Why I don't speak French

I don't speak French. I don't know many people who do. Besides Canada, not very many people in North America speak French. The "important" or "valuable" language to learn in the states is Spanish. In fact, statistics show that it is only a matter of time before the US is a bilingual country with half of the population speaking SPANISH. Today some French guy flipped Kirsten and I some crap because when he goes to the states no one speaks French and he is forced to speak our language, English. He thinks it is stupid that when Americans come to France they expect everyone to speak English; instead, he said, we should learn French. I tried explaining to him that in the US we mostly learn Spanish because we are much closer to the Mexican border than to France. He looked at me and said, "But we do not speak Spanish here!"
I hate to break it to you, dude, but the world doesn't revolve around France. The US is a way bigger country and we are on a different CONTINENT than France. It doesn't make any logical sense to learn your language.
Now that I've gotten that out of my system, I would like to also point out that everyone else here (with the exception of one rude lady at the train station) has been VERY nice - a lot more pleasant than I expected the French to be. I guess it was only a matter of time before we ran into some French arrogance. It is unfortunate that those few difficult people are the ones who have built the French stereotype; I understand that not everyone is like that. I also want to add that although these countries are beautiful and magnificent on so many different levels, I have never been more proud to be an American and I feel much more patriotic. The constant need to defend our country and explain our more conservative beliefs makes me excited to come home and appreciate the way we live.

With that, I am going to bed! Or at least changing into some new clothes; it's so hot here. I totally have some new tan lines!
Xoxo
Meg
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