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[quote=Anonymous]One of the most popular courses at my public (tax-payer funded) university was Ojibwe. Most of the students in the class were white. Most of the university students were non-Native American. Ojibwe has only a few thousand speakers nationally. Like with a charter school, the students and their parents had the choice of taking Ojibwe or taking a more widely spoken language. The course was always full. I don't remember any uproar about offering Ojibwe or other Native languages. We seem to make assumptions about what a subsection of DC students/want or need, but we don't do the same for middle class students or white students, which is interesting. Parents want safe, quality schools, period. Anything beyond that (arts focus, health careers  focus, foreign languages) is icing on the cake. We also seem to be making some ugly assumptions about what are students will achieve. They will never use Hebrew? Why? Israel is the second most represented country on Nasdaq, has a lot of scientific research companies, (the kind the US doesn't do anymore because of the Religious Right), has free trade status with the United States, has a lot of American tourists, etc. Do we assume our kids will never grow up to invest, research, broker trade disputes, or travel? Do we assume the language is too difficult for them? Children rise to the expectations you set for them. [/quote]

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