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If you are American then you took at least 4 years of a foreign language in high school, if not a total of 7 counting middle school. Therefore there is no excuse for why you don't read books in that language. If you have graduated college or are in university as an American, then in addition to your 4-7 years of foreign language you will have become proficient as a degree requirement in that same foreign language or a new one. Therefore there is no excuse for why you don't read books in the foreign language you learned at college.

>> No.17952304

>>17952283
I took 2 years of italian in “middle school” then 2 more in high school. Io parlo la pasta neopolitan

>> No.17952305

>>>/lit/lang/

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>>17952283
It's not like the Mexican kids can read books in Spanish. We watched Spanglish and Puss n Boots in Spanish II. I do know all the required Spanish to play soccer.
>esquina
>cruza la wey
>pinche pendejo
>ayyy cabron jajajaja

>> No.17952361

>>17952283
High school language classes are garbage.
Should just give every kid a Assimil course in the language of their choice and get rid of language classes altogether.

>> No.17952430

>>17952361
they should stop indoctrinating children period

>> No.17952441

>>17952430
Yes, leave the indoctrination to the immediate family.

>> No.17952444

>>17952283
I’m a Brit and I only “studied” one foreign language (French) for 2 years (11-13).

>> No.17952464

>>17952441
that's how "culture" is formed retard

>> No.17952469

>>17952283
Op here, I'm trans btw. Not sure if that matters

>> No.17952473

>>17952283
I occasionally attempt to use german

>> No.17952537

>>17952430
>teaching children a new language = indoctrination

>> No.17952564

>>17952464
No it's not. Culture is larger than family. Maybe if you're isolated and only interact with your family, then I might agree with you.

>> No.17952565

>>17952283
Incorrect. I went to a preparatory school and then a university. Neither had a foreign language requirement for my track. I had to take exactly 2 courses in Greek and Latin as a freshman high school student.

>> No.17952616

>>17952283
Americans can't even use English properly. Stupid frog poster.

>> No.17952676

>>17952283
American public schools are poorly run daycare centers. I passed all five years of French and never learned to speak it even conversationally. All you have to do to pass an American high school course is show up every once in a while

>> No.17952828

>>17952564
literal retard

>> No.17952840

>>17952283
That's simple false. Americans do not need to take any years of a foreign language in school

>> No.17952872

>>17952840
I am American. I went to a public high school in the South. I was required to take a foreign language seriously (actually getting letter grades) from middle school through high school. What happened to all this Northern supremacy I keep hearing about? I though education in the South was poor? And now all of a sudden I find out it's the reverse. Keep coping Coastal cucks