The WCF Courier – Stanley Smith 
On June 12, The Courier and Fred Abraham combined to present an excellent column of advice to graduating high school seniors. While I doubt if any young people in that age bracket read editorial pages, I certainly hope at least some of their parents did. On that hope I would like to use that column as a jumping-off point for advice I would proffer to that same group of youngsters. Learn a foreign language: The old Soviet Union and current Russian government sponsor schools that teach not only foreign languages but also the culture of the countries in question. It isn’t simply spies they are training. Proficiency in a foreign language also gives a leg up to businesses, diplomats and, of course, interpreters.(more)