Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhy don;t most of us Americans only need like one foreign language to pass high school? Why not make it mandatory for like 3 or 4 languages?Would that not give us the upper hand when traveling?message-squaremessage-square79linkfedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareWhy don;t most of us Americans only need like one foreign language to pass high school? Why not make it mandatory for like 3 or 4 languages?Would that not give us the upper hand when traveling?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square79linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehomes@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 months agoBy the time I graduated high school, I spoke Latin and German fluently. In the last 30 years, I have traveled neither to Germany, nor ancient Rome. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squarehomes@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoMoney. Or, more specifically, the lack thereof. Or a Time Machine
By the time I graduated high school, I spoke Latin and German fluently. In the last 30 years, I have traveled neither to Germany, nor ancient Rome.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Na dann, what’s stopping you?
Money. Or, more specifically, the lack thereof.
Or a Time Machine