I Just Learned My Boss Has a Skill I Really Want to Practice. But Asking For His Help is Controversial.

Good Job July 16, 20266:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by fizkes/iStock/Getty Images Plus and Ramon Ivan Moreno Prieto/Getty Images Plus. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Good Job is Slate’s advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small? Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Good Job, I’m starting a new job in a few weeks, and during the interview, I found out that the man who will be my boss is a native Spanish speaker. I studied Spanish in college and got to a point where I was relatively conversational with it, but despite my best efforts since graduating a couple of years ago, I can feel myself losing it, the speaking and writing aspect