I'm just saying that in regions like Cali, Oregon, the entire SW, Florida and big chunks of the midwest, I've always seen good reason to teach Spanish as a 2nd language, with others optional, just because *so* many people speak it, and there are definite cultural and communication barriers. Where I work, not one of our officers (our Supervisor, yes, but he's rarely about) speaks Spanish, some barely know enough to relate basic needs/locations with our all-hispanic, barely-english-speaking janitorial staff/many of our employees. That leads to some pretty scary communication breakdowns. I can pick out words here and there, and have expanded my vocabulary a good bit from the time I was hired, but even then...