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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Spanish. It is rapidly becoming a necessity in the US.[/quote]

I studied French for 5 years, German for 6 and Japanese for 1.  Now I'm an engineer working with people throughout Europe and Asia and [b]all[/b] of them speak English.  At one point or another I've wished that I could speak and understand Chinese and Italian for the social aspect when doing business, but the only language that I really regret not learning is Spanish.  Life ended up taking me out of the mid-Atlantic region and now I live in South Florida where Spanish is everywhere.  I've never needed another language for work, but I've frequently been stuck unable to converse with people around here who only speak Spanish.

Our local elementary has Spanish dual language for K-5 and my oldest is in the program.  I'm starting to pick it up some, but I feel like I wasted time with the other languages since my chances to practice them are much more rare and Spanish is all around me.[/quote]

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