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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
lol, I am from rural Alberta and I am fluent in French. Are people from rural communities supposed to be too stupid to speak more than one language?
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Of course not, but the opportunity to learn through school can be very limited depending on where you live. For instance my brother lives not far outside Edmonton and the school his kids attend does not have a French teacher at all and cannot offer French instruction. Even if the school did there is a good chance the teacher is not bilingual so the quality of instruction would be barely passable. Sure there are ways to learn, but not necessarily in the school system. It goes both ways too. I grew up in rural Alberta and there is a sizeable Francophone population in some of the nearby communities. To the point that French is the predominant language you hear in those towns and some people would struggle to communicate in English.