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In reply to the discussion: I just found out my kid's kindergarten class is teaching Russian 40 mins per day. [View all]honest.abe
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I just found out my kid's kindergarten class is teaching Russian 40 mins per day. [View all]
honest.abe
Sep 2022
OP
They're doing in anticipation of Trump seizing power in the near future?
canuckledragger
Sep 2022
#1
I really should stop being surprised by this place, but I'll admit it, this one is getting me.
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2022
#28
Agreed - I read the title and my immediate reaction was to wish I had a child
Ms. Toad
Sep 2022
#255
I read a book about the brain that said kids under 10 absorb language extremely well.
MLAA
Sep 2022
#37
this is a fact, even earlier. My granddaughters were hearing Dutch and English since they were born
msfiddlestix
Sep 2022
#193
As others have pointed out, learning another language actually improves proficiency
Ms. Toad
Sep 2022
#259
Most kids won't ever be professional musicians or athletes, so we should probably cut music
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2022
#29
I don't care whom you is, yall aint got no business teachin them furrin talks to younguns
Hermit-The-Prog
Sep 2022
#184
Once a kid from an English-language home hits kindergarten, there's not a lot of "learning" left to
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2022
#61
I'm curious, what new things are you learning about the language in your 40s?
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2022
#86
Right, there's a difference between learning vocabulary words and understanding how language works.
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2022
#99
I'm not simplifying anything. I'm definitely wasting my time, though, and I regret that I ever bit
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2022
#113
You seem to have a very clear idea about what he might do with his life. I'd encourage you to let
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2022
#69
It seems a bit ignorant to think that language education is about language use later in life
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#128
The point isn't to make the kids fluent in Russian so they can use it in later life.
Ocelot II
Sep 2022
#129
Didn't you claim you were bowing out of this thread because you were wasting time?
W_HAMILTON
Sep 2022
#140
I did but I changed my mind because your comment didn't make sense to me.
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2022
#198
Ha, this post reminded me of HS and all the Spanish speakers taking French class.
Ace Rothstein
Sep 2022
#167
No, it would be smart. It would allow the non-Spanish speakers to better communicate
pnwmom
Sep 2022
#135
Wrong. They speak English already. And wrong: learning a second language HELPS English
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#35
When programmer candidates applied at my past two jobs, musicians were preferred over others.
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2022
#100
During WW2, one of the best orchestras in whole country was scientists & engineers at Los Alamos. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#103
1.They measure English literacy. 2.School language programs have withered (funding). 3
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#111
Forget Russian. Sub any other second language and the kids will speak better English than none.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#124
1. English literacy is not always the primary language of immigrants! Duh.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#139
I agree with everything, except your comment about teaching Russian, now, being ignorant.
Ms. Toad
Sep 2022
#263
Now the reason is economic, not political. Russian won't be very *useful*. But like I said
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#287
Exactly. Language synergy makes a person better at their mother language by learning other languages
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#57
How would you rank Russian as useful/practical language to learn as a 5 year old?
honest.abe
Sep 2022
#220
Because that is when it is best to start teaching different languanges.
Cuthbert Allgood
Sep 2022
#322
By the time a kid from an English-language home is in kindergarten, they've been learning English
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2022
#23
He'll probably never learn enough math to be a nuclear physicist but that doesn't mean he shouldn't
meadowlander
Sep 2022
#52
No, the point is the curriculum doesn't have to justify mastery level in a subject to teach
meadowlander
Sep 2022
#71
There are millions of new things he can learn that are more useful than Russian.
honest.abe
Sep 2022
#31
I'm just asking what you consider "useful" to be, as everyone has a different idea.
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2022
#92
Now, in 2022, Russian is inappropriate. Their music is great but their global influence now is awful
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#51
So you're going to dismiss an entire country because you don't like their current politics?
Ms. Toad
Sep 2022
#270
More people speak Russian than German, and Russia is widely considered a more powerful country
Ms. Toad
Sep 2022
#312
You are missing the point and you are gauging thing pre-Putins-War. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#316
Global influence doesn't make a language "inappropriate." No language is "inappropriate."
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2022
#276
Sorry, my wording was poor or I was space limited in the title. My meaning is
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#299
How is it useful? Russia is at war with Ukraine...and with us really...they interfered with our
Demsrule86
Sep 2022
#217
I guess this is where I confess to being fluent in Russian, capable in three other languages, and
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2022
#88
Respect for other world cultures is a waste of time? He certainly doesn't seem to be picking it up
meadowlander
Sep 2022
#58
First - that seems disingenuous (given some earlier comments) or, at best, ignorant.
Ms. Toad
Sep 2022
#271
What fun! The kids won't become bilingual (unless they keep at it for years) but
Croney
Sep 2022
#60
Get it. (Not necessarily Russian, but any 2nd language will help your child, the younger the better)
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#64
I stand by my comment. I refrained from saying what I'll say now: that your best allies ...
Hekate
Sep 2022
#106
Russian is spoken by more people than Italian, German, Arabic, Japanese, or Korean
Ms. Toad
Sep 2022
#272
Agreed. Spanish is a much better choice at this time, but skip Russian and go to Chinese after. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#154
Did you call the principal? Did you call the School Board office? Did you ask the teacher?
Hekate
Sep 2022
#90
I find it very nice that individual parents aren't able to dictate the curriculum.
LisaL
Sep 2022
#94
We learned German at that age and this was not that many decades post WWII. My WWII veteran
hlthe2b
Sep 2022
#112
Russian is a great Language to learn. Imagine being able to read Tolstoy and many other Classics
JI7
Sep 2022
#176
In some countries here, especially small ones, they start as soon as school starts
DFW
Sep 2022
#208
They're trying to "get" you by saying you think learning foreign languages is somehow
Wingus Dingus
Sep 2022
#223
Actually, it's based on GOP ties to Russia and their infiltration of our government.
Wingus Dingus
Sep 2022
#249
My neighbor learned Mandarin. That is because one of the teachers moved here from China.
Dysfunctional
Sep 2022
#224
That comment was in haste and dumb now that I am somewhat over the outrage.
honest.abe
Sep 2022
#242