This isn't the place for that.Happy to stop going down this path just as soon as the administration straightens out its priorities.
Do you want me to really list the silly things funded by the government? Someone always trots out something like this but fails to mention things like the $27 million spent to teach Moroccans how to make pottery.Happy to stop going down this path just as soon as the administration straightens out its priorities.
And they still make sub-par pottery.Do you want me to really list the silly things funded by the government? Someone always trots out something like this but fails to mention things like the $27 million spent to teach Moroccans how to make pottery.Happy to stop going down this path just as soon as the administration straightens out its priorities.
Do you want me to really list the silly things funded by the government? Someone always trots out something like this but fails to mention things like the $27 million spent to teach Moroccans how to make pottery.
Ok. Got me there. A mere $2.7 million for pottery instead of the total amount of $27 million. Even then I’m sure I know why it was spent- end of the fiscal year. And it still begs the question, if we are going to complain about cuts by this administration to fund border protection let’s take a deep look at the budget and what we are spending the people’s tax money to pay for.Did a quick google search cause that was interesting:
https://www.politifact.com/georgia/...-handel/pottery-class-claim-takes-truth-spin/
"The former Georgia secretary of state who’s now a U.S. Senate candidate said that the federal government spent $27 million teaching Moroccans how to make pottery. This claim has been a popular touchstone for conservatives looking to shine a light on government waste.
But a closer look at the facts shows that the $27 million was for an entire economic development program in Morocco, of which the pottery training was only a fraction of the cost -- about 8 percent of the total program. Some may still consider that amount, $2.2 million, a large expense for pottery training and promotion, but it is not close to the $27 million that Handel claimed.
Her overall point that the program was a failure is supported by an inspector general’s audit that found that the pottery training was mismanaged, poorly organized and ineffective.
Her statement contains an element of truth but overstates the cost and ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.
We rated Handel’s claim Mostly False."
Not similar at all! With DLI, we stay in hotels. Each language does the immersion a bit differently, but in Taiwan we had class from 10am-6pm, then by the time we were released it was kind of too late to do anything. And of course, before 10am nothing is really open and nobody is out and about. So we didn't get a whole lot of chances to interact with the locals except for weekends. Ours was only 4 weeks as well. So, it was classroom setting, we were not with a host family, and NOBODY got a 2+... admittedly, we had extensive speaking practice. 2 hours of each day of instruction was dedicated to speaking. However, it simply wasn't enough and it wasn't like walking around town and exploring with a native. I would have loved that and definitely would have benefited more. All of our instructors had at LEAST a master's degree in English, too.I'm just curious. Is the immersion program different for students that are attending the DLI then for those that are in the SOF training pipeline for SF/CA/PsyOps? My son, during his language training at Bragg did a 6 week immersion to Latvia. There he lived with a Russian family which he said their English was limited to "Hello" and "Goodbye". He attended classes for part of the day and then was assigned a local university student to walk around town for a couple hours each day to practice his language skills. Once back at the host's home if he wanted to communicate it had to be in Russian. My son said that the immersion trip was extremely helpful, of the 6 that went to Latvia from his group five received a 2+ and one a 2 on their OPI, those that stayed back and continued with the on base language course all received 1+ or lower. Granted the language program for SOF is only about 6 months so not nearly a comparison to attending the DLI. I was just wondering if the Immersion program was similar.
Not similar at all! With DLI, we stay in hotels. Each language does the immersion a bit differently, but in Taiwan we had class from 10am-6pm, then by the time we were released it was kind of too late to do anything. And of course, before 10am nothing is really open and nobody is out and about. So we didn't get a whole lot of chances to interact with the locals except for weekends. Ours was only 4 weeks as well. So, it was classroom setting, we were not with a host family, and NOBODY got a 2+... admittedly, we had extensive speaking practice. 2 hours of each day of instruction was dedicated to speaking. However, it simply wasn't enough and it wasn't like walking around town and exploring with a native. I would have loved that and definitely would have benefited more. All of our instructors had at LEAST a master's degree in English, too.
There he lived with a Russian family which he said their English was limited to "Hello" and "Goodbye".