Re: Mexican flags in Denver Public Schools Classrooms?

"Lets Roll" <letsroll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "David Eduardo" <amdavid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Cotton Eyed Joe" <mdginzo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Here's my first question-what classroom, in what context? It wasn't 
>>>> uncommon
>>>> when I was in high school for foreign language cl***** to have flags
of 
>>>> the
>>>> countries where the language was spoken on display. Not in the same
way 
>>>> as
>>>> the US flag, but as an artifact.
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>>> Not only that.  When I was in school we had all sorts of education in
>>> foreign languages and cultures - up to and including native dances and
>>> literature.
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>> Apparently Xenophobia 101 has replaced language and world history. And 
>> the Luddites go marching along....
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> Oh, baloney.  Teachers spend an inordinate amount of time fawning over 
> sub-cultures, foreign cultures, foreign history, even foreign religion
and 
> never miss an op****tunity to denigrate _anything_ American.  Just like 
> you, Poncho Disney, their jaws would shatter in a million pieces if one 
> positive word rolled out of their mouths about America or Americans.

Yeah, our culture and civilization certainly rivals that of the Greeks, 
Romans, Egyptians and even the Mayas and Incas.