*** Quoting Danny Ceppa from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 WD> Kids, any kids worldwide, are very receptive for languages. The younge
 WD> the better. It's just a pitty that in the US languages get too little
 WD> attention and some even are optional I think.

 CS> Most USA schools by High School, have 3 languages with spanish and
 CS> french being 2 of them and it's debatable as to the 3rd since they do
 CS> not all match.  Some schools have language classes in middle school
 CS> (7-9th grades).  There's normally a 'intro to languages' in grade
 CS> school (1-6) but it is seldom extensive and it's at most, 1 hour a
 CS> week. 

DC> As Ward mentioned, the younger the better.  

Quite right.  But the emphasis in the USA for the last 100 years has been
to get all the new folks to speak english, so perhaps that is another
reason to minimize other languages?  Dunno.

DC> My cousin, who lived with my grandparents, could speak Polish.  But, 
DC> grandma didn't even want her own kids to use it.  She insisted that 
DC> it had to be English only.  

DC> As such, I know only a few words of Polish.  

Not at all unusual for the states.
                                       xxcarol

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