*** Quoting Bj”rn Forsstr”m from a message to Malte Schmidt ***

 MS> That is just a guess. I only believe that, if I see it with my own eyes.
 MS> And after all this "America" could be just an elaborate
joke for all I
 MS> know. Maybe this place does not even exist and the news and all the
 MS> pictures are just counterfeit with the whole purpose to make me b
 MS> it. That would include of course that all users here are just fakes with
 MS> the exception of you and this someone who wrote from Japan once (if that
 MS> exists). ;-)

BF> Oh, if that was xxcarol she exists.

hehehe.  USA exists too.  Lots of lovely things to see and do.  A bit
harder if ¨you do not speak english or spanish (the 2 most common there). 
Most USA folks ¨are mono-lingual due to lack of exposure to more although
it's a rare person ¨who hasnt at least treied to take 1 or 2 years of
'something else' in the ¨grades 7-12.

Our little school here in Sasebo has Charlotte's first 'elective year' so
she ¨gets to chose some stuff.  One of her 2 options for a language is
Japanese ¨(obviously) and Spanish.  She's looking at an advanced reading
class instead ¨but we are thinking to have her take spanish instead.  She
needs no help with ¨reading at all.  Then again, we dont want her
overloaded.  She's smart, but not ¨a total brain .  She's a B+/A-
sort.

We will check and if the 'advanced reading' class is reading deeper books
than ¨the school normally requires (Chaucer isnt required at 7th grade, nor
is Faust ¨or such) then it would be a good option for her.  Japanese as an
elective is ¨out as we will be leaving after that and she'll not have a
chance to develop it ¨nor get use of it.

Choices choices .
                                       xxcarol

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