# Some kid says the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic, and out come the Crusaders **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 23, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-kid-says-the-pledge-of-allegiance-in-arabic-and-out-come-the-crusaders/715733 "2015-03-23T00:42:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-kid-says-the-pledge-of-allegiance-in-arabic-and-out-come-the-crusaders/715733/61 "2015-03-26T17:40:24Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > I’m more concerned that our schools indulge students not speaking English. That is the primary method of integration in this country; what purpose does it really serve in our schools? Education in foreign languages in schools isn’t limited to students with English as a second language, you know. They teach foreign languages to kids who only speak English, or at least the middle school and high school where I went did. Some English-speaking parents choose to send their children to [schools that teach in another language](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_immersion). I wanted to put my toddler in a Spanish-immersion summer camp (but there was no room for her). Nobody in my family speaks Spanish as a native language, I just think it might be a worthwhile skill for her to have. Some students might want to get a job where they need to know another language. [It’s not a bad skill to have on your resume.](http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/30/news/economy/job-skills-foreign-language/) You’re complaining that schools want to teach students a skill that is in demand in the job market? Arabic is in particular demand by the government and the military. Schools should not teach subjects where it is useful for our government and our military to have a pool of people with knowledge of that subject? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-kid-says-the-pledge-of-allegiance-in-arabic-and-out-come-the-crusaders/715733/62 "2015-03-27T07:27:48Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Arabic does NOT equal Muslim, dumbass. Not all Arabs are Muslims, nor are all Muslims Arab. :rolleyes: “Let’s allow for all their prejudices” means “let’s pretend that what they are saying is true.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-kid-says-the-pledge-of-allegiance-in-arabic-and-out-come-the-crusaders/715733/63 "2015-03-27T15:43:26Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Not as far as I know, no. We did. Instruction in Scandinavian languages in various Minnesota and Wisconsin towns, for example. German schools in New York. Polish and Cornish-language schools in Michigan. Without WWI and II we’d probably have much larger regions where little or no English is spoken. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-kid-says-the-pledge-of-allegiance-in-arabic-and-out-come-the-crusaders/715733/64 "2015-03-28T01:54:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > We did. Instruction in Scandinavian languages in various Minnesota and Wisconsin towns, for example. German schools in New York. Polish and Cornish-language schools in Michigan. > > Without WWI and II we’d probably have much larger regions where little or no English is spoken. Right on. And let’s not forget sign languages! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-kid-says-the-pledge-of-allegiance-in-arabic-and-out-come-the-crusaders/715733.md?page=3)