Although there's nothing wrong with learning French, the suggestion that it should be taught to an American child as a FIRST LANGUAGE is risibly absurd.
This is just the kind of quixotic crap that appeals to hollow-headed Hollywood types and socially aspirant UES dilettantes who see the school as a means of separating their coddled kids from the rest of the trash.
Although there's nothing wrong with learning French, the suggestion that it should be taught to an American child as a FIRST LANGUAGE is risibly absurd.
This is just the kind of quixotic crap that appeals to hollow-headed Hollywood types and socially aspirant UES dilettantes who see the school as a means of separating their coddled kids from the rest of the trash.