French: You long forgotten language
In Lebanon, our private school system is usually dominated by one language: French. We learn French in kindergarten and from the very first grade all throughout the school years. In it, we learn the sciences, mathematics, history and pretty much every school subject. Arabic is also taught but relegated to Arabic literature, Arab history, and geography courses. French literature has the same grade weight as Arabic on the report card. Some people even use French to speak to their young children, who in turn pick up the language earlier than the rest (the same people also use it with to talk to pets, but that’s another topic). Now other schools use English instead of French for the same reason, they are more of a special case, and I won’t mention them here further here. At some point in the academic course, a third language makes an appearance. The world most indispensable language: English. It is taught later in the academic course, and its role and its grade weight are small in th...