been studying german but lately have been thinking about switching to spanish, but considering the current state of things in the u.s it might not be a bad idea? idk

  • jawa21@lemmy.sdf.orgM
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    I guess that depends on where you are. Around here, Spanish will make you a more valuable hire and you are likely to never even hear German.

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      I want to move to Germany in the future when I’m financially stable, and it could just be me being a pessimist, but I don’t know if I can see that happening. I’ll probably continue to study German out of the sunk cost fallacy because it’s already way better than my Spanish.

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        I studied German for several years, and it was ironically useful when I was in Guatemala - another traveler sometimes needed help bridging the gap with her spotty English and I was able to help. Though, Spanish would have been much more useful in that country, learning languages can be really useful in unexpected moments.