>> Laura?
>> I actually when I first started learning Spanish,
it was for a language requirement
for my bachelor's degree.
>> Absolutely.
>> And when got -- when I met that requirement,
they passed out this note in class very cleverly that said,
"Just take three more classes, and you have a minor."
So I did that, and through those basic classes,
I just really liked the language and went from there.
>>Yes, yes ma'am.
>> I don't know if it's interesting or not,
but I have one student.
He's in the philosophy department, and he wants
to read all the texts, the German texts, in German.
But what's interesting about his is that he's just lazy,
and when I talk to him, he acknowledged that.
He knows that he needs to put in more work.
He doesn't turn in homework, and, you know.
It would be really good when he does his work,
he's right on top of things.
He has this motivation.
>>We were talking about that
in our department over the last days.
They were always saying that a lot
of student could take German, because they wanted to go
into brewery and brew beer.
And I said, "No, I had never met a student like that."
But then I had a student, "Oh, I want to go to Munich,
and I want to work for Paulaner and brew beer."
Okay.
>>Judith?
>> Well, in Germany we have to have English in school,
so they force you to take it.
And I failed that class.
I couldn't speak English at all, and I had to retake it,
and I wasn't motivated at all
because I didn't see a purpose in it.
>> Yea.
>> I went to engineering and all that.
And then my parents moved to the US, and I was kind of forced
to learn the language then
and really speak it when I visited them.