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christians don't want to kill you for any religious reasons, islamist do want to kill you b/c you aren't a muslim or aren't the same kind of muslim they are.leftist hypocrisy has not limit, none.Are you proud, conservative wingnuts?
Schools Closed in Virginia District After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
Schools Closed After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
A central Virginia school district has cancelled classes Friday after concerns over the "tone and content" of calls and emails received about a lesson in Arabic calligraphy.
Augusta County Public Schools, near Staunton in central Virginia, will be closed after the district received "voluminous phone calls and electronic mail locally and from outside the area" about a high school World Geography class lesson, the district announced Thursday evening.
In a lesson Friday on the Middle East, students were presented with an Islamic statement of faith written in Arabic calligraphy, superintendent Eric Bond told The News Leader.
"The students were presented with the statement to demonstrate the complex artistry of the written language used in the Middle East, and were asked to attempt to copy it in order to give the students an idea of the artistic complexity of the calligraphy," a statement Bond gave the paper said.
The statement was not translated into English, and students were not asked to "translate it, recite it or otherwise adopt or pronounce it as a personal belief," Bond said.
A parent organized a forum Tuesday night about the lesson, calling it "indoctrination" in Islam, The News Leader reported.
Just trying to imagine the outcry from leftist filth if the kids were given a commandment written in latin .
then reread this ***** op
Try to fathom how hard it is to be this hateful, this hypocritical and not explode.
the more muslims attack and murder us, they more they force themselves upon us, the more the left helps them.
how can leftist be ok with this lesson right after the mass shooting?
b/c they just don't care
There's a difference between teaching religions and practicing religions. Some people know the difference.
Doesn't matter. The mere presence of religion is a taboo in school if it pertains to Christianity. But the Islamic statement of faith is perfectly fine. Tell me how that reasoning works out.
I have kids in school and I have never seen them sent home with anything religious.False. Christian references are all over America's schools.leftist hypocrisy has not limit, none.Are you proud, conservative wingnuts?
Schools Closed in Virginia District After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
Schools Closed After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
A central Virginia school district has cancelled classes Friday after concerns over the "tone and content" of calls and emails received about a lesson in Arabic calligraphy.
Augusta County Public Schools, near Staunton in central Virginia, will be closed after the district received "voluminous phone calls and electronic mail locally and from outside the area" about a high school World Geography class lesson, the district announced Thursday evening.
In a lesson Friday on the Middle East, students were presented with an Islamic statement of faith written in Arabic calligraphy, superintendent Eric Bond told The News Leader.
"The students were presented with the statement to demonstrate the complex artistry of the written language used in the Middle East, and were asked to attempt to copy it in order to give the students an idea of the artistic complexity of the calligraphy," a statement Bond gave the paper said.
The statement was not translated into English, and students were not asked to "translate it, recite it or otherwise adopt or pronounce it as a personal belief," Bond said.
A parent organized a forum Tuesday night about the lesson, calling it "indoctrination" in Islam, The News Leader reported.
Just trying to imagine the outcry from leftist filth if the kids were given a commandment written in latin .
then reread this ***** op
Try to fathom how hard it is to be this hateful, this hypocritical and not explode.
the more muslims attack and murder us, they more they force themselves upon us, the more the left helps them.
how can leftist be ok with this lesson right after the mass shooting?
b/c they just don't care
There's a difference between teaching religions and practicing religions. Some people know the difference.
Doesn't matter. The mere presence of religion is a taboo in school if it pertains to Christianity. But the Islamic statement of faith is perfectly fine. Tell me how that reasoning works out.
Do they study history or literature at all? Of so then your claim is nearly impossible. Unless you mean by religious pamphlets from Jehovah's witnesses or Holy Bibles.I have kids in school and I have never seen them sent home with anything religious.False. Christian references are all over America's schools.leftist hypocrisy has not limit, none.Are you proud, conservative wingnuts?
Schools Closed in Virginia District After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
Schools Closed After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
A central Virginia school district has cancelled classes Friday after concerns over the "tone and content" of calls and emails received about a lesson in Arabic calligraphy.
Augusta County Public Schools, near Staunton in central Virginia, will be closed after the district received "voluminous phone calls and electronic mail locally and from outside the area" about a high school World Geography class lesson, the district announced Thursday evening.
In a lesson Friday on the Middle East, students were presented with an Islamic statement of faith written in Arabic calligraphy, superintendent Eric Bond told The News Leader.
