The Bellingham Herald – Angela Jackson
“Our children will rise or fall to the bar that we set for them. Parents, donors and supporters ask me regularly “Isn’t learning Russian, Chinese Mandarin, Arabic, (insert language) hard?” I always say “It is hard because we think it should be.” Imagine if someone told you that you had a gift for languages and that if you only spent a certain amount of hours practicing, you would achieve proficiency? Would you do it? Would you believe them? Imagine your 5-year old self when you still believed everything your parents told you. Would you believe you could speak Russian then, if your parents told you it was possible?.”(more)