Originally posted by Deadly Chakram:
However, I can see Lois choosing to take a foreign language in school, being the overachiever she was. She loves a challenge, and maybe she had dreams of working for a paper in Paris before landing an internship/position at the Planet. 
Just as an example. Except that she did her year (summer?) abroad in Ireland. If she had studied a foreign language and wanted to become proficient in it, I could see her spending her time abroad in a country that spoke that language. I also could see her starting a foreign language in high school (or maybe a course during the summer), realizing that she wasn't going to ace the course because she didn't have a talent in it, and never taking another class in it to keep her GPA up. More the avoiding what she doesn't do well, so others <<cough>> her father <<cough>> would never see her do poorly at something.
