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Originally Posted by Robbie
Not quite sure where your reply is going. 
Anyway, I wish I had learned at least 3 other languages as a child. I don't like what the American education system left me with.
I'd have rather been learning Spanish, Russian, French, etc. than being taught every word of every branch of the military's "fight song" as a kid.  (and I can STILL remember every word over 45 years later...what a waste that was) |
No where in particular. Just trying to understand your view of needing to know a foreign language. I don't graspt the reason of "because foreigners know English." I learned french in high school, took 3 full years of it. Many years later I finally got to go to France and none of my education helped me converse in french. Because I didn't continue to practice/learn the language in-between those times.
I also hopscotched across Europe, hitting a handfull of countries, all using their own languages.