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[quote=Anonymous]I'd stop at 20 too. French is an official language of many international organizations. (Although I agree with the PP who wondered if the number of french-speakers includes African or other countries.  For example, "Haitian" is listed as a separate language, but lots of people in Haiti speak both creole and french, esp. for govt and business.)

Not sure I buy the argument that offering Hebrew to blacks on 16th street, even as a 3rd or 4th choice, is selling point. Wouldn't they (and non-Jewish whites for that matter) prefer a 3rd or 4th choice they can actually use? Like Russian or Japanese?  And given that resources are limited, as somebody else pointed out, shouldn't we spend the resources in a way that will make the most people happy? So that if a kid doesn't get into choices #1 and #2, they have a third option they might actually be enthusiastic about?

Yes, some people value bilingualism for its own sake. I sent one of my kids to a bilingual school. But why? So he can actually talk to large numbers of new people.  There is a small group of parents who like bilingual education because of what it does for the brain, but having been in this academic world, the number of these parents seems tiny.[/quote]

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