So, the boys and I were discussing the "Having to learn Spanish" in the car on the way to the pool this afternoon. We all decided that if we were moving to another country, let's just say France. We would speak English at home but we would learn French b/c we were living there not just visiting. I don't think you should have to learn a language or be fluent in a language of a country you are just visiting. If you're going to live there, yes, learn it! I'm all for that. I think it is great to know lots of things and it definitely makes a person more marketable to know lots of things, languages included but having to learn Spanish in our country in absurd! We just don't speak it here so there isn't a reason to know it to live here.