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WTF? I thought we were living in America! Anyway, I don't want to turn this into a political rant or discussion, but living here in the United Southwest, it definately pays to be bilingual, especially when it comes to Spanish, and I see a lot of employers looking for people that know how to read, write, and speak in Spanish.

I took several classes in high school, but that was way too long ago, and the only thing I remember is saying shit like, "Me llamo es Maico," or other very, very basic shit like that. I think it would work out to my advantage, not only in work sector, but everywhere else if I learned how to speak Spanish again.

So, have you guys ever had great success learning a different language? And how did you go about doing it? All these magazines I've been reading lately always seem to have ads for that Rosetta Stone system that says they will guarantee you learning the language of your choice, but the whole system costs almost $500 and I think it's just a computer program that teaches you how to speak the language only.

What I'd really like is to take a beginner class and learn the language again with an instructor or someone there to help out and answer questions. How do you find a class like this? Maybe they even have free classes like a lot of the charity and community classes that offer free English classes. Hopefully it won't cost too much or take too long like once a week classes. I'd like to be able to write and read in Spanish as well, and not just speaking it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.