NPR interviewed geraldo rivera on this new book 'hispanic'. in that interview, he quotes his dad on the importance of being bilingual, 'if you have two languages, you have two souls.' rivera didn't grow up speaking spanish. he only started learning when he was sent back to live with his grandparents in Puerto Rico at age 15.
questions for thought.
1. can a 32 year-old man-child learn chinese NOW?
2. my wife and i have lived for nearly a decade in japan, and we're functional in the language (the language of my grandparents' historical 'enemy'). isn't that good enough? right now my grandparents are thinking of ways of digging themselves out of their graves to kick me in the butt.
a blog about movie back to the U.S. after a seven year hiatus in Japan. this was our life for the first year back from a little island to the big state of texas.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
geraldo rivera says something relevant
Posted by keepEatingMatt at 5:31 AM
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