[aruanan]

It's a beautiful poem. Ana needs to pay attention to these lines:

Porque veo al final de mi rudo camino
que yo fui el arquitecto de mi propio destino

I laughed at Dame Edna, but I know that Spanish is a better language to learn than French since it opens to me a much larger portion of the world. Speaking French will allow me to interact with some of Quebec's population, to be ridiculed by the French in France, to talk to the ruling elite in a few African countries (and the French troops there to keep them in power), and maybe to be understood by a few well-educated Haitians. If I learn Spanish and Portuguese, I have two European countries, virtually all of Latin America, and at least a couple African nations.

[Hoverbug]

Spanish is a better language to learn than French

Yep, you're right. I've tried to learn French 3 times now but every time I tried, for some reason, the feeling to give up swept over me, and I surrendered to the feeling.:^)

[weegee]

I was taught a little Spanish when I went to primary school in Houston. Then when I moved to Louisiana, they taught French in the schools. When I moved to Ohio I had to choose a foreign language in high school (french, spanish, or german), I took spanish and continued when I finished up high school back in Houston.

When I went to college, I selected a language I wanted to study (and did not even need to for engineering degree). I studied Japanese and did well in the course but couldn't fit it in my schedule with all of the "requirements" for my degree (I had to take socio-humanities courses but was not permitted to take courses that would actually teach a skill; thus I could take Art History but not a drawing or painting course; I could take a national history course, but not a foreign language course towards my requirements).