"The students were presented with the statement to demonstrate the complex artistry of the written language used in the Middle East, and were asked to attempt to copy it in order to give the students an idea of the artistic complexity of the calligraphy," a statement Bond gave the paper said.
The statement was not translated into English, and students were not asked to "translate it, recite it or otherwise adopt or pronounce it as a personal belief," Bond said.
A parent organized a forum Tuesday night about the lesson, calling it "indoctrination" in Islam, The News Leader reported.
Just trying to imagine the outcry from leftist filth if the kids were given a commandment written in latin .
then reread this ***** op
Try to fathom how hard it is to be this hateful, this hypocritical and not explode.
the more muslims attack and murder us, they more they force themselves upon us, the more the left helps them.
how can leftist be ok with this lesson right after the mass shooting?
b/c they just don't care
There's a difference between teaching religions and practicing religions. Some people know the difference.
Doesn't matter. The mere presence of religion is a taboo in school if it pertains to Christianity. But the Islamic statement of faith is perfectly fine. Tell me how that reasoning works out.
so you're saying no one, not one child, asked what it meant.Do they study history or literature at all? Of so then your claim is nearly impossible. Unless you mean by religious pamphlets from Jehovah's witnesses or Holy Bibles.I have kids in school and I have never seen them sent home with anything religious.False. Christian references are all over America's schools.leftist hypocrisy has not limit, none.
Just trying to imagine the outcry from leftist filth if the kids were given a commandment written in latin .
then reread this ***** op
Try to fathom how hard it is to be this hateful, this hypocritical and not explode.
the more muslims attack and murder us, they more they force themselves upon us, the more the left helps them.
how can leftist be ok with this lesson right after the mass shooting?
b/c they just don't care
There's a difference between teaching religions and practicing religions. Some people know the difference.
Doesn't matter. The mere presence of religion is a taboo in school if it pertains to Christianity. But the Islamic statement of faith is perfectly fine. Tell me how that reasoning works out.
Look, the statement is in Arabic. It is not indoctrination. These kids don't know Arabic.
You are a vile person if you think people who disagree with you should die.so you're saying no one, not one child, asked what it meant.Do they study history or literature at all? Of so then your claim is nearly impossible. Unless you mean by religious pamphlets from Jehovah's witnesses or Holy Bibles.I have kids in school and I have never seen them sent home with anything religious.False. Christian references are all over America's schools.There's a difference between teaching religions and practicing religions. Some people know the difference.
Doesn't matter. The mere presence of religion is a taboo in school if it pertains to Christianity. But the Islamic statement of faith is perfectly fine. Tell me how that reasoning works out.
Look, the statement is in Arabic. It is not indoctrination. These kids don't know Arabic.
I'm gunna assume you're a leftist and believe that global warming is driven by man
please do the world a favor and stop producing CO2
leftist hypocrisy has not limit, none.Are you proud, conservative wingnuts?
Schools Closed in Virginia District After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
Schools Closed After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
A central Virginia school district has cancelled classes Friday after concerns over the "tone and content" of calls and emails received about a lesson in Arabic calligraphy.
Augusta County Public Schools, near Staunton in central Virginia, will be closed after the district received "voluminous phone calls and electronic mail locally and from outside the area" about a high school World Geography class lesson, the district announced Thursday evening.
In a lesson Friday on the Middle East, students were presented with an Islamic statement of faith written in Arabic calligraphy, superintendent Eric Bond told The News Leader.
"The students were presented with the statement to demonstrate the complex artistry of the written language used in the Middle East, and were asked to attempt to copy it in order to give the students an idea of the artistic complexity of the calligraphy," a statement Bond gave the paper said.
The statement was not translated into English, and students were not asked to "translate it, recite it or otherwise adopt or pronounce it as a personal belief," Bond said.
A parent organized a forum Tuesday night about the lesson, calling it "indoctrination" in Islam, The News Leader reported.
Just trying to imagine the outcry from leftist filth if the kids were given a commandment written in latin .
then reread this ***** op
Try to fathom how hard it is to be this hateful, this hypocritical and not explode.
the more muslims attack and murder us, they more they force themselves upon us, the more the left helps them.
how can leftist be ok with this lesson right after the mass shooting?
b/c they just don't care
There's a difference between teaching religions and practicing religions. Some people know the difference.
Doesn't matter. The mere presence of religion is a taboo in school if it pertains to Christianity. But the Islamic statement of faith is perfectly fine. Tell me how that reasoning works out.
