http://betheink.com/2010/03/smart-educators-often-a-rarity/ Essays and Musings Tue, 08 May 2012 14:48:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://betheink.com/2010/03/smart-educators-often-a-rarity/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Leah Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:18:18 +0000 http://betheink.com/?p=609#comment-209 I agree with you completely. Many people balk at the idea (i.e., a friend of mine became a fan of a Facebook page, "I'm in America, I shouldn't have 'Press 1 for English'"), but I think we as a people can only be bettered by learning other languages. Not only for our future careers, but just culturally. It reminds us that everything isn't centered around the English speakers of the world. I admire the Swiss people for speaking Swiss German, French, German, English and Italian (I think those are the ones they speak). I think America could greatly benefit from a practice like that. I agree with you completely. Many people balk at the idea (i.e., a friend of mine became a fan of a Facebook page, “I’m in America, I shouldn’t have ‘Press 1 for English’”), but I think we as a people can only be bettered by learning other languages. Not only for our future careers, but just culturally. It reminds us that everything isn’t centered around the English speakers of the world. I admire the Swiss people for speaking Swiss German, French, German, English and Italian (I think those are the ones they speak). I think America could greatly benefit from a practice like that.

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