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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I use Spanish often and many friends have had to scramble to learn as adults for various reasons (spouse gets a job in a south American country or Mexico, they get a job that is easier with some spanish, they have to train spanish speakers...). I will admit that speaking Spanish is getting more frequent than the past couple of decades but Im around more people. I never hear about someone getting an opportunity through speaking Mandarin and Ive known people who have to do business in China (more in Singapore or Malaysia) and they speak zero Mandarin. I speak a little Mandarin among other languages because languages are easier for me to learn (because I grew up bilingual). To me Spanish is of greater worth for a wider net of fields (energy, infrastructure...) that would do business with the U.S.. [/quote]

That’s true, I guess it depends what you’re going for. Well the most dominant language of business for now is English and many of us are lucky to grow up speaking it.

I think there’s definitely a lot of opportunity with Mandarin and Russian too. However I shouldn’t have so hastily said that Spanish isn’t the language of business. I’m just curious why so many DC parents want it. It honestly seems like a fad for some people and not an authentic attempt to create a global citizen. This is by no means all families.

I should have also been explicit in who I wanted to answer. Families who’s native language is not Spanish. [/quote]

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