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Thread #24974 Message #289210
Posted By: Mrrzy
01-Sep-00 - 10:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: Foreign living experience
Subject: RE: BS: Foreign living experience
I was born in the States, and my family moved to (francophone) West Africa when I was 5. So I started school in a language I didn't speak, French, but frankly don't remember it being any stranger than starting school at all. So I learned French as a native speaker, really, since I was so young and was so totally immersed. Wouldn't trade growing up overseas for anything, but also wouldn't trade being an American for any other passport!