Most people in Africa and in European countries know multiple languages.  It 
wouldn't hurt us to learn.  It would improve us considerably I think. 
Knowing Spanish gives you a greater variety to watch on cable, because you 
can watch the soaps originating from Spain.  It would also give the blind a 
better chance at employment as employers are always looking for someone 
fluent in that language.  They are even more adamant about finding those who 
can write the language well.  It is rare to find someone who can write a 
decent business letter in Spanish.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JULIE MELTON" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: It's Time To Learn Spanish


> If we were to go to any other country to live, learning the language would 
> be a given.  That's not so in the good old US of a, though.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 1:01 PM
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> Subject: It's Time To Learn Spanish
>
> We attended, as a family, my oldest grandson's sixth grade commencement.
> The first lady spoke, in English, for about 10 to 12 minutes.  Then
> everything she said, was repeated in Spanish.  By the time it was over, I
> would say at least 70 percent of the program were done in Spanish and with
> no English interpretation.  This is America after all so it is a given 
> that
> we should all speak Spanish.  I'm sorry.  My two years of high school
> Spanish just wasn't quite enough to interpret for others nor for myself, 
> for
> that matter.  Did you know that the new Mexican trucking transportation 
> law,
> which allows below the boarder trucks to roll across the boarder into all
> parts of the United States, and without being checked, has a fool proof 
> plan
> to test all Mexican drivers to insure they can read English road signs?
> Yep, they sure do.  The Mexican drivers are shown English signs but the
> Mexican drivers are allowed to answer the question of the sign's nature, 
> in
> Spanish.  Works for me.  I've been thinking of heading south and getting a
> truckers job from below the boarder.  I can read that much English into
> Spanish.
>
> Phil.
>