Can you say, "ben dan"?
I meant to post about this a while ago, but never got around to it. Anyways, Bush is planning a new foreign language learning initiative to promote study of Arabic, Chinese, and other languages deemed critical to national security. To quote from the linked article:
The plans, which represent an expansion of some programs and the start of a few others, aim to involve children in foreign-language courses as early as kindergarten while increasing opportunities for college and graduate school instruction. They also would draw more linguists into government service and establish a national corps of language reservists available to the Pentagon, State Department, intelligence community and other agencies in times of heightened need.
Like so many of Bush’s initiatives, this seems like a great idea. Until you dig a little deeper and you realize the implementation is entirely half-assed because, as usual, they did not properly do their homework before deciding to spend taxpayer money.
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