(11-24-2013, 07:22 PM)Chronofrog Wrote: Choose three languages that you believe will give you the most access to an understanding of global culture and history. This does not mean pick the most useful languages, but rather pick the languages that you believe are the most different and come from the most influential cultures in their region.
1) English (For being the international language)
2) Italian (For it's Classical music influence and thus a major part in Western Opera and European instruments like the Violin family)
3) Russian (For it's involvement with WWII and the Cold War)