Especially in a country where the fastest growing minority group is Hispanic, and there will always be a need for bilingual speakers. In conclusion, humans without social support -- whether it is older people or a newborn baby -- cannot function up to full capacity. Those individuals that are survivors of a deadly earthquake, or who have bipolar or other serious mental disabilities, are desperately in need of social support

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