[Stingy Jack]

America is the only industrialized nation whose population (in general) speaks only a single language. It seems that people don't want to learn another language because they don't intend to use it, regardless of the value (both cultrally and intellectually) learning another can be. I think this really reflects the intellectual stagnancy that Americans have become mired in. "If it has no practical use, why do I need to know it?" Makes me sad, really.