1st June 2010, 10:28 PM
It's also true that the organized crime groups in Mexico are slowly gaining a foothold in America, and that's extremely worrying. The trick is finding ways to do something about that that don't interfere in the rights of those who are legally here.
As to limiting ethnic courses, that's thorny. Part of it is that I naturally am inclined towards better grounding in science, and away from secondary things like "the arts" and so on. To that end, I'm always sickened whenever I see a school with a pithy cheap "computer class" that's just a single room with extremely outdated machines running DOS (they STILL have those here), and then find out just how expensive their gym is. Priorities, people. No one will EVER care how well you did in the "big school game" the moment you get out. They may care if you can use modern computer programs though.
Now learning about social studies is more important than other things, yes. However, the real question is exactly where the money they intend to save on culling this is going to go. If it's a matter of paying for better science labs in the schools, I can support it grudgingly as a necessity. If it's a matter of simply removing it as even an elective to put some sort of "pressure" on ethnic groups (which it does seem to be in this case) and no further funding is aimed at better science, it's certainly a terrible thing.
As to limiting ethnic courses, that's thorny. Part of it is that I naturally am inclined towards better grounding in science, and away from secondary things like "the arts" and so on. To that end, I'm always sickened whenever I see a school with a pithy cheap "computer class" that's just a single room with extremely outdated machines running DOS (they STILL have those here), and then find out just how expensive their gym is. Priorities, people. No one will EVER care how well you did in the "big school game" the moment you get out. They may care if you can use modern computer programs though.
Now learning about social studies is more important than other things, yes. However, the real question is exactly where the money they intend to save on culling this is going to go. If it's a matter of paying for better science labs in the schools, I can support it grudgingly as a necessity. If it's a matter of simply removing it as even an elective to put some sort of "pressure" on ethnic groups (which it does seem to be in this case) and no further funding is aimed at better science, it's certainly a terrible thing.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)