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Mr Hayden (Interview)

 A couple of weeks ago, I interviewed a professor at my school named Mr Hayden. I got the opportunity  to ask questions and hear about his language background and personal story. My Hayden is the director of languages at the Bishops School. I have had him for Spanish in 9th grade and Latin this year. Here are some questions I asked, and here are some summaries of his answers. I find it neat to discover the personal stories of different people.    His personal story/advice (in summary):  -His family does not speak any other language than English -his father studied some languages but only spoke english  -grew up in Southern California so many Spanish speaking neighbors -college/high school: studied Spanish, but major was anthropology/anthropology with music -year abroad in India: spent time in hill stations and studied Hindi at a language school as an undergraduate, but more focused on music and anthropology -his wife is from Mexico, so he felt this urge to ...