re: #150 Barefoot Grin

Americans not learning foreign languages is an embarrassment. Areas in particular that need more humanities and foreign language training are engineering and tech. There is no field that expects complete competence by graduation. For that reason I think of it as either a gateway to proficiency or as a kind of anthropology course (if taught well). That’s just my opinion (signed, someone who has taught a foreign language at high school and college level in the past with pride). But the part about “and no administrative jobs were lost” hurts because that bloating has been happening for over 20 years and in most colleges and universities you could hire 1.5 or 2 faculty for each administrator.

I’m reminded of the old saw about what do you call someone who speaks three languages? Trilingual. Two Languages? Bilingual. One Language? American.