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[quote="Guest"]If one feels strongly about learning languages in first and second grade, then one can pay for it... private lessons, summer camps, travel.[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>CranburySauce</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Apr 9 2010, 3:27 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Cutting French?</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">A second French revolution in the making? <br /> <br /><a href="http://cranburysauce.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/police-use-tear-gas-to-quell-protest-over-french-class-cutbacks/" target="_blank">http://cranburysauce.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/police-use-tear-gas-to-quell-protest-over-french-class-cutbacks/</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Apr 8 2010, 9:28 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Cutting French?</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">No francais au l'ecole? <br /> <br />C'est la vie!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed, Apr 7 2010, 6:32 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Cutting French?</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">If one feels strongly about learning languages in first and second grade, then one can pay for it... private lessons, summer camps, travel.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Apr 6 2010, 11:22 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Cutting French?</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I don't see why we need to teach french to kids of that age. Spanish, yes, but french, no.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Since they currently only offer French at that age and not Spanish, I understoof the cut to mean that there would be no foreign language taught in those grades. <br /> <br />That said, why is this a crisis. I am glad my daughter got to do it but the school is having to make serious choices and compromises and I don't see why this one was a holy grail. A vast majority of schools don't offer foreign language at those grade levels and the world keeps turning. One of my kids did have it at those levels and the other didn't and they both knew about the same amount by the end of the third grade so its questionable how much the early exposure really helped them. <br /> <br />And for the person protesting, what is your suggestion? Every single thing being cut will negatively affect someone. The lack of the late buses or after hours library, the cuts to the music programs, the loss of certain sports, etc. If we start protesting everything that matters to some people we're back to the full budget which isn't passable.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />People who have young kids pay to have them play sports. Why can't the older kids pay too? Anyway, kids should be riding bikes and playing on the playgrounds after school. You shouldn't start them too young at competitive play. The parents and the coaches get a little crazy with the winning and the politics that the games lose meaning for the kids.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I can't figure out what any of this has to do with the previously quoted post.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Apr 6 2010, 10:35 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Cutting French?</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I don't see why we need to teach french to kids of that age. Spanish, yes, but french, no.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Since they currently only offer French at that age and not Spanish, I understoof the cut to mean that there would be no foreign language taught in those grades. <br /> <br />That said, why is this a crisis. I am glad my daughter got to do it but the school is having to make serious choices and compromises and I don't see why this one was a holy grail. A vast majority of schools don't offer foreign language at those grade levels and the world keeps turning. One of my kids did have it at those levels and the other didn't and they both knew about the same amount by the end of the third grade so its questionable how much the early exposure really helped them. <br /> <br />And for the person protesting, what is your suggestion? Every single thing being cut will negatively affect someone. The lack of the late buses or after hours library, the cuts to the music programs, the loss of certain sports, etc. If we start protesting everything that matters to some people we're back to the full budget which isn't passable.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />People who have young kids pay to have them play sports. Why can't the older kids pay too? Anyway, kids should be riding bikes and playing on the playgrounds after school. You shouldn't start them too young at competitive play. The parents and the coaches get a little crazy with the winning and the politics that the games lose meaning for the kids.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Apr 6 2010, 10:26 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Cutting French?</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I don't see why we need to teach french to kids of that age. Spanish, yes, but french, no.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />???????????? <br />Spanish, yes?????? <br />If they cut French, they should also cut Spanish. <br />What makes Spanish so special?????????</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Apr 6 2010, 6:32 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Cutting French?</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I don't see why we need to teach french to kids of that age. Spanish, yes, but french, no.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Since they currently only offer French at that age and not Spanish, I understoof the cut to mean that there would be no foreign language taught in those grades. <br /> <br />That said, why is this a crisis. I am glad my daughter got to do it but the school is having to make serious choices and compromises and I don't see why this one was a holy grail. A vast majority of schools don't offer foreign language at those grade levels and the world keeps turning. One of my kids did have it at those levels and the other didn't and they both knew about the same amount by the end of the third grade so its questionable how much the early exposure really helped them. <br /> <br />And for the person protesting, what is your suggestion? Every single thing being cut will negatively affect someone. The lack of the late buses or after hours library, the cuts to the music programs, the loss of certain sports, etc. If we start protesting everything that matters to some people we're back to the full budget which isn't passable.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Apr 6 2010, 5:58 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Cutting French?</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I don't see why we need to teach french to kids of that age. Spanish, yes, but french, no.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>willywonkavator</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Apr 6 2010, 3:21 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Cutting French?</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I heard that the school wants to cut French for K,1st & 2nd grade. <br />This is ridiculous. <br />Any parents who wish to fight this, leave a message on here while I get a petition together to send to the school administration. <br /> <br />Serious responses only.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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