How can any fool say kids aren't interested in history? Of course they're interested in history. Everyone is interested in history. It is the story of mankind, of everything that has been. Maybe some teachers make it boring, but that's because they suck at teaching.Nope. Teaching them about voting doesn't help them decide how to vote. Learning history does. You can vote many ways after learning history, but if you know your history well, you know precisely why you're voting how you're voting.It helps them to vote. It helps them to understand what is going on in the world today. Education is not just about "marketable skills", it's the kids' greatest chance to become learned people.Why?
What purpose does learning history in detail give kids to help them with their lives?
Well that depends on how it's taught. Helping them understand to vote by learning in detail? Wouldn't it be more effective to have a class that actually deals with voting and the issues around voting?
I didn't say education was just about "marketable skills", however if it takes you a long time to teach something you could do more quickly and better, is it worth it?
Of all the topics in school, history is the last one that should be glossed over "more quickly" to get to other stuff. Every high school student should take at least 6 solid semester courses that are purely history.
Again, depends how you do it. I didn't mean "tick the box with rep or dem next to it" as teaching them about voting, I meant talking to the kids and making them do activities related to actually using their brains to make the right choice for themselves.
Learning history doesn't teach people to vote better. I'm sure Republicans and Democrats did history and school, and it didn't help them, did it?
I think you are taking a way to simplistic view. I'm not saying history isn't important in helping kids to understand, but if it's taught badly, they won't learn anything.
I've seen history being taught well, and it did this by presenting evidence and having the kids try and make sense of it, saying what they thought it meant and so on. This is teaching them to think, it's teaching them to understand what they're looking at. You only need look at the majority of posters on this board to see most of them don't have that skill.
If you study WW2 and you think Hitler was pretty cool, the uniforms and planes were great, then what will you pick up from history? You'd become a Trump supporter.
As for students taking history. I disagree. Many kids simply aren't interested in history, forcing them to gain skills through history rather than something else which will motivate them is total folly.
History is by far the most important subject in school because it tells us about every mistake that's been made, and it tells is what to watch out for. It tells about what was done well also. I agree, the kids should be presented evidence and given chances to explain what the evidence says. In addition to a main text, history should make heavy use of primary sources.
Again you're onto that marketable skills kick. Practically every other course is heavy on the marketable skills: english, math, science, foreign language.
The focus of history must be history, not marketable skills.
And a minimum of 6 semester courses should be spent on history.
It is the most important subject kids can learn in high school bar none.
False. Christian references are all over America's schools.leftist hypocrisy has not limit, none.Are you proud, conservative wingnuts?
Schools Closed in Virginia District After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
Schools Closed After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
A central Virginia school district has cancelled classes Friday after concerns over the "tone and content" of calls and emails received about a lesson in Arabic calligraphy.
Augusta County Public Schools, near Staunton in central Virginia, will be closed after the district received "voluminous phone calls and electronic mail locally and from outside the area" about a high school World Geography class lesson, the district announced Thursday evening.
In a lesson Friday on the Middle East, students were presented with an Islamic statement of faith written in Arabic calligraphy, superintendent Eric Bond told The News Leader.
"The students were presented with the statement to demonstrate the complex artistry of the written language used in the Middle East, and were asked to attempt to copy it in order to give the students an idea of the artistic complexity of the calligraphy," a statement Bond gave the paper said.
The statement was not translated into English, and students were not asked to "translate it, recite it or otherwise adopt or pronounce it as a personal belief," Bond said.
A parent organized a forum Tuesday night about the lesson, calling it "indoctrination" in Islam, The News Leader reported.
Just trying to imagine the outcry from leftist filth if the kids were given a commandment written in latin .
then reread this ***** op
Try to fathom how hard it is to be this hateful, this hypocritical and not explode.
the more muslims attack and murder us, they more they force themselves upon us, the more the left helps them.
how can leftist be ok with this lesson right after the mass shooting?
b/c they just don't care
There's a difference between teaching religions and practicing religions. Some people know the difference.
Doesn't matter. The mere presence of religion is a taboo in school if it pertains to Christianity. But the Islamic statement of faith is perfectly fine. Tell me how that reasoning works out.
yea, I do, filth like you would go fucking nuts at the mere mention of jesus or david in public schoolleftist hypocrisy has not limit, none.Are you proud, conservative wingnuts?
Schools Closed in Virginia District After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
Schools Closed After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
A central Virginia school district has cancelled classes Friday after concerns over the "tone and content" of calls and emails received about a lesson in Arabic calligraphy.
