Why learn Portuguese
Question: Learning Portuguese can help me achieve new ranks in my work place?
Answer: Yes, learning any other language than your first will help you have the attention of your employer, because a person who knows another language.
Portuguese only for Portuguese and Brazilians?
No! Portuguese is the 7th most spoken language in the wolrd, for some the encouragment of learning it can be family decendency.
Beware!
Portuguese can be very difficuld when it comes to grammar and phrase formations.
"O português é uma língua muito difícil. Tanto que calça (pants) é uma coisa que se bota (put) e bota (boot) é uma coisa que se calça (put)" - Barão de Itararé
You can read and understand all the puns that are lost in translation
Learning Portuguese can help in the understandment of a classical work like "Dom Casmurro" - Machado de Assis, or something more in the line of poems, like "Os Lusíadas" - Camões.