esperanto

Where did you learn esperanto and what have been the advantages

I was 14 years old and wandering around in a library, I went into the languages section and saw an Esperanto lesson book ("Step by Step in Esperanto" by Montagu C. Butler). Out of curiosity I checked it out, and then read it during lunches at the school and pretty much taught Esperanto to myself over a month using that book and lernu.net. To be honest Esperanto has only been of an advantage to me because I like it. I like meeting the people who speak it and I like being able to speak a second language fluently with little effort (I have been learning Spanish for much longer than Esperanto, yet I speak Esperanto with much more confidence and clarity). It will only be advantageous to you if you seek out the opportunities it provides, such as use of Pasporta Servo (worldwide house sharing/couch surfing service for esperantists). Otherwise you'll probably not see the point. Oh, and you can come up with some pretty nasty insults thanks to its agglutinative structure; that's pretty fun.