Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 21, 2008
Transcript:
Gene: I took German for two years in high school. Gene: Now, I work with guys who speak Spanish! Arlo: That's life! Gene: I already know more Spanish than German! Arlo: I'm not surprised. Gene: Life really is a better teacher than the classroom... Arlo: I don't like the turn this conversation is taking.
He’s not 100% wrong. But I bet that he wouldn’t pick it up as easily without that classroom learning. I know German is a slavic language rather than Spanish being a Latin-based, but it’s still helpful to have the basis of other languages.