I would love to learn another language. I think Spanish would be the most helpful here, though I did take French in high school in college. My brothers like to tease me because I like to put the small amount I learned to good use when speaking commonly used French sayings. (It was always difficult being the only girl child at home
) I would love to hear how the Rosetta Stone program works, too! Shannon has had 8 years of high school and college Spanish. I am always asking her to tell me what Spanish speakers are saying when we pass them.
Not to be nosy about their conversation (really!) but to find out how much she actually learned and to get her to practice it. I am totally jealous that she knows as much as she does and she has been told by a number of her teachers that she has a good ear for languages.
I see music more as a mathematical code that the musician needs to decode to bring out the beauty of the music. I played the trumpet and took voice lessons for years, so I can pick up a piece of music and start singing if given middle C. My husband can't read music, so he plays the guitar by hearing the song and the recreating the chords. I figure he's a much better decoder than I am because he doesn't even need the "Orphan Annie Secret Decoder Ring"!