I’ve been busy and missed this update to my Texas Textbooks cartoon and commentary. The conservative district that Ding Dong McElroy represented on the Texas Board of Education voted him out in favor of the more reasonable Republican, Thomas Ratliff by the slimmest of margins.
But the best thing in the article is McElroy’s stance against teaching Chinese Literature in schools:
“[Y]ou really don’t want Chinese books with a bunch of crazy Chinese words in them. Why should you take a child’s time trying to learn a word that they’ll never ever use again?” He conceded some terms, such as “chow mein,” might be useful, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
I’d love to see a comprehensive list of “foreign” words McElroy deems acceptable. It probably includes chop suey, nacho, lasagna, and bukkake.
March 10th, 2010 at 10:05 am
My mood towards that dumbkopf can only be described as schandenfreude
March 10th, 2010 at 10:19 am
Everything children need to know about Chinese culture can be found in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”
April 4th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Them thar Chinese words are right crazy! I guess’n with eyes like that, thats about all you can see is scribbles!