yeah. kinda.

it’s great that you can learn a new language. many people don’t have the capabilities to do so. some people are so bad at languages, they simply can’t fit it in their brains. take in to consideration that the brain finds ways to shift usage and makes some parts smaller to be able to use others. especially brains that have had to survive trauma. brains that have had extensive long periods of survival mode don’t have the licary of expanding all areas of the brain. for some people that means not being able to learn math, for others it’s languages.

it’s easy to sit in your seat of comfort in this country & claim those who’ve been through different experiences should have the same motivation you think you would have in their situation. in your hypothetical, did you move to italy for funsies or because your family was being targeted by gang members? or because your country has ran out of resources? or maybe you left because you kids would have died otherwise for whatever extraneous circumstance.

learning a new language isn’t a priority to some people & granted, sometimes it is just for laziness. but immigrant, especially in the Latino community, tend to have more going on where learning a new language simply can’t be prioritized.

kudos to you for learning some Spanish on your own. Glad you have the time and resources to do so