Jack Hira
commercial property manager
“I can speak the Indian languages of Hindi and Sindhi. I use them occasionally, but I wish I knew Spanish.”
Daniel Case
Greenpeace activist
“I would like to learn the scientific language of Latin.”
Sharon Bloom
accountant technician
“I think Greek would be a great language to learn because I could understand what I’m ordering in their
Breanna Thompson
restaurant hostess
“I took two years of Spanish in high school. I would like to learn French, but I think Spanish would be more useful.”
This article appears in Sep 16-23, 2010.