Comments on: Immigrants choose ethnocentric charters http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/immigrants-choose-ethnocentric-charters/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:52:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: GoogleMaster http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/immigrants-choose-ethnocentric-charters/#comment-43044 GoogleMaster Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:02:24 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=7134#comment-43044 <i>Some east African students are learning Arabic on the public dime, that’s what’s wrong.</i> So, allen, we shouldn't offer classes in Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Russian, or Chinese on the public dime, either, in case we might be teaching the language of someone's old country? Last I heard, this country had some departments that sorely needed Arabic translators. Some east African students are learning Arabic on the public dime, that’s what’s wrong.

So, allen, we shouldn’t offer classes in Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Russian, or Chinese on the public dime, either, in case we might be teaching the language of someone’s old country?

Last I heard, this country had some departments that sorely needed Arabic translators.

]]> By: allen http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/immigrants-choose-ethnocentric-charters/#comment-43043 allen Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:34:50 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=7134#comment-43043 Some east African students are learning Arabic on the public dime, that's what's wrong. If their mommies and daddies want them to learn the language of the old country and to maintain their colorful traditions then they're perfectly welcome to do so. Just as long as they aren't using tax money. Some east African students are learning Arabic on the public dime, that’s what’s wrong.

If their mommies and daddies want them to learn the language of the old country and to maintain their colorful traditions then they’re perfectly welcome to do so. Just as long as they aren’t using tax money.

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/immigrants-choose-ethnocentric-charters/#comment-43042 Stephen Downes Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:06:31 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=7134#comment-43042 Is Powerline still publishing? They, along with the rest of the neocon attack blogs, are suffering from a credibility gap these days. In any case, Allison apparently confuses Edmonton, a city in Canada, with the Twin Cities in Minnesota, which is what Powerline is writing about. And I'm having trouble finding the fear factor here. So some east African students are learning Arabic. So there are after-hours classes in Islam. What's wrong with that? Edmonton is in fact a very good place to be Jewish. Your children can attend the Talmud Torah School from anywhere in the city and you have a wide range of social and cultural activities to participate in. Is Powerline still publishing? They, along with the rest of the neocon attack blogs, are suffering from a credibility gap these days.

In any case, Allison apparently confuses Edmonton, a city in Canada, with the Twin Cities in Minnesota, which is what Powerline is writing about.

And I’m having trouble finding the fear factor here. So some east African students are learning Arabic. So there are after-hours classes in Islam. What’s wrong with that?

Edmonton is in fact a very good place to be Jewish. Your children can attend the Talmud Torah School from anywhere in the city and you have a wide range of social and cultural activities to participate in.

]]> By: Allison http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/immigrants-choose-ethnocentric-charters/#comment-43041 Allison Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:39:33 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=7134#comment-43041 read Powerline for the rest of the story: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/01/022528.php Edmonton isn't a very good example of work integration these days if you are Jewish... read Powerline for the rest of the story:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/01/022528.php

Edmonton isn’t a very good example of work integration these days if you are Jewish…

]]> By: Kate http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/immigrants-choose-ethnocentric-charters/#comment-43040 Kate Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:14:15 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=7134#comment-43040 On one hand, I see the reasons, but part of me thinks this is nuts. Why can't my WASP kids see their uptight, well-mannered, retro culture represented at tax-payer expense? On one hand, I see the reasons, but part of me thinks this is nuts. Why can’t my WASP kids see their uptight, well-mannered, retro culture represented at tax-payer expense?

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/immigrants-choose-ethnocentric-charters/#comment-43039 Stephen Downes Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:29:21 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=7134#comment-43039 If you study the school system in Edmonton, Canada, you can based your comments on evidence rather than speculation. The Edmonton system is a public system based on the principle of diversity and choice, and has several instances of what you are calling 'ethnocentric' schools. The social fabric of Edmonton has not collapsed - quite the contrary (look up the city's Heritage Days Festival). And the graduates are among the best educated in the world. If you study the school system in Edmonton, Canada, you can based your comments on evidence rather than speculation. The Edmonton system is a public system based on the principle of diversity and choice, and has several instances of what you are calling ‘ethnocentric’ schools. The social fabric of Edmonton has not collapsed – quite the contrary (look up the city’s Heritage Days Festival). And the graduates are among the best educated in the world.

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