(French here) The environment also changed a lot. We are now much more exposed to english based culture through Internet, movies and tv shows, making it much ea

(French here) The environment also changed a lot. We are now much more exposed to english based culture through Internet, movies and tv shows, making it much easier to maintain a level good enough to communicate after school. My parents did learn english but never had chances to make any use of it. They might have had a good enough level to communicate at some point but they definitely forgot everything