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Lately I've been fascinated with many cultures around the world and one of my goals in life is to learn as many languages fluently as I can. I've become fascinated by it lately because of several reasons, like having Spanish class right now has motivated me to learn more about a culture and language. Also I play a game which makes me meet people from all over the world and they talk about their life a lot. Each person has an incredibly different way of life and to learn that some of those things are the "norm" whereas it might seem unlike our life here. Being in America helps with being open to culture because there are so many people here from all over the world. The only downside is that there are so many cultures that it's hard to learn about the culture in depth.

The reason why I love languages is because I like the way that people are able to understand a whole different set of sounds with complete accuracy. I know of several countries that can speak both English and another language fluently and it makes me mad that English is the dominant language here and no other. It seems like we are too lazy to try and adapt another language, but then again what other language is there? Spanish I suppose. And even within the country there are a number of dialects and it makes me wonder why this is so, especially if the country is small. As of right now I am learning three languages, but only really trying to learn Spanish and Vietnamese. I learn Vietnamese from my parents and on my own for grammar, and then I learn Spanish from school. However, like this map, there are so many languages out there to learn and I know it's impossible to learn every single language in the world, but of course I can learn the languages I like.