Conquer Club

JBlombier wrote:You're American, why would you even wanna know where Estonia is. You know their capitals as well (I do, but I was forced)? No offense to any Estonians, but I could drive to that country today and it wouldn't make me or any Estonians happier persons.

maasman wrote:

JBlombier wrote:You're American, why would you even wanna know where Estonia is. You know their capitals as well (I do, but I was forced)? No offense to any Estonians, but I could drive to that country today and it wouldn't make me or any Estonians happier persons.
I don't see the value in knowing all these countries. You can show these kids CC and they'll know the world in no time. Learning languages is okay, you can actually use that.

Perhaps I'm biased, since my best subjects were clearly French, German and English. I wonder if the OP will change the poll. American do have the opportunity to learn these languages as well, right?

- JBlombier

My school has German, French, Spanish, and Japanese. I doubt many public schools of my size (<1200) have other languages than that. I have heard of Chinese, and Latin in private schools, but I don't think they are common. Chinese may be on the rise though, but again I don't know.