Arabic mandatory at city public school (Upper Manhattan NYC)

[BertaBurtonLake]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/m...nZNfjDfs6YQrUN

Arabic mandatory at city public school
By SABRINA FORD
Last Updated: 3:53 AM, May 24, 2012
Posted: 12:35 AM, May 24, 2012
An upper Manhattan public elementary school will be the first in the city to require that students study Arabic, officials said yesterday.

Beginning next semester, all 200 second- through fifth-graders at PS 368 in Hamilton Heights will be taught the language twice a week for 45 minutes — putting it on equal footing with science and music courses.

One reason Principal Nicky Kram Rosen selected Arabic — as opposed to more common offerings, such as Spanish or French — is because it will help the school obtain a prestigious International Baccalaureate standing.

“She proposed this to the parent association. They were very supportive,” said Angela Jackson, CEO of the Global Language Project, which is backing the initiative.

“Arabic has been identified as a critical-need language,” she said, citing students’ future “career trajectories.’’

“It means they can spin the globe and decide where they want to work and live.”

Students now taking the class in a pilot program during their free afternoon periods said it’s been a challenge — but a rewarding one.

“I like Arabic class. I like the words we learn. I thought they sounded funny at first, now I think they sound cool,” said Nayanti Brown, a 7-year-old second-grader. “I teach my little sister the words I learn.’’

Nayanti said her mother was skeptical at first.

“When I gave my mom the [permission slip] to sign, she was shocked. [Now] she’s happy I’m in the class,” she said.

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

Mohamed Mamdouh, who teaches the pilot program, said, “Soon, Arabic will be a global language like French and Spanish. These kids are like sponges. It’s amazing to see their progress.’’

Mamdouh yesterday played a version of duck, duck, goose with the kids using the Arabic words for mother and father — mama and baba — for ducks and geese.

He also played a version of Simon Says where he would say a word or phrase in Arabic like, “ma drasti” — my school — and make a gesture like opening a book.

Bella Moon Castro, 34, of Harlem, signed her son up and is glad he’ll have a chance to learn Arabic.

“This makes the world smaller for the kids. It develops their confidence,” Castro said.



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[Dennis Olson]

OH HELL NO! Not now, not EVER.

[Richard]

why Arabic and not some other language?

[BertaBurtonLake]

why Arabic and not some other language?

As stated in the article "because it will help the school obtain a prestigious International Baccalaureate standing.".

[Richard]

As stated in the article "because it will help the school obtain a prestigious International Baccalaureate standing.".

rubbish argument, so full of flaws that even readers can realise it

[BertaBurtonLake]

rubbish argument, so full of flaws that even readers can realise it

Sorry. I thought you were sincerely asking the question as maybe you had missed it in the article, not rhetorically or looking for the underlying, unspoken reason.

Why do YOU think they are mandating the teaching of Arabic in a NYC school?

[Fred's Horseradish]

This is an aspect of islam taking over I never thought of.

[Strut]

If you look at the changes in the US since 9/11 ... Islam must consider that they WON.

Sample:
- Islam as a required class in some Universitites... Is Christianity? Judism?
- Arabic in the public school system.
- Right to pray and have their 'religion' catered to by employers.
- A mosque at ground zero. (this one gets me the most as a surrender by NYC)

... Feel free to add to the list.

[2ndEviltwin]

that is just sickening. You can bet if i had a child in that school they would be pulled out and transered elsewhere asap.

[twincougars]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/m...#ixzz1vpFMErgh

By SABRINA FORD
Last Updated: 3:53 AM, May 24, 2012
Posted: 12:35 AM, May 24, 2012


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An upper Manhattan public elementary school will be the first in the city to require that students study Arabic, officials said yesterday.
Beginning next semester, all 200 second- through fifth-graders at PS 368 in Hamilton Heights will be taught the language twice a week for 45 minutes — putting it on equal footing with science and music courses.
One reason Principal Nicky Kram Rosen selected Arabic — as opposed to more common offerings, such as Spanish or French — is because it will help the school obtain a prestigious International Baccalaureate standing.
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GLOBAL APPEAL: Principal Kram Rosen (left) hopes the Arabic taught by Mohamed Mamdouh (right) earns worldwide prestige for PS 368.




