The Benefits of Being Bilingual

As a language teacher, I have often heard over the years that learning a language in school serves no purpose if you are not going to be a language teacher or live abroad.  So why do we bother? Well, I could write a book about why we should bother, but the following article and infographic do a nice job of explaining.

Why learning another language is amazing (beyond the obvious!):

Here is the original article.