Cocteau Twins - For Phoebe Still a Baby

cuallitonalli · 2020-11-26T04:53:37+00:00

That's definitely an aspect, but it's also a fact that there is less emphasis on language instruction in schools in America, specifically, than in many other countries. From what I know of the UK, the situation is similar there. And nowhere in the world that I've traveled, except perhaps France, have I encountered so much resistance to hearing foreign languages spoken. At least in the above case, I would say it's very obvious that politics was involved with said resistance.

cuallitonalli · 2020-11-25T03:29:02+00:00

qué bárbaro. Most of the rest of the world = train kids from birth to speak multiple languages; America = make sure people only speak English. Language is power, that's why I think the American education system works to keep people from being able to understand anyone outside.

cuallitonalli