<p>ucbalumnus, to be quite honest, utility is not EVERYTHING to me. For instance, I am one of the most advanced students in reading and writing in Spanish at my high school, but I personally don’t have an interest to continue the language.
Chinese, on the other hand, intrigues me -but, at the same time, so does German. It just kind of comes back to is the potential additional effort/struggle worth it. </p>
<p>The concept of tone personally really excites me, and I think I would enjoy it.</p>