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06.26.08, 17:38 PM NY Schools
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I think Anderson needs to add to the foreign language offerings. Spanish is just not sufficient for MSers. Do they even have latin? what about french or something else? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 06.26.08, 05:38 PM Flag
 

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Everyone in NYC speaks Spanish. They should offer Russian or Mandarin. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 05:41 PM Flag
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lol. is this a joke? spanish isn't good enough for your precious little genius? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 07:19 PM Flag
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Principal Culot said at Orientation on Wednesday that they are looking into adding another language for Sept. They just need to find a quallified teacher. He did not say which language though. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:07 PM Flag
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please let it be something other than mandarin or Russian. Whatever happened to french and german? or what about latin? i do not see my dc learning mandarin in any meaningful way, and russian is useless. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:10 PM Flag
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or: I hope it will be Latin. At the Nest tour in may teh principal said she was trying to get Latin for this year. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:28 PM Flag
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Hunter adds Latin to French and Spanish for their HS (7th grade). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:48 PM Flag
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Russian is a popular choice because about half the words in Russian have roots in English, French, or German. It's kind of a foreign language and "world language overview" in one class. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:30 PM Flag
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please tell me it won't be that! I will have to sign up my dc for foreign language outside of the school. not another enrichment class, please! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:42 PM Flag
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Hah. Go to Delta for MS. They offer Spanish, French and Latin. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:39 PM Flag
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And I like the way they have the 6th graders take all 3 languages, then decide which to take for 7th & 8th grades. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:41 PM Flag
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that is great! cannot believe the nutjobs at anderson are seriously considering russian. cannot believe the justification posted here either. so pretentious, and sooo useless. hopefully we will get to vote. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:45 PM Flag
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Who says they're considering Russian? Only a UB poster mentioned Russian. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:47 PM Flag
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she said it was a popular choice. I was assuming she was referring to it being popular among the current parents there. it ain't popular anywhere else! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:55 PM Flag
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I attended public school (in a suburb of Boston) and Russian was the most popular foreign language taught. Not a new trend in education at all! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 07:07 PM Flag
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no, its an old one, and its tired. the soviet union has gone the way of suburban public school russian classes [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 07:41 PM Flag
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No, she didn't mean popular at Anderson I'm sure. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 07:46 PM Flag
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You better get involved in there quickly if you want to turn the place upside down. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:49 PM Flag
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But other than Latin at Delta, the teaching in Spanish and French is sooooo awful. Another example of "looks good on paper." [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 04:09 AM Flag
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They would do better just to improve the Spanish program. Kids hardly learn anything as it stands now. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:44 PM Flag
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Even in middle school? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:48 PM Flag
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None of the kids come out fluent in Spanish or even close unless they have exposure to it ourside of the school. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:50 PM Flag
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You don't attain fluency in 3 years (or two if they started n 7th grade). My HS child took four years of Spanish at Hunter, got straight A's and can only muster a few sentences at Spanish-speaking resorts. Your expectations for instructions in a non-immersion class are unrealistic. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 04:11 AM Flag
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because they have no choices. a good program needs to offer choices. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 06:58 PM Flag
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Anderson kids take Spanish from K-5. Most learn very little. Then they start from scratch - with new admitees - in sixth grade. There have been many parent complaints and thank goodness the principal seems to be listening. I can't imagine they'd do Russian. Latin or Mandarin or French seem the most likely. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 07:47 PM Flag
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would love french and latin. if the dcs are not getting fluent in spanish after many years of it, what do you think will happen if they do mandarin? oy... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 08:49 PM Flag
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Private schools have good language programs, check it out. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 07:45 PM Flag
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So do other public schools, check it out. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.26.08, 07:46 PM Flag
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I took 6 years of foreign language in MS/HS and didn't achieve fluency in a top NYC private school and neither did any of my classmates. If you want fluency, live abroad or take an immersion Berlitz course. In school language classes you learn vocabulary, grammer, lots and lots of congujating (which doesn't kick into fluency unless you live in a non-English speaking country and are forced to speak that language you studied every day or starve), and how to write essays of little importance - unless you have unusual motivation to use the language all the time in the USA. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 04:18 AM Flag
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Move over then and give me your seat. I'd be thrilled to have it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 04:18 AM Flag
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