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@AlliCat,
while i agree with you to a point, i just think that we need to get the ball rolling. we don't need to worry so much about teaching kids perfect accents - that can be improved over time.
and also, think of how many new job positions would open up if we introduced foreign languages as a madatory element to a child's complete education. in America, people laugh at you (or at least laugh behind your back) if you say that you're majoring in a foreign language in college. this is because there are virtually no jobs out there in the U.S. for someone with a B.A. in, say, French. i think that it's about time that we pull those people with foreign language degrees out of the McDonald's that they're working in, and give them some real jobs, dammit!!
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