Interview

Dr. Marie Jipguep is an assistant professor of Urban Sociology. The interview done with Dr. Jipguep not only helped our group understand more about our own assumptions but it tied our presentation together. In other countries it is far more important to learn foreign languages that it is here in the United States. Learning foreign languages here is only a requirement in which teachers pass us through the system even if we have not mastered or even come close to understanding the language. Here we are required to learn one foreign language to graduate, even in college. But in other countries it is mandatory to learn more than one language as well as master them. She spoke about Cameroon but I've talked to friends from other countries who know multiple languages.
She spoke in terms of things that are deemed more important in school systems in the United States. Which happen to be reading, writing and arithmetic. She expressed that those classes are more important for elementary school students and foreign language classes are not as important at thst point. She also made it clear to say that since she did not go to school here she does not know all of the school systems details. Her input was very useful.

Richelle Jenkins