gunga wrote :
"You ARE teaching these kids to speak French, I hope. "
they might learn chinese first - see link .
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"With a Changing World Comes An Urgency to Learn Chinese
By Lori Aratani
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 26, 2006; Page A01
Pearl Terrell was so determined that her great-granddaughter Shayla begin learning Chinese that she spent two weeks this summer driving 100 miles a day from her home in West Virginia to a middle school in Frederick County so the soon-to-be fifth-grader could learn the language.
The U.S. government flew 10 teachers to Washington from China this month and gave them a five-day crash course in Dupont Circle on how to teach -- American-style -- before dispatching them to schools across the country. Although the number may seem small, the scramble to recruit and train these teachers for the start of this school year underscores the urgency the Bush administration is placing on establishing Chinese programs in U.S. classrooms.
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i was glad to learn that it is the united states government under the leadership of president bush that is encouraging the teaching of chinese in u.s. schools .
gunga might otherwise have suspected a leftist plot :wink: .
perhaps secretary rice will also be taking chinese lessons soon ?
hbg
...U.S. SCHOOLS TEACH CHINESE...