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Originally Posted by Dubyagee
I agree, but to have a school dedicated to arabic learning only is a stretch. If taught in all schools, like you stated, it would be more accepted.
Public schools would greatly benefit from a wider world view and involvment with other cultures. The next issue would be how to initiate such a program with the condition of the current school system.
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We see to completely agree on this as a worthwhile goal. Separate schools for different languages is a seriously bad idea, in my opinion.
I don't think it would be impossible to achieve with our current school system. Rather, it is likely to have some serious political resistance from many sides. In any case, you'd have to do something to convince the students that they should care. While it seems obvious that you could make a whole lot more money in your lifetime if you knew Chinese, for example, it won't seem so obvious to the students. It will just seem like more useless work to them.
I had a very eye-opening experience as a TA in a private university. The undergraduate students were paying more than 30K/year, and most didn't care if they remembered any of the material after the final exam. These were supposed to be the cream of the crop.