Re: Mexican flags in Denver Public Schools Classrooms?

"Byron Canfield" <barnNOSPAM@[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.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > 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.
>> > >>
>> > >> Apparently Xenophobia 101 has replaced language and world history.
> And
>> > >> the
>> > >> Luddites go marching along....
>> > >
>> > > And we wonder why Americans can't find KUwait on a map.
>> >
>> > Or think it is a fruit.
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>> Doesn't "Americans" include you. So you can't find Kuwait on a map.
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> He's speaking in the general case, as if you didn't know.
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As opposed to you who speaks from your ass...

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> Byron "Barn" Canfield
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