Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 days 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-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up132arrow-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 · 16 days agomessage-square82linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehomes@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-216 days 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-up5·16 days 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