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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]no one wants tp talk about sela?!  DCUM gets some schools wrong, and this is one (Bannaker is another).[/quote]

There are so few students there it is easy to overlook. [/quote]

NP. There are few students at SS and their is a 4 page thread about that. In fact, they are saying they scored so low because it's a small school. Well, SELA managed to pull it off.

Congrats SELA!!! Well done is such short amount of time. [/quote]

No one talks about SELA because so few people want their kids learning Hebrew. Talk about a useless language.[/quote]

SELA will never receive the kudos it deserves because of the ignorance and undercurrent of antisemitism on this site.  [/quote]

I'm Jewish, and turned down a spot at Sela for my kid a couple of years ago because I don't think fluency in conversational Hebrew is all that useful. We're still sending our children to Hebrew school on the weekends. I assure you, it's not anti-Semitism that motivated my skepticism about the school's mission.[/quote]

Curious if you could share your reasons.  I visited Sela in anticipation of playing the lottery this year and was very impressed.  I think folks' criticism of teaching Hebrew is a little unfair.  Sure Mandarin is spoken by more people worldwide.  But Hebrew has a fair amount of historical significance and Israel, regardless of what you think of the country's policies, undeniably has a rich history and today is highly relevant in the geopolitical world order.  (In fact, it's that role that seems to drive the consternation of some folks here and the support of others -- whether or not you like Israel, the fact that it generates such a strong reaction indicates its relevance.)  Isn't there value of in kids learning Hebrew for learning sake, even if not "useful"?  Would people on DCUM be as negative if there was a charter school focused on learning Latin?  From what I saw and what I have read, it seems that kids, including many who have no clear tie to Israel or Hebrew, are learning and stimulated -- isn't that what we should want?

(Also, I actually think learning Hebrew can be useful.  I work in tech industry, and Israel of course has one of the world's top tech industries.  I don't speak Hebrew, but I think it actually would be useful to my career.  Sure, Israeli entrepreneurs typically will know English.  But I think speaking Hebrew would have made it easier to get some opportunities and connections in the Israeli tech world.)[/quote]

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