Reply #47: Some People Can Learn Other Languages Easily, Some Can't

[AndyTiedye]

I would not have been able to do what you did, no matter how hard I tried.

I did very well in school -- At or near the top of the class in everything except foreign languages. I did very badly at those.
The interest and the effort were there, but the ability wasn't.
If everything were taught in a foreign language, I would have been
largely deprived of an education.

Not everyone can just pick up languages the way you did.

Public education must accommodate all children. Not only is it the law,
and the right thing to do, but it is essential to democracy.