It's one of my big regrets from school days. Not sure if it's the same in the US, but in England you have to learn at least one language right up until 16. I did Spanish but I didn't enjoy it and didn't put any real effort or work into it. As I got older I started to wish I could speak another language and was always jealous if I came across a fellow Brit who could (you don't come across too many bilingual people here, I suspect it's the same in most English-speaking countries).
I look back now and think I was getting 2 hours of Spanish lessons a week at school and hardly any of it has gone in! Who knows, if I actually stick to my grand plan and learn Greek by the time I'm 40 and then turn to Spanish, maybe some of that learning has been locked away somewhere and will come out again. Mind you, I haven't ruled out French after Greek. And like I said, if I do actually manage to crack a language like Greek, which is considered a Category 4 language when it comes to difficulty for English-speakers to learn (only Category 5 is higher and that only contains Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and Japanese), then I will have the confidence to pick up at Category 1 language like French or Spanish with relative ease.
In reality, I'll probably give up the Greek thing well before I hit 40
That said, I've just completed another lesson tonight. I'm 22% of my way through the first of five learning pathways.
I look back now and think I was getting 2 hours of Spanish lessons a week at school and hardly any of it has gone in! Who knows, if I actually stick to my grand plan and learn Greek by the time I'm 40 and then turn to Spanish, maybe some of that learning has been locked away somewhere and will come out again. Mind you, I haven't ruled out French after Greek. And like I said, if I do actually manage to crack a language like Greek, which is considered a Category 4 language when it comes to difficulty for English-speakers to learn (only Category 5 is higher and that only contains Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and Japanese), then I will have the confidence to pick up at Category 1 language like French or Spanish with relative ease.
In reality, I'll probably give up the Greek thing well before I hit 40
That said, I've just completed another lesson tonight. I'm 22% of my way through the first of five learning pathways.