PRO--boy, you have taken on a really difficult one. But, there sure is a huge need for people who speak/read Arabic. I admire you for attempting it.

I agree with the point about foreign languages. The problem I have with what seems to be the trend now is that our education system is just feeding into the demands of the Hispanics to make Spanish our country's second language. I don't think it ever hurts to learn as many other languages as you can but don't tell me that my grandchild is going to be FORCED to take Spanish. This seems to be a well-organized group of people who are hell-bent on making America a bilingual country and they are intent on that language being Spanish.