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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-11-06 02:32 PM
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50. "Forced"! Yes, just as they are "forced" to learn to read.
What a choice of words to use for an academic subject!

I wish our schools did teach a second language -- I once taught in a school that taught Spanish, and I thought it was great. I'd **love** my kids to learn one, any one: once you learn one, another is easy.

Learning a second language in high school taught me more grammar than I ever learned in English class. For that alone, it's worth it.

Spanish is great for some areas; I can imagine that French might be more appropriate elsewhere, and some school districts might prefer Latin, which, IMHO, provides a terrific base for all the Romance languages.
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