingual. |
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In the same post you call yourself a Christian and then call someone else a fucking retard. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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So, you've come to the point in you thinking where you decided that children who know English can't learn another language while continuing to *also* learned English and then you just stopped thinking. My kids are 4 and 5 respectively and they're learning bilingualism at this moment. As far as the "let them pay for it" comment .... they do. Every resident of Houston contributes to HISD. Including those with children who wish to attend this HISD school. You would think there would be immersion Spanish taught in Houston. Yes, I'd be perfectly happy with HISD providing immersion language schools for ANY language. You'd have to be fucking retarded to think that linguists and bilingualism are in some way valueless. I mean that, by the way. Only a fucking retard could be against kids who are multilingual. On that note, do you think children should NOT learn more than one language? |
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Personally, I'm okay with killing Godless heathen infidels. I'm a Nazarene myself.
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I live just North of this school and drive by it daily. Use to be a highschool with an energy focus (oil and gas) a few years back.
This is an immersion school (as opposed to a dual language school), and native speakers are not allowed. Probably not a bad program for those aspiring to military or energy careers. |
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I live just North of this school and drive by it daily. Use to be a highschool with an energy focus (oil and gas) a few years back. This is an immersion school (as opposed to a dual language school), and native speakers are not allowed. Probably not a bad program for those aspiring to military or energy careers. View Quote |
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I suspect there is a very strong correlation in this thread between those who don't know another language and those who are outraged/offended by an Arabic immersion program.
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Ok ok. Let me guess what you're gonna say next: There are no benefits of speaking or understanding Farsi or Pashto either. In fact English is the best language and everyone needs to speak English. Haha I'm pretty good right? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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There are no benefits. Haha I'm pretty good right? |
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There's nothing in the Bible that says I can't have an opinion on the mental of acuity of someone who comes to various conclusions. On that note, do you think children should NOT learn more than one language? View Quote With some exceptions, like learning to use language such as "fucking retards", there's nothing wrong with children learning anything. |
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Houston is the HQ for a lot of Big Oil companies. Arabs have a lot of oil and need help getting out of the ground. Makes sense to me to learn Arabic if you go to school in Houston.
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If you think there's nothing in the bible that says you shouldn't judge someone and call them a "fucking retard", I suppose we have a different interpretation of scripture. With some exceptions, like learning to use language such as "fucking retards", there's nothing wrong with children learning anything. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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There's nothing in the Bible that says I can't have an opinion on the mental of acuity of someone who comes to various conclusions. On that note, do you think children should NOT learn more than one language? With some exceptions, like learning to use language such as "fucking retards", there's nothing wrong with children learning anything. FWIW, I didn't "call" anyone a retard.... fucking or otherwise. I simply said that anyone dumb enough to have reached that conclusion could *only be one* |
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So then your OK with them teaching islam in schools, after all, it's the fastest growing religion. You would think there would be immersion Spanish taught in Houston. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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So, you've come to the point in you thinking where you decided that children who know English can't learn another language while continuing to *also* learned English and then you just stopped thinking. My kids are 4 and 5 respectively and they're learning bilingualism at this moment. As far as the "let them pay for it" comment .... they do. Every resident of Houston contributes to HISD. Including those with children who wish to attend this HISD school. You would think there would be immersion Spanish taught in Houston. Indonesia (~200 million) Nigeria (~150 million) Pakistan (~150 million) India (Not a Muslim country, but Muslim population there is about as large as Pakistan's) (~180 million) Bangladesh (~150 million) Turkey (~75 million) Iran (~75 million) |
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Fucking horse shit. Really? https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/439458/IMG-0140-237864.JPG ETA well, I obviously had no idea what this was. I assumed it was some sort of refugee welcome center or something similar. I'll take my hillbilly education and go home... View Quote Oh hey, you were in my neighborhood today! |
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