Language Education

As i said in class before i feel that US schools are way too far behind in learning language. AT a young age children are more absorbent of skills, thats why they learn so fast. If language was taught around age 5 it would be much easier for them to learn. I feel that it would also make them much more intellegent in the long run and also more culturally accepting. Many Americans i believe take pride in only knowing english and see wanting to learn other languages as somehow not american. I remeber when the national anthem was sung in spanish there was a huge backlash agaisnt it even though there is no official language in the US. I wonder if any presdients have been bilingual, i think it would make them more accepted in the global scheme. I think that most Americans have this feeling that we are the best country and everyone in the world should conform to what what we do especially our language, and that learingin other languages would be like saying we arent as good as we advertise.