If I moved to another country I would learn their language before and while doing so so how is that a double standard? Yes I'm not good at it so I would do it poorly but it would at least be an effort. If you moved to another country you would be in a much worse position if you didn't learn their language vs. people coming here and not bothering because we're so lazy we'd rather write kay passa on toilet paper than to cause a wave. The only reason they would put up with you in another country not learning their language is to practice their English on you, again either because it's the international business language or because they want to move here, otherwise they couldn't care less about it. I did study foreign language in high school and didn't do well at all. If it was taught from the age where you can still develop language skills I could have done better but by high school you are way past that.