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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably German or Spanish.

Chinese or Japanese will only useful for business if you're going to operate and live in those countries. They'll never be the global language of business.[/quote]

This is the dumbest comment ever for US students. The "global language" is currently English. US students have English. We are talking about what speciality niche language will be helpful. Lots of businesses trade with China and Japan or source their factories there. They need Chinese and Japanese language speakers for those parts of their business.   Same thing with German and Spanish.

A good friend of mine was a French major. She ended up getting a masters in French at a no-name state school.  Dumbest, most useless major ever?  Nope. She was hired into a sales position for a company that was doing a lot of business in Quebec and from there she was moved into management.  When she had her kids, she left and started a consulting company.

OP, any of those languages are useful.  Let your kids pick what they find interesting. [/quote]

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