That's an interesting anecdote. Growing up in communist Romania, the only English I learned early on was at school. I had a great teacher in high school (he wou

That's an interesting anecdote. Growing up in communist Romania, the only English I learned early on was at school. I had a great teacher in high school (he would not utter a single word of Romanian), and then took elective classes in college. When I came to the US the first time I could not really speak, but I could understand well. It took 6 months of TV and social interaction (but mostly TV...) to become fluent.