> Well, but having some skin in the game is the best way to learn a language and integrate into a new culture. You either learn it or even the simplest things won't be available.

and it definitely trains you to be more independent, because you are simply *on your own* and on one to cry to.

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Well, but having some _skin in the game_ is the best way to learn a language and integrate into a new culture. You either learn it or even the simplest things won't be available.

In the end, the way that exposing ourselves to new experiences improves us in brand new ways, and that really is something priceless.