My Friends, As one who has been in the college teaching business for too long, I would like to offer a reason for the lack of foreign language excperience these days. Simply, during the Vietnam War, the language requirement was for many a ticket to the rice paddies. Thus, it was dropped universally. Unfortunately, human nature being what it is, the requirement seemed silly to people who have never fulfilled it.
While it is not necessarily a sign of a poor education, it does diminish every person thus infected. I have found that knowing other languages in our society is like being sighted in a blind world. Henry Howey Professor of Music Sam Houston State University Box 2208 Huntsville, TX 77341 (936) 294-1364 http://www.shsu.edu/~music/faculty/howey.html Owner of FINALE Discussion List _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
