I’ve always had an obsession with learning a second language, however for reasons unknown I have never fully committed to ‘nailing’ one. I grew up in a 90% English speaking household with first generation Greek and Italian parents. Both of those European languages were spoken more often during visits to my grandparents on the weekends, however I never gained any level of fluency in either tongue.
Despite protest from my Italian family, I took French in school from 7th-10th grade (2003–2006) but unfortunately dropped off learning languages until around 2013 with the rise of apps such as Duolingo or Memrise. It was around this time I had moved to Canada with the hopes of advancing my French language skills. No dice.