9 Responses to “Should Americans start teaching their kids to speak Chinese?”

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   Dok
   Nov 05, 2011
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   Never hurts to know a language.

   
   
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   starshine624
   Nov 05, 2011
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   Its embaressing to know only english while the rest of the world knows atleast 2 or 3 languages. however chinese is on the bottem of my list. . . i plan on learning french, swedish, polish?

   
   
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   iamct01
   Nov 05, 2011
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   No, Republicans gave Obama crap when he said American kids should learn a second language. They know best.

   
   
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   JR1978
   Nov 05, 2011
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   Most Chinese students seem to be learning English instead.

   
   
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   FallenAngel
   Nov 05, 2011
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   It never hurts to know another language. And I am proficient in both English and Mandarin (Chinese).

   
   
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   Luke J
   Nov 05, 2011
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   It doesn’t hurt to learn but honestly with the amount of time you’ll spend just studying Chinese characters you could easily become proficient in 2 or 3 other languages. Just because a country becomes more economically prosperous doesn’t mean it will suddenly start exporting its culture to the US.

   
   
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   Enigmatic Airman
   Nov 05, 2011
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   Another language isnt a bad idea…dunno about Chinese tho…

   
   
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   Barricade
   Nov 05, 2011
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   I think that students should be exposed to many types of languages growing up, so that they can determine themselves if they want to learn another language.

   
   
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   nycpremiere
   Nov 05, 2011
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   China is coming up fast, for those of you that don’t know they are going to be a giant within a decade. Even Obama has made U.S. – Asia relations one of his top priorities during his visit there and for a good reason. I have many non-chinese actually non-asian peers that are now studying Chinese in order to do well in business.

   
   

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