Most educators and parents often wonder about American students falling behind the rest of the world in math and science. However, few of us think about the importance of teaching arts and language to students at a young age. Many don't even consider foreign language as an option to elementary or middle school students. We forget that students cannot pick up subtleties of language at a ripe age. We lose the ability to pronounce certain vowels and consonants absent in English language, if our brains aren't introduced to different sounds early in life. If we are to produce leaders of the world, we need to give students at least the option of learning a foreign language at a young age. Which of these best describes the author's attitude toward foreign language?

A.
distant
B.
positive
C.
outraged
D.
superior

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)