| Recently the media reported a study by the New | | | | American Anglophone want or need to learn to speak |
| England Historic Genealogical Society, which found that | | | | Spanish fluently. Well let us look at our geographic |
| Barack Obama is related to Brad Pitt and Hillary Clinton | | | | proximity to South America, Central America, Mexico |
| to Angelina Jolie. Distant cousins, yes, but who would | | | | and Latin America all of which primarily speak Spanish |
| have thought that? However, if we stop and think | | | | (with the exception of Brazil). Would you not want to |
| about it, we realize that despite our differences we | | | | be able to communicate with your neighbors if they |
| are not as different as we think. We are truly only | | | | were Spanish-speaking? We are all connected and to |
| separated by 6 degrees as we all are members of | | | | learn Spanish easily would be a step in the right |
| the human race. That being said, why would any North | | | | direction. |