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04-03-2008, 10:40 PM
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| here's one vote for spanish. | 
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04-03-2008, 10:41 PM
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| jonathan, that quote you've got up there is me agreeing with you in the PREP SCHOOL ADMISSIONS FORUM! exactly. i was agreeing with you in the fact that NMH is a better boarding school than the other ones. i certainly wasnt agreeing with you on this topic. Quote: |
courtney i usually go by the quote, talk to an idiot, you are an idiot". Therefore, you shouldn't talk to me, you may become an idiot.
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04-03-2008, 10:41 PM
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| Also, if you really can't make up your mind you could take Chinese in school since it's much harder and try to self study Spanish or take it online. | |
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04-03-2008, 10:43 PM
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courtney i usually go by the quote, talk to an idiot, you are an idiot". Therefore, you shouldn't talk to me, you may become an idiot.
| ..***? I suggest you stop talking. You're just making yourself look even worse.
lol why does it mask w.t.f? | |
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04-03-2008, 10:45 PM
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| ive got 2 votes.
its 2-0 right now. | |
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04-03-2008, 10:47 PM
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| No one voted for you. | |
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04-03-2008, 10:47 PM
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| why am i making myself look worse. im saying that you referred to yourself as an idiot. 
ps. sorry for hijacking your thread. | |
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04-03-2008, 10:49 PM
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| shhhhhhhhhhhh. | |
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04-03-2008, 10:50 PM
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| IMO, it's overkill to learn all those Chinese characters, which is a terribly inefficient system by the way. Besides, many of the people you'd use your Chinese on in business are already learning English anyways.
You can't say the same for Spanish though; there's an entire continent of them. | |
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04-03-2008, 10:54 PM
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| +1 vote for spanish. And +1 for Jonathan1. Please continue, you guys are funny | |
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04-03-2008, 11:00 PM
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| ARYL08, please vote in this thread. Who's the better debater?
thanks. Courtney and I are going to debate on a serious topic where you can see our real skills. | |
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04-03-2008, 11:03 PM
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| I still stick with the idea of learning chinese. Yes, spanish may seem more useful than chinese because of the % of hispanics here, but understand that by virtue of the simple fact that hispanics are living in the US (whose official language IS English), hispanics are forced to pick up English to some degree. You really can't be self sufficient in the US without English. Besides, you really don't need that much spanish to survive (Donde esta el bano? doesn't strike me as that hard to memorize).
True, many Chinese are learning English, but if you were to learn Chinese you would demonstrate an appreciation for their language. They would be more inclined to do business with you, be more flexible in deals, etc. Not to mention the advantage you'd have in job searches. From what I've seen, most bilingual people applying for jobs in the US are spanish speakers. How many Chinese speakers do you see? Less competition.
Lastly, there are more than twice as many Chinese speakers as Spanish. The ability to communicate with 1/6 of the world is astounding in itself. | |
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04-03-2008, 11:04 PM
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| ok me and jonathan are gonna debate a real topic, because he think's he's better. haha. any ideas or suggestions on what we should debate, im up for anything. | |
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04-03-2008, 11:04 PM
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Lastly, there are more than twice as many Chinese speakers as Spanish.
| All located in one region. | |
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04-03-2008, 11:05 PM
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| ps. i really hate this wait 60 seconds between posts thing. | |
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