| Learning a new language may be easy for kids, | | | | emergency and had to go elsewhere. So, he called |
| but it is not so for older people. What are the | | | | me and said that his team of experienced |
| reasons for learning a new language, especially a | | | | workers would come and finish the work and that |
| language like Spanish? Well, it may be for pleasure; | | | | he would come by later to check. |
| if you are going on a vacation to South America, | | | | His team of 6 people came at the fixed time. |
| able to speak basic Spanish will go a long way. Or, | | | | Only when I went out to instruct them about the |
| you could have a Spanish friend and you would | | | | jobs to be completed, did I know that all of them |
| like to make him happy by speaking in his native | | | | were Spanish and none spoke even a little bit of |
| tongue. The other reason could be, for managing | | | | English. By the time I gave them instructions, I |
| people at your workplace. If you work at a job | | | | became well versed in sign language! Even then, I |
| where many Spanish people work, learning the | | | | stayed outside till they finished their job to make |
| language becomes essential. But, I don't go out | | | | sure that the wrong tree was not cut down. At |
| for work neither do I intend to go on a vacation | | | | the end of the day, when their boss came over |
| to South America, at least not in the near future. | | | | to inspect, I told him that his men did a very fine |
| Then why would I want to learn Spanish? | | | | job but that the next time a work was to be |
| Recently, some tree work had to be done in my | | | | done, either Mr.Tim came over or they have to |
| backyard like cutting down a dead tree, some | | | | wait till I learn Spanish. I have always stressed the |
| tree pruning, removing dead limbs, feeding etc. | | | | importance of learning Spanish to my 12 year old |
| We told our regular tree maintenance guy Mr.Tim | | | | son, but I realized on that day that maybe even I |
| to come the next day and do all the tree work. | | | | have to learn the language for survival! |
| Unfortunately, the next day Mr.Tim had an | | | | |