What the hell do you mean by "mediocre Spanish," counting to ten, hello, goodbye, and a few curse words? Bro, I live in a predominantly Hispanic city and not a single damn non-white person here knows Spanish. It's highly improbable that the majority of young people today have a workable grasp on the Spanish language. I mean, first of all, blacks are incapable of understanding more than one language, Asians are assholes who refuse to speak even English, let alone Spanish, and there are a hell of a lot of white people who would rather die than know a Spanish word. You're wrong. But don't feel bad. Frankly, more people should know Spanish. But that doesn't make it true. Sure, as time goes on, I would imagine that what you said will be true, but it's not now.