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Chinese government's funding of Southland school's language program fuels controversy
- 04-05-2010
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By Ching-Ching Ni/Los Angeles Times
Most students in the Chinese language class at Cedarlane Middle School in Hacienda Heights have never heard of Confucius. "Con what?" asked Ricardo Ramirez, 11, who loves to impress classmates with his loud and clear greetings of "Hello!" and "I love you!" in Mandarin. But a proposal to bring more resources to his school's Chinese program has sparked heated debate over whether the Chinese government -- in the ancient philosopher's name -- should have a role in helping American schoolchildren learn. It's a controversy that lays bare tensions in a community that has undergone a major demographic shift and is now more than a third Asian. (more...)
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