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		endtime on Sept 5, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reading Arabic 'hard for brain' Israelis learn Arabic like Americans learn Spanish, so there's a good non-political explanation for it. :)

malkia on Sept 5, 2010 | [–]

Ah, reminds me how we had to learn russian back in the commie days (I'm from Bulgaria). Nothing against russian, or it's people, but the regime required it.

hasenj on Sept 5, 2010 | [–]

It's in their own interest to find better ways to teach/learn it.

But it might also be in their interest to make it seem inferior ..

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