🚀 go-pugleaf

> And we're all still Canadians (no i'm not a separatist). So who cares if
> there's more francophones than anglophones??? Just learn the french
language
> and be bilingual and get hired / promoted too !

    The problem goes further than that.  Other than the fact that French is
the Official Second Language, what good is it the average Canadian?  I'm not
trying to be a prick, I'm serious.  I can't think of a single point in my
life where being fluent in French would have been beneficial.  We don't do
business in French, we don't socialize in French, we don't do anything in
French.  It's simply not a part of our lifestyle.  (Specifically in the
West)

    And what really annoys me is that the Federal Government feels that it's
so extremely important to know a second language, but there is virtually no
support for anything other than French.  I've spent thousands over the past
couple of years on private Spanish classes, but there is no support
whatsoever from the Federal Government.  If the classes are through a
certified college or university you can claim Tuition, however school
doesn't fit my lifestyle as I am in mid-career.  Instead, I found a
certified teacher (A university professor) and do regular night classes.  I
understand fully that French is our country's second language, but it just
doesn't make that much sense to me to be pumpin 750 Million into French, and
*nothing* into languages like Spanish or Chinese.  At the risk of
infuriating any native French speakers reading this, I see speaking French
as more of a novelty than a useful skill.  I've never been in a situation
where knowing French would have been helpful, with the exception of French
Class in High School!!  But I use my Spanish on a pretty regular
basis....especially when dealing with clients in the United States.  Maybe
my rant is pointless.....but I just wish there was a little more support for
"Languages" as a whole, and not just "French".

> And while I love english because it's a very practical and direct
language,
> french is so beautiful and poetic! It's worth to learn it just to read all
> those french books.

    If you're good with French, try out Spanish.  It should be "Easy" for
you.  I know that I can understand a lot more written/spoken French now than
before I started taking Spanish classes.  And then move onto the "Romance
Languages" retarded stepchild.....German.  I've never heard such a brutal
sounding language, although there are a few very interesting characterictics
to it.