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Originally Posted by dyna mo
I'm just not getting the foreign language requirement thing, if any language beyond english should be included as required curriculum it should be a programming language,
not some random foreign language just for the sake of it.
I mean, what, I'm supposed to learn french or italian or portuguese or arabic or japanese because why? I've traveled through a handful of non-english speaking countries so if I knew 1 extra language that means I would get to use it in 1 country for the 2 days I'm there.
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I think it's needed so you can communicate with other people on their level.
I don't know about you...but I don't like feeling like a dumbass when the person I'm talking to is from another country and yet can speak fluent English. And there I stand unable to speak anything BUT English.
Maybe you don't give a shit. But to me, it made me realize that other countries have a more world view. Where we are more self-absorbed.