Anonymous wrote:What is the Sela animosity due to?

I figured it is closet anti-semitism.

Re: Sela, there have also been a lot of non-hostile but very legitimate questions asked re: the utility of learning Hebrew specifically. That there are benefits to any bilingualism I haven't seen questioned here. But some haven't understood why someone would choose Hebrew for the language of a DC school, and there were some "interesting" justifications (as well as some legitimate ones, like "Hey, passionate committed people made the school happen and bilingual ed is good for kids, so why not?").

Anonymous wrote:What is the Sela animosity due to?

Constant hype and mention on threads where it's completely irrelevant to what's being discussed.

Anonymous wrote:What is the Sela animosity due to?

Too much fake hype, too many assumptions of success stated as fact.

Anonymous wrote:This is what I've tried to say to folks who predict that Sela will fail to attract students. We opted for bilingual in a language that our family has zero connection to, because we've thought that just the process of learning the language would help our child.

It will be interesting to see what happens with Sela. Me, I have so little interest in my kids learning Hebrew, that if it were the only bilingual school in DC and I'd read this article, I'd still look at schools like Creative Minds, EL Haynes and Inspired Teaching over Sela. Just have zero interest in Hebrew, but if it makes a portion of DC's public school populations' brains faster, more power to Sela! It just won't be my kids' brains.

No, most people choose bilingual educational because they have some connection/interest to the language and culture. The two pps are the only people I've ever heard voice the opinion that they chose bilingual education for the benefits it confers on the brain.

What is the Sela animosity due to?

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting article. Good thing they clarify their definition of "bilingual" is speaking 2+ languages daily since 10 yrs old, I was about to enroll in advanced French classes to get my French groove back!

http://news.yahoo.com/study-bilinguals-faster-brains-120105403--abc-news-health.html

Now that the benefits of a 2nd language - any second language - are established, do you think that means the SELA hate will stop?

That depends... will some Sela posters stop making stuff up about the level of interest and acting like Sela is already open and other decisions about it have already been made? That is what is making people intolerant of some of the Sela discussion. There'd be just as much hostility here about Sela if it was English only, if its boosters kept making stuff up.

Beat ya to it Grammar Police! Self-corrected.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting article. Good thing they clarify their definition of "bilingual" is speaking 2+ languages daily since 10 yrs old, I was about to enroll in advanced French classes to get my French groove back!

http://news.yahoo.com/study-bilinguals-faster-brains-120105403--abc-news-health.html

Now that the benefits of a 2nd language - any second language - are established, do you think that means the SELA hate will stop?

That depends... will some Sela posters stop making stuff up about the level of interest and acting like Sela is already open and other decisions about it have already been made? That is what is making people intolerant of some of the Sela discussion. There'd be just as much hostility here about Sela if it was English only, if it's boosters kept making stuff up.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article. Good thing they clarify their definition of "bilingual" is speaking 2+ languages daily since 10 yrs old, I was about to enroll in advanced French classes to get my French groove back!

http://news.yahoo.com/study-bilinguals-faster-brains-120105403--abc-news-health.html

Now that the benefits of a 2nd language - any second language - are established, do you think that means the SELA hate will stop?

no, I personally will continue to grumble.

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article. Good thing they clarify their definition of "bilingual" is speaking 2+ languages daily since 10 yrs old, I was about to enroll in advanced French classes to get my French groove back!

http://news.yahoo.com/study-bilinguals-faster-brains-120105403--abc-news-health.html

Now that the benefits of a 2nd language - any second language - are established, do you think that means the SELA hate will stop?

This is what I've tried to say to folks who predict that Sela will fail to attract students. We opted for bilingual in a language that our family has zero connection to, because we've thought that just the process of learning the language would help our child.

And also Go Powell, Marie Reed, Bruce Monroe, Oyster, Washington Latin, and all other bilingual DC public schools!

Go DC Bilingual, Mundo Verde, Sela, LAMB, Stokes, YY!!!

Interesting article. Good thing they clarify their definition of "bilingual" is speaking 2+ languages daily since 10 yrs old, I was about to enroll in advanced French classes to get my French groove back!

http://news.yahoo.com/study-bilinguals-faster-brains-120105403--abc-news-health.html