i’ve learned bits and pieces of both spanish and mandarin chinese but not enough to be fluent. second languages are difficult to learn and i give up too easily. it’s really bad when i don’t use the language daily because then i forget every thing i learned and have to start over. i am going to make it my goal to take a whole year of spanish in college so that i will use it often and study it a lot more. i really like chinese but learning how to write out the little signs has proven very difficult for me. at least spanish uses a similar alphabet. i’ve already mastered writing letters. i think i can handle it!