re: #325 Dr Lizardo

Most Czech speak at minimum two other languages in addition to their native Czech. Even an ex-girlfriend of mine, who would be the American equivalent of a high-school dropout, was quite knowledgeable about history, science, art, and spoke English, German, Spanish and French fluently, in addition to her native Czech. There were some occasional gaps in her overall knowledge, but you could easily have a highly intelligent conversation with her.

That’s the one advantage the Europeans have being in close proxmity to each other. They’re forced basically ot learn a second or in the case of your ex’s, three new languages. I really think we in the states would be wise to require a foreign language from an early age. Learning a foreign language has dual benefits- learn the foreign language obviously but I think it helps you understand your own language better too.