[stefan10]

If you read my post history carefully you will see that i wright two or three posts and that´s the best way to keep a language alive at least a little bit.

I can read interesting articles (reading skills) and if i wish i can try to improve my writing skills.

And i can learn a little bit about people.

It´s perfect.

You should visit a german spanish or french block but i remember americans are not really interested in learning other languages.
It´s a good investment and it is for free.
But if you want we can talk in german or french i am sure you are able to write and speak in many different languages.

[Red6]

Again your ignorance/arrogance is apparent.

MANY MANY Americans speak and write another language. Unlike Germany where it's highly structured, many Americans speak different languages. Spanish, which you list as a language we should learn is the most taught foreign language in the US.

Just because everyone in Germany goes through a cookie cutter education system where all end up with a similar structured education learning the same things does not make it any better. In the US we have a plethora of foreign languages that are taught, unlike Germany.

In fact, this is one of our strengths in reality. In one Battalion, 1-36IN we had Arab, German, French, lots of Spanish, Polish, Russian, Korean, Italian, French, Chinese, Philippino and other languages present. We took advantage of this in Iraq. Question, if the BW deployed to the Middle East, how many Arabic speakers “organic” to the unit would you have? How many Spanish speakers would you have that you could use in Columbia in counter narcotics operations? How Many people would the BW have that can speak the languages in Africa? We use this strength to our advantage every day.

Just because every American can’t speak German, does not make foreign language unimportant in the US. But I suggest you look around once and see how many DIFFERENT languages are spoken. German speakers? Yes there are some, but not that many.

Red6