China Daily

One routinely runs in to all sorts of newspapers, real estate, advertisements, and otherwise types of publications located on street corners that are either free or have a minimum charge. Although lately, we rarely pick up anything from the corner box except for the Hill Rag- our favorite neighborhood publication with the great cover art. Most of what we read is on line. It almost seems odd to even hold a newspaper anymore. One of our friends always picks up the Wall Street Journal when he visits, even though I can get it for him on the Kindle, and now the IPad. Things are changing- although I am not surprised in the least. We came across a newspaper box that contains the China Daily- right next to Politico and all the others. It sits right outside of the Capitol Hill Suites across from the Library. Although this particular publication may not have been available just a few years ago, it certainly makes sense today. Our grandson is taking Chinese in 3rd grade on Capitol Hill. My mother spoke both Polish and English when she grew up. We learned Polish first and quickly forgot it. In high school we had to take Latin, and then had a choice between French and Spanish. I selected French and could read it quite well, but never used it. My husband speaks not only fluent Farsi, but English, and French. In this town, there is about every language on earth- at the Library, there are over 120 (?) or so? I started collecting Madame Alexander foreign land dolls when I was six and have always been intrigued with other cultures. Milwaukee has a huge Polish and German population- something not as common here. There sure are a lot more tools available today to help one learn and navigate their way through another country. How does one decide which language to learn fluently now? Or is it just a little bit of this and that?



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Fits right in with the rest