And the East!” Nicholas Kristoff says he believes all young Americans should study abroad to master a foreign language and culture. He states that studying abroad and learning multiple languages ​​leads to success using Utah as an example since it is one of the most successful states in which to do business and is "a center for global commerce and companies." Kristoff reveals that foreign universities send more than three times as many students abroad as American universities. Its opposite would be for all Americans to learn Spanish but in another country because it would be thrilling and produce a stronger foundation for learning other languages. He also jokes that learning in a classroom isn't as effective as studying abroad, asking the reader to test themselves with a question he made up to prove this, asking if the reader knows how to say handle in a language he's studied. Kristoff then tells a joke: “What do you call a person who doesn't speak any foreign language? Answer: an American. To make it clear how he feels about his fellow Americans. He then briefly turns to a more serious topic by stating that Americans are unaware of the impressions we give and how lacking our foreign policy is. Kristoff's solution to this would be a gap year that gives credit to a college semester for gap years taken in non-English speaking countries. Kristoff supports the idea when he discusses how living in another country temporarily can "broaden perspectives" and uses his own experiences and the effects it has had on