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The speaker recounts his journey of learning Spanish out of necessity []. Initially possessing only basic, high-school-level Spanish he struggled with, he found himself working as a deputy sheriff in a rural Florida county []. This role required him to interact with tens of thousands of migrant farm workers, predominantly from Mexico, who only spoke Spanish []. He describes going from knowing just a handful of phrases to becoming proficient within two years, driven by his professional needs [].
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The speaker recounts his journey of learning Spanish out of necessity []. Initially possessing only basic, high-school-level Spanish he struggled with, he found himself working as a deputy sheriff in a rural Florida county []. This role required him to interact with tens of thousands of migrant farm workers, predominantly from Mexico, who only spoke Spanish []. He describes going from knowing just a handful of phrases to becoming proficient within two years, driven by his professional needs [].