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It's not pathetic at all. The US is nearly three times the size of Europe and speaks the same language...why mandate learning another? It makes sense in Europe because of how many languages are spoken there.
If the US was like Europe with each state speaking a different language, it would probably be mandated. There is very little value for Joe Schmoe in the middle of Iowa to learn French or whatever.
You're gonna get (rightfully, imo) downvoted not because people agree with you but because your post is condescending as fuck
Learning other languages promotis elastic thinking and makes you smarter overall, why not min-max?
Go for it, I'm not against learning a second language at all! But I'm not so sure about mandating it.
Either way, there is absolutely nothing embarrassing or pathetic about being monolingual
So would learning violin though, and I personally would prefer to play violin.