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Beiruty

I think it's excellent that your kids school is putting on an event like that! I'm a big fan of travelling, of seeing other people's culture, and as a history major who has spent a lot of time reading about culture disappearing in textbooks-- i'm also a big fan of keeping your roots close, no matter where you come from.

For example, i'm from a small town in West Texas. When i'm out in the schools I hear racism all the time against asians, mexicans, blacks, arabs, etc. Very few of the kids in my school have ever seen a different culture, much less experienced it. It's just a shame that kids--and adults-- fear what they do not know.

I'd be awfully disappointed if my children do not keep their mother's language....