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<blockquote data-quote="WhiteyMacD" data-source="post: 1349632" data-attributes="member: 7633">Sure, because France and England/America are within 12 hours of Japan. <img src="/images/smilies/doh.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":doh:" title="Doh&nbsp; &nbsp; :doh:" data-shortname=":doh:" />And despite the proximity of other countries using other languages, that doesnt hold true for every child in Europe. So your explanation is false.Teaching foreign languages not only stimulates brains during the development cycle, it also promotes a healthier competitive edge in the global market place.&nbsp; I dont give a chit how &quot;Buy American&quot; you are,&nbsp; you cant get away from the global market.&nbsp; By limiting American kids to 1 or 2 languages, you are only promoting the employment of ex-pats of other nations or Generation I children of ex-pats. This isnt just for &quot;buying jobs&quot; either, this is for sales, engineering,... the list goes on.I work in HVAC manufacturing as a EE and have talked to Italians, French Canadians, Indians, Serbians, Turkish, and Chinese.Why?&nbsp; Why not the PoA?&nbsp; What is wrong with the PoA in a language other than English?&nbsp; I suppose you would have been satisfied if they said:instead????</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WhiteyMacD, post: 1349632, member: 7633"] Sure, because France and England/America are within 12 hours of Japan. :doh: And despite the proximity of other countries using other languages, that doesnt hold true for every child in Europe. So your explanation is false. Teaching foreign languages not only stimulates brains during the development cycle, it also promotes a healthier competitive edge in the global market place. I dont give a chit how "Buy American" you are, you cant get away from the global market. By limiting American kids to 1 or 2 languages, you are only promoting the employment of ex-pats of other nations or Generation I children of ex-pats. This isnt just for "buying jobs" either, this is for sales, engineering,... the list goes on. I work in HVAC manufacturing as a EE and have talked to Italians, French Canadians, Indians, Serbians, Turkish, and Chinese. Why? Why not the PoA? What is wrong with the PoA in a language other than English? I suppose you would have been satisfied if they said: instead???? [/QUOTE]

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