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Coldcalling AQo is a fish move. Minraising the 1/6 pot bet was retarded. If you weren't a luckbox, you'd be broke. 14 53.85%
Calling prelop was dumb, but your expert postflop play allowed you to get away from top two in a huge pot quite cheaply. 2 7.69%
Preflop is standard, but you're an idiot postflop. 10 38.46%
What a masterful example of using position to make great plays. 0 0%
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Old 11-12-2006, 02:45 PM
XXXNoahXXX XXXNoahXXX is offline
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Default If you were to teach your child.....

one language (assuming English as 1st language) that would give him the biggest advantage in life, what would it be? Assume child is 7-8 years old and you want to get him private lessons until he becomes perfectly fluent/conversant in the language.

What factors would you take into account?

Immigration? Economic trends?

Let's hear your choice and your reasoning.
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Old 11-12-2006, 02:47 PM
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Default Re: If you were to teach your child.....

Chinese and its not close. Economics. They already wield significant power (the amount of $ reserves they keep for example). Give it twenty years...
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Old 11-12-2006, 02:48 PM
Patrick del Poker Grande Patrick del Poker Grande is offline
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Default Re: If you were to teach your child.....

[censored] it. Can I just teach him English twice?
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Old 11-12-2006, 02:50 PM
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Default Re: If you were to teach your child.....

Easilly Chinese the way the question is worded. But Chinese should be a lot harder to learn for your kid than European languages, so it's not that clear cut.
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Old 11-12-2006, 03:10 PM
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Default Re: If you were to teach your child.....

I went for Chinese and I don't think it's close, the way you put the question. I'd also consider Latin though, if he learns excellent Latin at age 8 he will have no trouble learning other languages later on.
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Old 11-12-2006, 03:23 PM
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Default Re: If you were to teach your child.....

sorry i didnt realise Chinese was a language
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Old 11-12-2006, 03:26 PM
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Default Re: If you were to teach your child.....

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sorry i didnt realise Chinese was a language

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Old 11-12-2006, 03:27 PM
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Default Re: If you were to teach your child.....

Chinese would be the obv choice, with Spanish close behind
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Old 11-12-2006, 03:27 PM
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Default Re: If you were to teach your child.....

If i'm bringing him up in the United States, he's probably going to live in the US all his life. In which case Spanish would easily be the most useful of these languages.
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Old 11-12-2006, 03:30 PM
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Italian. The ladies dig it!
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