Stuff White People Like #115 Promising to Learn a New Language
10th November 2008
Writing a novel, going vegan, or sending their future kid to public school are just a few of these great breakable promises. But by far the most common self improvement promise is to learn a new language.
Latin and Greek aren’t among the approved languages, of course; they’re too reactionary, and reading classical literature might undermine the proper progressive mindset.
November 10th, 2008 at 17:27
The most common self improvement promise is to lose weight. The next most common self improvement promise is to stop smoking. Learning a new language is pretty far down the list. (Sorry, Obama. BTW, how’s your smoking cessation effort going?)