President Trump signed an executive order that promote "patriotic education".
The symbolic gesture may mean again the Bush style anti-intellectual "America" campaign starts. That would be disgusting. They should know what they do not know. The faulty STEM education left this nation in the state of the black continent or whatever you name it. No pun intended. The Europeans and the Caucasian Americans may look the same yet the former can do the math and the latter cannot. Not only they can not do the math, they revolt against the very notion of math.
The boyish provocation does not represent America -- or does it? The entertainment aspects of the provocation basically is bullying by the power. "Kicking the ass" is an expression that they favor that only shows they have the money and the power, and his privilege of gender. The popularity follows the money in this nation; and the bullying has not been deterred by the businesses. His America is disgusting. Or capitalism is.
Learning a language should not be limited by the patriot education. Personal attacks against you and your actions in the target language should not force you hating that nation, either. That does not teach you patriotism. It will turn you against the power, which is supported by this nation. The capitalism may affect the convenience or whatever, but not personal attacks. That only come from the power.
We should be free -- even if we strive for excellence.