<p>wow....sfblabla, Yes how ignorant I am of my OWN culture, seeing as I'm from a latinamerican nation (not that I was simply born there, I've lived there for 16yrs). SO I can tell you first hand that I have NEVER met a single castillian (because you're sure as hell not going to find for example someone from catalu</p>
<p>Totally off topic, but sf606508, the Young Republicans (or at least some sort of Republicans club) is live and well at Wes. It may have been defunct a few years ago, IDK, but it's going fine right now. Also, if you want name recognition, try a school that's not an LAC...most people who know Middlebury will also know to at least ask which Wesleyan you go to, if they don’t assume Wesleyan U (and will be impressed when you say the one in CT); most random people you meet won't know either. </p>
<p>Also, don't be surprised if you DO meet blunt intolerance here if you continue to spout remarks like calling the language on an entire continent provincial and hick like. Most people are more interested in hearing other viewpoints than you think; however, most are also intolerant of borderline racist Eurocentrist ramblings.</p>
<p>On topic: I don’t know much about I-Banking, but it does seem like Asian languages will be very useful in the future in any sort of business where you’ll be working internationally.</p>
<p>sorry guys, i know this is off-topic, but sometimes you have to weigh the risk of hijacking a thread against the benefits of some general admissions info. First of all, sf505606 is <em>not</em> Asian American, he is Asian Canadian. Trust me, there are plenty of white, ski-loving, French-speaking, Canadians at Wesleyan.</p>
<p>Secondly, at a place with Wesleyan's high profile in the arts world, having a "music thing" hardly qualifies as a hook.</p>
<p>Thirdly, finding room for seventy transfers in a student body of nearly 3,000 is not that difficult. Wesleyan's retention rate for frosh is over 90%.</p>
<p>Yes, sf505606, I think the Asian conservative thing could work for you at Wesleyan. Wesleyan's pretty accepting of outrageous views if they come packaged in a non-threatening, humorous way. Wesleyan embraces awkwardness. </p>
<p>You can throw that away by going to Middlebury (or re-applying to Amherst) if you want to, but, what a waste if all you gain from the experience is somehow that pretension and Euro-centrism are good things in today's global economy (there, was that back on topic, sort of?)</p>
<p>The global economy is still pretty Euro-centric. (in the cultural sense). 7 out of the G8 are of European heritage. That is perhaps some food for thought when picking second languages.</p>
<p>As a personal anecdote, when I recently worked as an interpreter for a mining consortium, it struck me how much Asian languages still have to "catch up" with the scientific developments of the last 500 years, happening mostly in Euro-American countries. It was very awkward translating some mining terms because the Chinese equivalent was so clearly non-native and indeed hard on the tongue. That's why I very much doubt that actually learning the Chinese (or Japanese or Korean) language will do as much as some claim. Global business is molded and developed in the English language (and some other European languages like, perhaps German in the technical fields).</p>
<p>hehe I already know Arabic :D (both English and Arabic were cooperatively my first languages), and I know basic french from HS, might get serious about it in Uni</p>
<p>I think, depending on what I decide to study, I might go back to the middle east for work. ill make tons of money for reasons I cannot disclose other than the western degree</p>
<p>What reasons can't you disclose? Deciding to work for the CIA XD? I'd do that but I don't really want to be a sellout.</p>
<p>to keep my anonymity</p>
<p>shu ma bedek...</p>
<p>so did we reach any consensus on this b/c I read most of this thread and it seemed like there was mostly arguing between a couple of posters, and not much productive talk. Not to sound like a jerk, but is it possible to get back on track, b/c I am really curious about this, and I posted on wallstreetoasis but didn't really get anything helpful either.</p>
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The Spanish (Pennisulare) - New World difference, on the other hand, isn't just peculiar instance. True Spaniards look upon the entirety of New World Spanish with disdain, perhaps less in some cases; they see it not as just a variation, but a corruption of the true language. Wonder why Hispanic mestizos have a regular habit of trying to claim that they are almost-pure or pure European, or failing that, exaggerating the proportion of their European ancestry? The whole inferiority complex is built into the culture, far before the Spanish Empire, since the time of Reconquista, when Spanish knights wold hold up their arms to show the blue vein and thus blood "uncontaminated" by the Moors.
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<p>You don't know anything about Hispanics, so please, for everyone's sake, stop acting as if you do. </p>
<p>Spaniards do not look down on Latinos. It has been said over and over again (meaning it's well known) that Spain is a host to many Latino immigrants and that one thing they notice is that Latinos use the 'usted' form (formal) a lot more than they do, and that it's a nice change. </p>
<p>Racism is heavily prevalent in Latin America because of Whites, and because of that many Mestizos do try to exaggerate the amount of European blood they have in them... but not to make themselves appear more 'Spanish.' </p>
<p>Mexican Spanish is often looked up to in Latin America for being the clearest form. I doubt you've even been to Spain before because if you had you would know that there aren't any mainstream feelings of superiority. It's the same as British English and American English, just funny differences people enjoy pointing out. </p>
<p>The fact of the matter is that if you speak English, you're good to go. Additional languages aren't necessary.</p>