“She proposed this to the parent association. They were very supportive,” said Angela Jackson, CEO of the Global Language Project, which is backing the initiative.
“Arabic has been identified as a critical-need language,” she said, citing students’ future “career trajectories.’’
“It means they can spin the globe and decide where they want to work and live.”
Students now taking the class in a pilot program during their free afternoon periods said it’s been a challenge — but a rewarding one.
“I like Arabic class. I like the words we learn. I thought they sounded funny at first, now I think they sound cool,” said Nayanti Brown, a 7-year-old second-grader. “I teach my little sister the words I learn.’’
Nayanti said her mother was skeptical at first.
“When I gave my mom the [permission slip] to sign, she was shocked. [Now] she’s happy I’m in the class,” she said.
The Arabic requirement becomes mandatory in September. But PS 368 is a so-called “choice’’ school and no kids, even those living nearby, are forced to attend it. If the school ever enrolls a student who objects to learning Arabic, administrators will deal with that on a case-by-case basis, Jackson said.
Mohamed Mamdouh, who teaches the pilot program, said, “Soon, Arabic will be a global language like French and Spanish. These kids are like sponges. It’s amazing to see their progress.’’
Mamdouh yesterday played a version of duck, duck, goose with the kids using the Arabic words for mother and father — mama and baba — for ducks and geese.
He also played a version of Simon Says where he would say a word or phrase in Arabic like, “ma drasti” — my school — and make a gesture like opening a book.
Bella Moon Castro, 34, of Harlem, signed her son up and is glad he’ll have a chance to learn Arabic.
“This makes the world smaller for the kids. It develops their confidence,” Castro said.

[Bullwinkle]

If a school is going to teach you a language for free, jump at it!
America does a lot of business with Arab countries.
Translators can make a lot of money.

[ainitfunny]

NOBODY HERE has recognized the REAL danger.
It is the "International Baccalaureate School (IB) accreditation" itself!!

It is actively grooming your children to embrace, accept, promote and support EVERYTHING YOU OBJECT TO in the way of destroying our American future, our rights, our freedoms, guilt tripping our prosperity, discouraging bour unity, our religion, our preeminence, our Constitution, our food security, our Christian heritage, population control, promoting UNITED NATIONS and world bank agendas, backing global warming extremists, "nobody is right" or no government, culture or religion better than another, undermining our national and global security, our sovereignty, world government, extreme diversity advocation, anti CAPITALISM, our right to arms and self defense, our language, our borders and citizenship EVERYTHING WE HOLD DEAR IS UNDER ATTACK BY THE GLOBAL "INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE SCHOOLS" PROGRAM!!

What I STILL cannot find it WHO is in control of this IB agenda?? Communists? Muslims with all their oil money? Bankers? Multi-national Corporate forces?

http://globalengage.ibo.org/

IF YOU DOUBT ME---GO SEE and read extensively on their multitude of websites before contradicting me!!

[Ta-wo-di]

NOBODY HERE has recognized the REAL danger.
It is the "International Baccalaureate School (IB) accreditation" itself!!

It is actively grooming your children to embrace, accept, promote and support EVERYTHING YOU OBJECT TO in the way of destroying our American future, our rights, our freedoms, guilt tripping our prosperity, discouraging bour unity, our religion, our preeminence, our Constitution, our food security, our Christian heritage, population control, promoting UNITED NATIONS and world bank agendas, backing global warming extremists, "nobody is right" or no government, culture or religion better than another, undermining our national and global security, our sovereignty, world government, extreme diversity advocation, anti CAPITALISM, our right to arms and self defense, our language, our borders and citizenship EVERYTHING WE HOLD DEAR IS UNDER ATTACK BY THE GLOBAL "INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE SCHOOLS" PROGRAM!!

What I STILL cannot find it WHO is in control of this IB agenda?? Communists? Muslims with all their oil money? Bankers? Multi-national Corporate forces?

http://globalengage.ibo.org/

IF YOU DOUBT ME---GO SEE and read extensively on their multitude of websites before contradicting me!!

+1000

[Satanta]

Sorry. I thought you were sincerely asking the question as maybe you had missed it in the article, not rhetorically or looking for the underlying, unspoken reason.

Why do YOU think they are mandating the teaching of Arabic in a NYC school?

Um...I believe he is agreeing with you and the staement meant the argument in the article was rubbish, not your response.

