> One of the major failings of public schools and society in general is we do not teach people how to effectively use their idle time On a side note, most of m

> One of the major failings of public schools and society in general is we do not teach people how to effectively use their idle time On a side note, most of my uni-lingual friends have often bemoaned not knowing another language despite taking it in school for 3 to 4 years. Not only has the school failed at teaching them basic proficiency of foreign language, the failure has convinced them of the futility of the effort. Talk about unintended consequences...