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Demand is high for Spanish speakers

Nowadays, if a kindergartner can introduce himself in Spanish and you can’t, signing up for a class or two wouldn’t be a bad idea.

The director of the Spanish and Latin American department studies acknowledges that potential employees who are fluent could offer a very valuable job skill, indicating that the 14 percent increase in students studying in Spanish is possibly a new trend in education.

Even with the additions of another assistant professor and more classes, the director admits more staff is needed. The university should continue facilitating the need because it seems to be growing in popularity.

It’s obvious that in the very near future, if you want almost any job, especially in Texas, taking a Spanish class could be crucial to landing it.

According to the 2000 Census, about one-fourth of Texans speak it.

If you apply for any job, and another applicant knows more Spanish than you do, be prepared to keep searching the classifieds with your red pen.

The importance of this language has transcended what we once thought. It still might be just one of several languages offered at TCU, but when 5-year-old children know how to count to 100, it’s obvious that a new norm is forming.

Sooner than we might think, learning Spanish will not just be a job skill, but a life skill. Hopefully TCU is preparing us for life after college.