Texas school districts are requiring some students to learn Arabic as they claim it is "language of the future"*. By future they mean 500 A.D. when they developed Arabic numerals which is the last time they invented anything useful. Actually I just found out Arabic numerals were really of Hindu origin**, and that's why O.P.E.C. can't figure out the price for a barrel of oil. Their most recent contribution to mankind was the compact camel which goes 50 miles on a gallon of water, and the suicide bomber. This is one of the most illiterate civilizations on the planet, so what could we possibly learn from them? Maybe how to calculate the distance a skull can travel from a ounce of C4, or if a Ginsu knife can cut through spine better than a sword. Apparently the D.O.E. (department of eggheads) believes you have to go back 15 centuries to go to the future. I look forward to the day when they invent the wheel, dragging my ass around all day is killing me.
* http://www.theblaze.com/stories/tx-school-district-plans-to-force-some-students-to-take-arabic-language-culture-classes/
**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals
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