As an American who grew up at a religious school in the 90s, we absolutely did not (or at least I never had access to one). Obviously places like Kora or Tibet have been effected in their history (I still want to read your answers ๐Ÿ˜), but what about, for example, New Zealand? Or Sierra Leonne? Or Portugal? I'm just curious to see how pervasive the new Global Language already is by this point.

BonusQuestion: Is it mostly following their Belt-and-Road Initiative? Wouldn't that be something?

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[โ€“] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Fair enough. Also thanks for not being one of the comments saying 'they definitely exist in America how dare you' ๐Ÿ™„ I could've worded it better but the goal of the post was to find edicational systems different than the one I personally went through, not to try to define all of America's system in a few sentences. I put a fairly detailed description of that in one of my other replies if you're curious but regardless, thanks for your time ๐Ÿ™‚

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    My town was one of the wealthier in the USA at the time and had a substantial population of immigrants from Korea/Japan/Taiwan so it made sense as a third language offering for the kids who were going back to Asia.

    A ton of American kids took it because their parents were in finance and pushed it.

    edit: It wasnโ€™t commonly offered in NJ schools in that time. That might have changed in the decades since I graduated

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