40% Fluent

Dad drove Pete to school, since there was still a week before he could drive by himself. They were joking about the “I Voted” sticker in Dad’s car. There was some discussion about which candidate Dad’s car voted for. The conclusion was that Dad’s car probably voted for Trump, for many reasons such as it does not have a brain, has not expressed any opposition to gun ownership, doesn’t read the Washington Post, and has never had an abortion.

Sam announced today that, according to DuoLingo, he is 40% fluent in French. Not bad for a few weeks into French I class. This seems like an odd concept, like being 40% pregnant. Perhaps the binary days are gone where you were either fluent in a language or not.