Language-What are the benefits?

I do agree with Patricia Ryan. I agree with her opinion that knowing more than one language can be very useful throughout someone's life. Being bilingual is a good thing because you can communicate with other people & experience things you couldn't if you weren't bilingual. Only speaking one language limits you to speaking to other people, from learning new things about culture, and expanding your knowledge to the world. I am glad that the high school curriculum requires students to take a foreign language class because when they graduate, they are going farther into the world and are learning what else is out there & being able to communicate with others is very important to applying different & new experiences to your life.