snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy) (03/18/89)
In article <21572@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> loving@cs.ucla.edu (Mike Loving) writes: | I personally think that it is sad that so few people in the US speak | ANY foreign language. I think that requiring two foreign languages for | a Ph.D. is a bit extreme but I think one would be a good thing. Isn't it supposed to be much easier to learn (natural) languages when you are young? Post-grad is a bit late, foreign languages should be taught in grade school. It would be nice if natural languages were as easy to learn as computer languages. (more logic, less memorization) Someday I expect to turn the TV on and hear, "I'll take German irregular verbs for $500." _____ /_____\ Snoopy (not a Jeopardy fan) /_______\ |___| tekecs.wv.tek.com!sopwith!snoopy qiclab!sopwith!snoopy |___| sun!nosun!illian!sopwith!snoopy parsely!sopwith!snoopy