Unfair... (Score 1)

For 10 years now (I'm 22), I learn English at school (and I need to continue, I know). Consider that for that 10 years, I have 8h lesson a week, let's say around 36 w/ per year... 8*36*10 = 2880hrs of my life to learn that language. So my question is, what have you been doing, you native english speaker, all that 2880 hrs at school? I mean, seriously, It's totally unfair for non native english speaker, and learning a foreign language should be mandatory for you all... I think that I've seen an article from a british paper on that subject, if someone knows what I'm referring to...