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During high school I decided to study French because I thought it was a pretty language and I always wanted to go to France. Also, it seemed like everyone else wanted to study the Spanish language. I guess part of me also wanted to be a little different and unique.  I did not know why everyone wanted to study the Spanish language but for some reason it was by far the most popular. Some of my friends said that they though it would be the most useful because it is one of the top languages spoken in the world.  Along with this, it would be much more likely to end up in a situation where it is necessary to speak Spanish. Also, the Spanish language , they claimed was the easiest to do well in and to master.

They were probably right because I had a pretty difficult time doing well in French. There were so many rules to learn and remember and I could never remember which verb went where and how to conjugate it. I have heard this is true of other languages as well, including the Spanish language, so I do not know why French would have been so much harder. But, my classmates in French class and I all had a heck of  a time doing well, while we never heard any complaints about learning the Spanish language from everyone else.

When I finally did get a chance to take a trip to France with my family, I was glad that I had decided to learn French instead of the Spanish language.  Unfortunately, when I was finally surrounded by French speaking people I could hardly understand what they were saying. With four years of high school French under my belt, I hoped that I would at least be able to communicate simple messages. I tried and faltered quite a few times and by the end of the trip I will admit I was pretty frustrated with my French speaking abilities.

After going to college I gave up on French, but I wish I would have kept with a language . Recently, my friends and I took a trip to Mexico, and during our short stay I tried to learn a little bit of the Spanish language. We had one friend with us who was fluent in the Spanish language, after years of studying it and immersing herself into different Spanish language cultures. I would watch and listen in awe as she communicated with ease to everyone around us. During this week I was jealous of her fluency in the Spanish language, and I wished that I would have studied

Spanish during high school. I tried learning as much as I could in that short week even though it was not really necessary since almost everyone could easily communicate in English. It is frustrating though to only have one fluent language as my own when the rest of the world, for the most part, has at least two.

Looking back on my life, I wish I would have started studying French or Spanish language as a young child. I think if I would have done this a second language would have come much easier to me. Now, I know if I ever wanted to pick up another language again it would require a lot of time and effort and be a very overwhelming process.

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