Mexican Nanny

So the more time I spend abroad the more I feel like America's education system is doing us a huge disservice with regards to learning other languages. When I was in school..what seems like ages ago..we had to only take 2 years of a foreign language...and...not everyone had to do that...only the people who wanted to get more scholarship money. When you compare this with other countries..its quite sad. Take the dutch for example. Every dutch person I know speaks perfect english because they are made to learn it their whole lives. Just because english is the language of business all around the world doesn't give us a right to get out of learning other languages. Personally, I feel like every American should begin to learn spanish as early as 1st grade. (Or even earlier with a nanny) They should take it all the way through school, and then in highschool, they should be required to pick another language to take 9-12th grade. Think of how many people you could then communicate if you knew english, spanish, and lets say german. Of the things I regret growing up...not learning spanish and not playing the piano more are the main two.