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Originally posted by Groove
Multilingualism is encouraged, but the trick is which other language/s do you learn? And when will you get an opportunity to speak them? For example, I learned German at school but haven't spoken it in more than a decade.
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That was what it was like in the U.S.A. 25 years ago. What to take? Really only necessary for college admissions. But now the choice is easy. LEARN SPANISH! I took German in school for a year in the 70's and can count to ten and say "Auf Wiedersehn" (is that hello or good-bye?) 26 years later. Never traveled to Europe, never used it, lost it. I have never had a Spanish lesson but speak it badly enough to keep a bunch of campesinos in a cantina laughing like hell and buying me beer and whores all night long! Now THAT is a useful language!
Come to Mexico, Joe! Your $50 will last 2 or 3 days and hell, man, it's where the drugs come from! I can get a sack of weed in Mazatlan the size of a football for $10! When you roll a joint the PAPER is the expensive part!