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The Foreign Language That Changed My Teenage Son’s Life (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

[Speaking as a mod]

I'm aware of the issue of paywalls, and I'm going to address this. Hopefully in a way that appeases both sides, given that

some users have moral concerns against sharing archive links
your argument is valid regardless, those paywalls screw with discussion

For now: if you guys find convenient, tag me and I'll try my best to provide an archive link, like I did here.

I'd also ask both you and @[email protected] to scale down a wee bit on this discussion. What both of you are saying is fine, but the tone is getting abrasive.