There are many advantages of being bilingual. It can get you many places in life and could help you in a time of need. Knowing Spanish as a second language is a good thing in California. There are many Spanish-speaking people in Southern California and knowing Spanish will help you down the line. Also, I travel to Mexico a lot for vacations, so knowing helps. The third is that if I ever wanted to join the air force it could help me wherever I am stationed.
Being in California, there are a lot of Spanish people around. As you drive around a town that you are not familiar with you can stop and ask for directions