Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 04:03:18 GMT From: "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzle.nospamnospamlobal.net> Subject: Re: GM to cut virtually all Saab's ties to Sweden
> >> > Out of curiosity - does the US school curriculum include compulsory >> > study >> > of a foreign language ? >> For illustration, asking about the US school curriculum is much like asking about the EU school curriculum. How would that be answered? Establishment of school curriculum is done at the local/state level. The US government occasionally insinuates themselves in the activities of locally run schools, but they can only do that by threatening to withhold payment of the funding programs they sponsor. The only areas were the US government can establish school curriculum are places like Washington DC, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam, and on all US Military Bases (in and outside the US) - all are part of the US, but do not enjoy statehood. The EU is much like the US, only 200+ years younger. Just think, if the EU evolves like the US has, in about 100 years the EU will start collecting income taxes from its citizens in addition to the taxes the member countries already collect. 8-( BTW, I took 2 years of German in school. IIRC from many years ago, Spanish and Latin were also offered languages. Walt Kienzle
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