The Asia Society report says it takes “an educated English speaker 1,300 hours to achieve the native-proficiency of an educated native speaker of Chinese, while it would only take about 480 hours to achieve the same level in French or Spanish.” In Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post Magazine, my Post colleague Elizabeth Chang quotes another source saying that it actually takes 2,200 class hours to achieve full proficiency…
I have not posted in so long – especially nothing of substance. But, I have SO much I want to say. Unfortunately, desire to write does not manufacture time to write.
Why? Because I have been doing some exciting self-discovery, soul-searching and navel-gazing and the immediate net result is the realization that I [...]
I am so bummed! I’m supposed to be at the amazing Jen Zug’s house, sipping Jitterbugs and swapping recipes with some fabulous women – some of whom I’ve met before, and some I would meet tonight and love instantly. (Shout outs to Alecia and Jenny – boo hoo – I wanted to see [...]