Garbage review of a garbage book. Not sure why I spent all that time reading something uselessly long.
Calling a language "useless" is shallow and trite. Learning a language, wherever it ranks on the world's popularity list, is about learning a culture, opening new doors, conversing with a people and broadening your mind.
The only way to learn a language properly is to immerse yourself in it. The US-centric model of endless classes and then going off to Europe to party with a bunch of your friends with whom you only converse in English will only set you up for failure. The initial impetus to learn was potentially a romantic one, to learn a foreign language. But your dream was dashed by the actual difficulty and perseverance required to learn.
Calling a language "useless" is shallow and trite. Learning a language, wherever it ranks on the world's popularity list, is about learning a culture, opening new doors, conversing with a people and broadening your mind.
The only way to learn a language properly is to immerse yourself in it. The US-centric model of endless classes and then going off to Europe to party with a bunch of your friends with whom you only converse in English will only set you up for failure. The initial impetus to learn was potentially a romantic one, to learn a foreign language. But your dream was dashed by the actual difficulty and perseverance required to learn.