Augusta County Public Schools, near Staunton in central Virginia, will be closed after the district received "voluminous phone calls and electronic mail locally and from outside the area" about a high school World Geography class lesson, the district announced Thursday evening.
In a lesson Friday on the Middle East, students were presented with an Islamic statement of faith written in Arabic calligraphy, superintendent Eric Bond told The News Leader.
"The students were presented with the statement to demonstrate the complex artistry of the written language used in the Middle East, and were asked to attempt to copy it in order to give the students an idea of the artistic complexity of the calligraphy," a statement Bond gave the paper said.
The statement was not translated into English, and students were not asked to "translate it, recite it or otherwise adopt or pronounce it as a personal belief," Bond said.
A parent organized a forum Tuesday night about the lesson, calling it "indoctrination" in Islam, The News Leader reported.
Just trying to imagine the outcry from leftist filth if the kids were given a commandment written in latin .
then reread this ***** op
Try to fathom how hard it is to be this hateful, this hypocritical and not explode.
the more muslims attack and murder us, they more they force themselves upon us, the more the left helps them.
how can leftist be ok with this lesson right after the mass shooting?
b/c they just don't care
There's a difference between teaching religions and practicing religions. Some people know the difference.
AND YOU FUCKING KNOW IT
Are you proud, conservative wingnuts?
Schools Closed in Virginia District After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
Schools Closed After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
A central Virginia school district has cancelled classes Friday after concerns over the "tone and content" of calls and emails received about a lesson in Arabic calligraphy.
Augusta County Public Schools, near Staunton in central Virginia, will be closed after the district received "voluminous phone calls and electronic mail locally and from outside the area" about a high school World Geography class lesson, the district announced Thursday evening.
In a lesson Friday on the Middle East, students were presented with an Islamic statement of faith written in Arabic calligraphy, superintendent Eric Bond told The News Leader.
"The students were presented with the statement to demonstrate the complex artistry of the written language used in the Middle East, and were asked to attempt to copy it in order to give the students an idea of the artistic complexity of the calligraphy," a statement Bond gave the paper said.
The statement was not translated into English, and students were not asked to "translate it, recite it or otherwise adopt or pronounce it as a personal belief," Bond said.
A parent organized a forum Tuesday night about the lesson, calling it "indoctrination" in Islam, The News Leader reported.
That is an Islamic statement of faith, which is clearly a violation of church/mosque and state. It doesn't matter if kids weren't asked to "translate it, recite it, or otherwise pronounce it as a personal belief."
Where is your outrage now you hypocrite? What if those kids were told to practice writing Bible verses in Hebrew?
Good pointChristians only want their story told.Are you proud, conservative wingnuts?
Schools Closed in Virginia District After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
Schools Closed After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
A central Virginia school district has cancelled classes Friday after concerns over the "tone and content" of calls and emails received about a lesson in Arabic calligraphy.
Augusta County Public Schools, near Staunton in central Virginia, will be closed after the district received "voluminous phone calls and electronic mail locally and from outside the area" about a high school World Geography class lesson, the district announced Thursday evening.
In a lesson Friday on the Middle East, students were presented with an Islamic statement of faith written in Arabic calligraphy, superintendent Eric Bond told The News Leader.
"The students were presented with the statement to demonstrate the complex artistry of the written language used in the Middle East, and were asked to attempt to copy it in order to give the students an idea of the artistic complexity of the calligraphy," a statement Bond gave the paper said.
The statement was not translated into English, and students were not asked to "translate it, recite it or otherwise adopt or pronounce it as a personal belief," Bond said.
A parent organized a forum Tuesday night about the lesson, calling it "indoctrination" in Islam, The News Leader reported.
If you start telling other stories it undermines your story.
When Christianity is spoken of in school you call it unconstitutional. You sue, you attack. You don't want our story told. You wish to have it purged from public discussion, from the curriculum.
But when Islam is spoken of, or even used in this manner or as part of the curriculum it's okay. Imagine that.
High school students don't need those kind of graphic details either.Deeper studies of what? Those same topics?Then what did you do in High School?Not to engage in braggadocio, but the Catholic ELEMENTARY schools I attended dealt with ALL that and more, save economics.
Deeper studies, and parties. Lots and lots of parties.
Of course. One doesn't teach elementary school students about Dr. Mengele injecting blue dye into the eyes of Jewish children or Charlie hammering pencils into the ear canals of Christian children.
At least, normal people don't.
Are you proud, conservative wingnuts?
