Same. In MN we were offered French, German and Spanish in 9th grade and required to take just two years. I remember nothing. I'm currently learning Norwegian on Duolingo instead.

The brutal winter part is why I moved out of MN.

Ooh do Pfizer

Love this book! We can see his vision come to life today (TVs the size of walls, machines that interact with you inside your house...). His book Something Wicked This Way come is a great read, especially in the fall. It reads like one long poem. Every time the leaves start to change and the wind starts to bring in that changing air, I think of that book.

Where did the training hours come from? And what kind of training was it? I know that TX's is much longer than MN so that doesn't seem to line up here. Training usually includes class time like law and penal code training, then there is de-escalation training, defensive tactics, shooting, driving, etc. I wonder if you split those out...that could change things to. Every academy has their own types of training.

Picture of Dorian Gray is one of my all time favorite books. It's the only book I've read multiple times.