Yes. And it's interesting that, though I'm not Hispanic, I speak Spanish. Took it in school for some years, a long time ago! German too, and I actually use that MUCH more in the "business world" than Spanish...except perhaps when I'm trying to order a Big Mac; but I digress. And here's the ironic part:
Yo, como un Americano, solamente en studias en la escuela, puedo hablar Espanol bastante mas bien que los Mexicanos en Los Estados Unidos pueden hablar Ingles!
Yup. I'm pretty disgusted already.
Pretty darn good for just learning it in school. Very good.
I had 4 years of junior high and high school Spanish, and I think I could count to 10 and ask where the bathroom was.
It wasn't till I lived in Argentina for two years that I learned how to speak a bit.
The Mexicans I meet are amazed when I say I was pretty fluent after about 6 months in the country. I say, "Well, you have to WANT to learn it, and you have to TRY. If you TRIED, you'd learn English that quickly, too." I'm no genius, that's for sure. It's all about desire, attitude and work ethic.