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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Spanish is everywhere.  Learn Spanish [/quote]

Yep. Helpful for so many careers to have some basic skills, at least. [/quote]

There's a weird stigma of Spanish as being the language of the poor.  [/quote]

Only if you're a racist jerk.  The rest of us learn Spanish because 700 mn people speak it in and around the USA, and it's a far easier language than Mandarin and more useful in the USA than French.[/quote]

Most of the world doesn't care about Spanish. Spanish is important here politically, but not elsewhere.
Mandarin, Russian and Arabic are the key languages the US State Department would like to cultivate.[/quote]

I think enough people speak Spanish here now that not speaking it feels like a disadvantage. There was some point about 10-15 years ago where it become clear that it is impossible to find a housekeeper that speaks English.  [/quote]

Think about that for a moment.  English is incredibly easy to learn for a Spanish speaker.  
The U.S. has decided it is not necessary to learn English, long ago. [/quote]

Do their children learn English?  If so, I guess Spanish speakers will decrease.[/quote]

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