German

Dear Wynne,
My parents keep pressuring me into taking German this next semester at college. I really don't want to. My grandparents are all from Germany and all speak German. My parents don't and didn't seem to care about it growing up. Should I really listen to them?

Verwirrt
Buffalo, NY

Dear Ver....,
Whatever your name is. If your parents didn't care to learn it why should they make you pay for their 'should-woulda-coulda's? If you don't want to take German, don't take it. Unless you're a linguistics major tell them that you need to be taking less German and more engineering or business or whatever your major is. Check to see if "History of Movies" is available. That sounds more fun. Isn't that what college is for? Fun?

Wynne