Oooh, another paper.

As far as the research paper goes, I figured out the topic the second I heard the prompt. There is one thing I know that I want to put down on paper, as an expression of something very near and dear to my heart--Language. I want to write about the community of bilinguals, of polyglots, and about those who believe that this country should be primarily English speaking only. While English as a lingua franca is certainly understandable, there is a strange trend in America that dictates that two years of a language is enough. In Europe, and in other parts of the world, most children are raised bilingual, or trilingual. Why is it that in America, we don't stress this at all? Why is it that high schools feel that two year of a language is sufficient, while in other countries, children begin learning a new language in elementary school? It's a community that has such merits, yet is constantly overlooked by the American school system, and society at large. As far as research goes, because I am a foreign language major, I'm interested in interviewing my Japanese professors, and their outlook on this trend. There are most likely tons of internet resources, showing how this outlook began, and why it is not being changed.