The Importance of English

Well, taking into account that I'm new to this site, I would like to write something about why English is important to me. I live in Medellín and although It was considered last year as the most innovative city, I think that we need to make a great effort to teach our citizens that English is an important plus if we want to get more opportunities in the globalized world. I think that In general, in our country, people are not paying enough attention to the importance of English and that is, in part, due to the way that teachers have been teaching us English since high school, but we can't excpect too much from them since we are not well prepared either. Maybe the government investment on this topic has to be more, and more intelligent, because the way that they have sold english until now, has not had effective. [This last sentence needs a bit of work because it's awkwardly worded. My suggestion: Maybe the government should make more useful and more intelligent contributions to out education system, because the way that they have managed English studies until now has been ineffective.]

I hope that people realize the importance of English, and as for me, even taking into account that my English is not perfect at all, I'll try to help to my community to understand the benefits of learning another language, and especially English.

[Great work! I'm new too, so from one noob to another, welcome to italki :-)]