Among many other things she wants, my 14 year old daughter wants to move to Germany. Or at least visit for a long time. And she's making pretty decent inroads on learning the language.
I'd say another reason Germany kicks our ass, which applies to lost of other countries as well, is that most of their people speak more than just German.
Contrast that with the U.S. where people act as though their heads are going to explode should they have to "press 1 for English."
Sayonara! Ciao! Gezundheit!
