Years back, Ogilvy sent me to France to learn French.  It was a total immersion school and I lived in Lisieux, France for four months before joining O&M in NYC. During that time, while in school, I traveled to Normandy on weekend jaunts with classmates. Each and every time, every place I visited (restaurants, hotels, shops, museums), the French people that I met thanked me and acknowledged the sacrifice that…