Strut-yes, we lost, they won and there was no real war. We took a couple of hits, bombed a lot of desert and became simpering whiners about how we can placate them instead of hanging every Islamic that even sneezes in public from the nearest lampost.

[33dInd]

the house is brnng down around us and we cant see the flames because of the smoke.........................so screwed as a country now

[ainitfunny]

Go here and click on IB International Baccalaureate Board of Governors members... READ THE BIO'S - Iranian political leaders, rabid British pacifists, left wing liberals, "His Highness, the AGA KHAN"(MUSLIM)and Promoters of Shiite Islamism.(Azim Nanji)http://www.ibo.org/council/peterson/agakhan/

[Dennis Olson]

If a school is going to teach you a language for free, jump at it!
America does a lot of business with Arab countries.
Translators can make a lot of money.

Sure. But I would want to choose rather than having a school choose for me. Both whether or not my child takes a second language as well as what that language is. This class is the equivalent of having your children learn Japanese after the Pearl Harbor attack.

[dstraito]

Once again I must mention the Youtube video about the deleterious effects of immigration. I don't include a link so people can see for themselves.

Enter the words "muslim demographics"

oh heck, here is the link

[willowlady]

I guess I'm a bit slow on the uptake. I always thought the NWO stuff would want the entire world Godless. It now appears they have recognized that humanity needs a God in order to be "happy" and TPTB have chosen Islam as the ideal religious controller for their plans. It is, really. No freedom, absolute rules where death is the alternative, etc. So, as a good step in that direction, let's get everybody speaking Arabic... By the way, humanity DOES need God in order to be happy, just not the god of Islam. TPTB have evidently figured out that removing god entirely just doesn't work productively with humans, i.e., the communist experiment. So sad, and really scary. Jesus help us all, we're in such a pickle. By the way, the article never mentions: How many of the parents are Muslim?

[Dennis Olson]

Indeed Willowlady. Here's a clip from the matrix. Pay particular attention to the first minute-thirty or so.

[Ragnarok]

If a school is going to teach you a language for free, jump at it!
America does a lot of business with Arab countries.
Translators can make a lot of money.

Exactly! This school is teaching a very useful skill set and probably doesn't even realize it...

[ainitfunny]

Exactly! This school is teaching a very useful skill set and probably doesn't even realize it...

WOW. Just wow.
You and Bullwinkle scare me. You don't look too deeply into stuff. That is dangerous parenting to be so simplistic.
That is like telling your kids to "GO WITH THE (mental) CHILD MOLESTER, HE WILL GIVE YOU CANDY( foreign language instruction).
Would you put your kids into a Muslim/Arabic Madrasa school? They teach a foreign language there.
This is worse than a madrasa.
Are you liberal, rabid pacifist, Communist, pro world government, "world citizen", against national governments, environmental wacko, United Nations submissive, "guilty white", anti-Constitution, pro-illegals, anti-gun , anti-Christian??
IF NOT, Then, That IB school would TURN YOUR OWN CHILDREN INTO YOUR ENEMIES, supporting everything you hate, negating everything our soldiers have fought so many wars to die defending!!

[Dennis Olson]

A USEFUL language skill would be Mandarin rather than Arabic.

[Bullwinkle]

Sure. But I would want to choose rather than having a school choose for me. Both whether or not my child takes a second language as well as what that language is. This class is the equivalent of having your children learn Japanese after the Pearl Harbor attack.

I am trying to make a little lemonade out of this lemon.

If the PTB force you to learn something, learn it well. Then use it against them.

Japanese will be very good to learn as I expect millions of refuges when Japan is evacuated.

[Dennis Olson]

Many Japanese (most?) are fluent in English.

[fairbanksb]

I think I would raise holy hell if my kid was going to that school. Then again I need a bit more info, like, is this school in an area were there is a large Arab population? Is this just a one or two year class or is this to be taught all the way through to high school? I grew up in S. Florida and we had one or two years of Spanish but I retained very, very little of it because I never had to use it. This will be the same for these kids. They aren't going to remember much from a couple of hrs of Arabic a week unless they use it on the economy. It's New York. Why not teach them Hebrew or Spanish or even Chinese? I don't understand, why Arabic unless the school is in or close to an Arab community.

[Dennis Olson]

However, the INSTANT I found out that they were required to pray to allah, that would be lawsuit time.