Schools Closed in Virginia District After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
Schools Closed After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
A central Virginia school district has cancelled classes Friday after concerns over the "tone and content" of calls and emails received about a lesson in Arabic calligraphy.
Augusta County Public Schools, near Staunton in central Virginia, will be closed after the district received "voluminous phone calls and electronic mail locally and from outside the area" about a high school World Geography class lesson, the district announced Thursday evening.
In a lesson Friday on the Middle East, students were presented with an Islamic statement of faith written in Arabic calligraphy, superintendent Eric Bond told The News Leader.
"The students were presented with the statement to demonstrate the complex artistry of the written language used in the Middle East, and were asked to attempt to copy it in order to give the students an idea of the artistic complexity of the calligraphy," a statement Bond gave the paper said.
The statement was not translated into English, and students were not asked to "translate it, recite it or otherwise adopt or pronounce it as a personal belief," Bond said.
A parent organized a forum Tuesday night about the lesson, calling it "indoctrination" in Islam, The News Leader reported.
I agree. Why pick the Shahada, the declaration of faith that converts to Islam have to recite? I think it must have been deliberate.I've got no problem with teaching kids history or Muslim/Arab culture, if for no other reason than to show them the world. But if we're going to teach kids Arabic calligraphy, there are any number of examples they could have used that didn't involve any religious writings. I mean, in this day and age of hyper-sensitivity over anything Muslim, the people doing this just had to know it was going to backfire spectacularly.
Either it was intentional or the people who came up with this lesson plan were unbelievably stupid.
It matters that it was religious, and it matters even more that it was the shahada. For someone so keen to keep religion out of schools your view here is bizarre, to say the least.I've got no problem with teaching kids history or Muslim/Arab culture, if for no other reason than to show them the world. But if we're going to teach kids Arabic calligraphy, there are any number of examples they could have used that didn't involve any religious writings. I mean, in this day and age of hyper-sensitivity over anything Muslim, the people doing this just had to know it was going to backfire spectacularly.
Either it was intentional or the people who came up with this lesson plan were unbelievably stupid.
Does it matter if it's religious or not? I doubt anyone can read it anyway.
Not least because it is the shahada, which Is also emblazoned over the black flag of Isis. Infuriating.Considering the current national sentiment toward Islam, it's an intentional slap in the face.
And the shahada is all over the black flag of Isis. Disgusting that kids were asked to write that.India can do what they want. In the west, the swastika now means only one thing. Hitler ruined it. It is now a symbol of fear and murder. One who is well aware of western history cannot see it without feeling a chill.12,00 years of non controversial use was wiped away by 12 years of one asshole's dictatorship.I bet you loved posting your favorite insignia. Any excuse to Heil Hitler, eh troll?Imagine an art class being taught how to properly draw one of these:
But, of course, with no explanation of how it might have been used in the last century.
Now WHO could possibly be upset by that?
The only problem with your assertion of course is that it is a symbol used by almost every aboriginal and pagan culture ever found. It dates back at least 12,000 years.
Not really. Only PC morons who don't understand, or value, history allow themselves to associate that symbol with Hitler. India is filled with the symbol.
Translation: Latin is hard.leftist hypocrisy has not limit, none.Are you proud, conservative wingnuts?
Schools Closed in Virginia District After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
Schools Closed After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
A central Virginia school district has cancelled classes Friday after concerns over the "tone and content" of calls and emails received about a lesson in Arabic calligraphy.
Augusta County Public Schools, near Staunton in central Virginia, will be closed after the district received "voluminous phone calls and electronic mail locally and from outside the area" about a high school World Geography class lesson, the district announced Thursday evening.
In a lesson Friday on the Middle East, students were presented with an Islamic statement of faith written in Arabic calligraphy, superintendent Eric Bond told The News Leader.
"The students were presented with the statement to demonstrate the complex artistry of the written language used in the Middle East, and were asked to attempt to copy it in order to give the students an idea of the artistic complexity of the calligraphy," a statement Bond gave the paper said.
The statement was not translated into English, and students were not asked to "translate it, recite it or otherwise adopt or pronounce it as a personal belief," Bond said.
A parent organized a forum Tuesday night about the lesson, calling it "indoctrination" in Islam, The News Leader reported.
Just trying to imagine the outcry from leftist filth if the kids were given a commandment written in latin .
then reread this ***** op
Try to fathom how hard it is to be this hateful, this hypocritical and not explode.
the more muslims attack and murder us, they more they force themselves upon us, the more the left helps them.
how can leftist be ok with this lesson right after the mass shooting?
b/c they just don't care
