Linglot

I’m an aspiring medical student, and this semester I’m taking Anatomy and Physiology II. Last semester I took A & P I, but this semester’s class has a lot of terminology to learn. Something I’ve found interesting is that a huge number of the medical terms I’m learning are scarily similar to Spanish words I’ve learned.

That would make sense, though, because most medical terms are either Latin or Greek, and Spanish is derived from Latin, so the two languages are pretty similar. I’m glad I have a background in Spanish, because this class is so much easier with it.

This is why I think public schools should enforce more foreign language education. Learning a foreign language has so many benefits, and they all don’t have to do with the speaking part.

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