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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pp ignores the many benefits of language immersion that go far beyond practical usage of the language. [/quote]

Very true, but in that case we want classic Greek and Latin way before Hebrew. Btw, if this is a thread about DCI, why don't sela boosters open their own thread?[/quote]

And why do we want classical Greek before Hebrew and who is WE and who gets to decide "what serves DC"? I am not a Sela booster, just a woman of color who wants language options for my children. But I have to say there is more than a smack of racism and/or paternalism on DCUM. Upper middle class white folks spewing under the cloak of anonymity about what they feel the poor black children of DC want or need. And in my book, that's "disgusting." I want my children to go to a solid school where they have exposure to another language. I don't believe in the concept of inferior and superior languages. The need to constantly pick on Sela is most curious (more racism?). Modern Greek is spoken by about 12 million people, Hebrew by about 13+ million plus. Something tells me no one would be going after a Greek language charter. Charter schools are a function of the market. It's not the Charter School Board's to do market testing, it's their job to find well organized schools with a solid working model. If no parents are interested, nobody shows up, and the school doesn't happen. I had to wait a long time to get through the crowd at Sela's table where there were more parents with skin tones similar to mine holding up the line filling up applications. Some of you all need to do some soul-searching about why you think YOU get to decide what MY children, and children with less resources than my children, learn.  [/quote]

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