This interview was asked and given in Russian and Bukharian and later translated. Being interviewed is my father.

Me: “So in your opinion do you believe knowing more than language beneficial to learning?”

Father: “After going through schooling in the soviet union, I believe that knowing more languages is very beneficial. Like my father always told me, ‘knowledge is power.’ Knowing more then one language is not only beneficial in schooling, but in life. Like in international business, the language of business is currently English. If I were to learn English when I first came to this country, I would have been in the business market way earlier in my career. When it comes to education, I feel it is beneficial because my father was a language teacher and director of a school. He would teach the Uzbek language in  Public School 26 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Since he knew the language better than most native people, he was one step ahead of others when it came to comprehending things. He was a prime example for me because when it was time for me to learn new languages because he showed me by knowing more languages, it can make you more powerful. Growing up, I learned Russian and Bukharian because that was our native language. As I grew up and started going to school, I had to learn Uzbek, Tajik, and Farsi. After migrating to Israel, I became fluent in Hebrew, and now I am working on my English. Language is power, and I feel that everyone should learn another language, it will help tremendously.”