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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only argument I've seen upthread is Hebrew = Jewish. To which I say: So? If a school gives kids an adequate education, I don't care what framework they use.

BTW, I'm only one of at least two defenders of the concept posting on this thread, and I have no affiliation at all with the school. I'd be pretty surprised if any of the founders were actually reading this, let alone posting.[/quote]

Please don't pull the anti-semitism card, it really doesn't fit this thread.

There have been lots of posts showing that [b]Yu-Ying teaches a major commercial language, while Latin teaches a language that is the basis of a lot of literature, science and medicine.  A few PPs (not me) posted lists of the most important trade and commercial languages, and Hebrew was way down the list. [/b]

I'm surprised you missed all this! You just don't seem to be taking any criticism seriously. Let me reiterate, if you or whoever is preparing the application goes before the charter board with this smug, you-can't-touch-me attitude, not to mention the unjustified charges of anti-semitism, you will deserve to fail.[/quote]

Irrelevant.

It is you who is not taking criticism seriously.  There is ZERO obligation to prove the commercial or scientific value of a language in an immersion program.  The obligation is to establish that the school provides a viable framework for teaching both the DC Standards, and the mission-specific [u]objections[/u] proposed by the charter.[/quote]

Objectives, not objections.  (Auto-correct doesn't like me today.)[/quote]

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