From:	lomion lomion@*********.escnd1.sdca.home.com
Subject:	the value of education (was: Thoughts: Sourcebook Ideas)
Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 1999 11:38:10 -0700

>She spoke Dutch, fluent English, good French, usable German and usable
>Spanish (these all confirmed by observation) and considered this linguistic
>skill as nothing particularly special.

Also there are a lot of countries in Europe, on North America there are
alot less, most ppl in the US will never go far enough to enter another
country, maybe even another county or state. The US is alot of land, so I
think the need for multiple languages is less in many places of the
US. Also a language is required by most schools in the US if you never use
it that's not a bad thing, imo.

--Larry