Moving to the subject of the lowest requirement throughout all fifty states, foreign language. The language barrier is one of the biggest perpetuators of modern racism. It is known that lack of understanding breeds hate, so the inability to communicate directly and immediately creates an air of suspicion and fear of the unknown. The majority of American schools do not require a language class, and those that do are almost always offered at a high school level (ECU High School Requirements). It’s proven that children learn languages much faster at younger ages (O’grady, How Children Learn Language). With many American schools not requiring a foreign language coupled with the fact that almost every other country starts children on a secondary
