Bill Rocchet (not verified) says:

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.

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