Without language options in school I would not be a Spanish speaker today. I love speaking spanish. I continued to speak it in college. Outside of general valu

Without language options in school I would not be a Spanish speaker today. I love speaking spanish. I continued to speak it in college. Outside of general value, it's also a great tool for life and work. It allows me to appreciate other cultures, travel, and (oh by the way) communicate with a great deal of Americans in a more effective way. I dare say if I was a line manager at most restaurants or in the agricultural field these days it would be a damned-near critical skill. I get not making it mandatory, but to not teach it at all seems like dereliction.