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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3 comments:
Upper Manhattan is basically Harlem.
They have yet to teach ENGLISH but now there is a priority to require Arabic?
Anybody else see a problem here?
What organization says that ARABIC will get you an IB standing, but NOT French or Spanish? This is the slow, creeping "cultural jihad" that is being agressively pursued across our nation. Michigan is a great example of how far opur politicians will go to kiss the ace of muslims. Google 'cultural jihad' and get a better understanding of their goal.
I'd yank my kids out of there so fast, heads would spin...
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