Alan Horowitz <alanh@mailhost.infi.net> writes:
Certainly, I believe TCM's proposition that there is no "economic need" for an American to learn a second language.
On the other hand, I haven't seen any demonstration of the "value" of learning history. Yet, who would argue that ignorance of history is a good policy to follow?
Likewise, Tim says there's no value in learning about "traditional" crypto. I say there is. There's a value in convinving a child to learn a second language (at least 1) or history or geometry: it improves his/her thinking process in general. Sure beats baseball (one of the things I dislike most about the U.S.) As someone pointed out, most monolingual Americans can't use English properly. --- Dr. Dimitri Vulis Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps