Re: British Say US Is Violent, Money-Hungry, Uncultured Nation
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Originally Posted by MountainPro
every kid in the UK is taught French at an advanced level in school. This isnt out of necessity. It is an attempt to educate. Also languages such as Spanish, German, Chinese and Japanese are all accessible from the standard curriculm here.
Some even teach Welsh!
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which is awesome! and sadly, our schools have gone away from what little language classes they had because of budget concerns.
but even if all children did learn a language, where are they going to use it? in the event my child learned any of the aforementioned languages, i'm not sure who they would even speak it to...with the obvious exceptions of spanish. and we don't speak to those people.
hahahaha....jk peeps. i just said that because the survey claims we have racial strife as well.
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Originally Posted by stevebaby
Just about every brit that I have ever known,here or in the uk,has travelled abroad.Most of the australians and kiwis that I know have travelled abroad.The germans,Irish and swedes are also great travellers.
Americans don't get as much vacation time as other countries so even when they do travel it's not for very long.
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sweet. have you been to the states?
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what's wrong with "dude"? it's an exceptionally versatile word. and should anyone prefer not to converse with me because i employed that word on occasion, i can assure you the feeling is mutual...dude.
