Have you ever had this feeling/thought?

It is one that comes almost exclusively when someone is trying to learn a new language.

Other than to get your high school diploma, why would you want to learn a second language anyway?

Well, for starters, how about some statistics about second languages. There are many places that use more than one language to communicate with each other. You, given that you may want to be more adventurous, you can help to preserve dying languages. If so, you can use some of these principles to learn the language.

Even here in America, and Puerto Rico, a second language is starting to become a necessity for communication:

http://io9.com/the-most-common-language-in-each-us-state-besides-engli-1575909143

http://www.topuertorico.org/culture/language.shtml

http://wfpl.org/post/what-jcps-doing-accommodate-explosive-growth-english-second-language-students

If you can learn that second language, it will be very beneficial. If you don’t think so, just ask them: