From:	Dennis Steinmeijer dv8@********.nl
Subject:	the value of education (was: Thoughts: Sourcebook Ideas)
Date:	Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:08:34 +0200

> All I know is, many years ago in France, I was sixteen and chatting up a
> charming and beautiful Dutch girl of fourteen. I spoke, then, English and
> terrible French and that was it.
>
> 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.

Yes, we all get english class till we drop dead from english overdose. Also
we have quite extensive courses in german, french and sometimes spanish.
Though the latter three are not mandatory.

Dennis

"Abashed the Devil stood,...and felt how awful Goodness is..."