AAP vs staying in spanish immersion

[Anonymous]

You aren't fooling anyone, 19:53. Finish up your homework and go to bed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son stayed in immersion instead of going to the AAP center at 3rd grade, and he's now in 9th grade Spanish III, and also Alg II H and didn't even blink. He effectively "caught up" with the kids in the AAP center when they all enrolled in HS because they are in the same classes now regardless of which elementary and middle school they went to. Our elementary school did have advanced math in 6th grade, but it was driven by the number of students in the class that were ready for that material as opposed to the course being implemented school-wide.

Your son did how many years of immersion- 7years at least and he is only in Spanish 3 in 9th grade? Don't some kids take Spanish 1 for high school credit in 7th or 8th grade?

[Anonymous]

My son is 2nd grade and he takes flex Spanish at his school, also takes Sunday chinese school, we believe that other languages will help their future, they can have better chance to go around the world, I'm pretty sure he will have aap offer as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son stayed in immersion instead of going to the AAP center at 3rd grade, and he's now in 9th grade Spanish III, and also Alg II H and didn't even blink. He effectively "caught up" with the kids in the AAP center when they all enrolled in HS because they are in the same classes now regardless of which elementary and middle school they went to. Our elementary school did have advanced math in 6th grade, but it was driven by the number of students in the class that were ready for that material as opposed to the course being implemented school-wide.

Your son did how many years of immersion- 7years at least and he is only in Spanish 3 in 9th grade? Don't some kids take Spanish 1 for high school credit in 7th or 8th grade?

Yes, my son took Spanish I in 7th, and Spanish II in 8th, both for HS credit, and now he's in Spanish III in 9th grade - not sure what you are asking though - that's the regular course sequence. Aside from summer school or testing out (which I'm not sure FCPS would allow for non-native speakers) that's the fastest that you can move through those courses. That said, the MS we were at was not keen on putting him in Spanish I as a 7th grader - we had to go in and have a discussion about that to get his placement correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son stayed in immersion instead of going to the AAP center at 3rd grade, and he's now in 9th grade Spanish III, and also Alg II H and didn't even blink. He effectively "caught up" with the kids in the AAP center when they all enrolled in HS because they are in the same classes now regardless of which elementary and middle school they went to. Our elementary school did have advanced math in 6th grade, but it was driven by the number of students in the class that were ready for that material as opposed to the course being implemented school-wide.

Your son did how many years of immersion- 7years at least and he is only in Spanish 3 in 9th grade? Don't some kids take Spanish 1 for high school credit in 7th or 8th grade?

Yes, my son took Spanish I in 7th, and Spanish II in 8th, both for HS credit, and now he's in Spanish III in 9th grade - not sure what you are asking though - that's the regular course sequence. Aside from summer school or testing out (which I'm not sure FCPS would allow for non-native speakers) that's the fastest that you can move through those courses. That said, the MS we were at was not keen on putting him in Spanish I as a 7th grader - we had to go in and have a discussion about that to get his placement correct.

Only immersion kids can take a foreign language in 7th grade. All other kids can start at 8th grade if they are academically ready since it is a high school course. (which I think FCPS changes the definition yearly). Middles Schools that are the feeder schools for the immersion programs place the kids without any issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son stayed in immersion instead of going to the AAP center at 3rd grade, and he's now in 9th grade Spanish III, and also Alg II H and didn't even blink. He effectively "caught up" with the kids in the AAP center when they all enrolled in HS because they are in the same classes now regardless of which elementary and middle school they went to. Our elementary school did have advanced math in 6th grade, but it was driven by the number of students in the class that were ready for that material as opposed to the course being implemented school-wide.

Your son did how many years of immersion- 7years at least and he is only in Spanish 3 in 9th grade? Don't some kids take Spanish 1 for high school credit in 7th or 8th grade?

Yes, my son took Spanish I in 7th, and Spanish II in 8th, both for HS credit, and now he's in Spanish III in 9th grade - not sure what you are asking though - that's the regular course sequence. Aside from summer school or testing out (which I'm not sure FCPS would allow for non-native speakers) that's the fastest that you can move through those courses. That said, the MS we were at was not keen on putting him in Spanish I as a 7th grader - we had to go in and have a discussion about that to get his placement correct.

Only immersion kids can take a foreign language in 7th grade. All other kids can start at 8th grade if they are academically ready since it is a high school course. (which I think FCPS changes the definition yearly). Middles Schools that are the feeder schools for the immersion programs place the kids without any issues.

why don't they offer better languages though? Like why waste time with Spanish? Does a college care you had Spanish in high school. Chinese, Arabic, Russian - these are impressive. AAP kids can learn these languages without FCPS immersion, and I know some who are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son stayed in immersion instead of going to the AAP center at 3rd grade, and he's now in 9th grade Spanish III, and also Alg II H and didn't even blink. He effectively "caught up" with the kids in the AAP center when they all enrolled in HS because they are in the same classes now regardless of which elementary and middle school they went to. Our elementary school did have advanced math in 6th grade, but it was driven by the number of students in the class that were ready for that material as opposed to the course being implemented school-wide.

Your son did how many years of immersion- 7years at least and he is only in Spanish 3 in 9th grade? Don't some kids take Spanish 1 for high school credit in 7th or 8th grade?

Yes, my son took Spanish I in 7th, and Spanish II in 8th, both for HS credit, and now he's in Spanish III in 9th grade - not sure what you are asking though - that's the regular course sequence. Aside from summer school or testing out (which I'm not sure FCPS would allow for non-native speakers) that's the fastest that you can move through those courses. That said, the MS we were at was not keen on putting him in Spanish I as a 7th grader - we had to go in and have a discussion about that to get his placement correct.

Only immersion kids can take a foreign language in 7th grade. All other kids can start at 8th grade if they are academically ready since it is a high school course. (which I think FCPS changes the definition yearly). Middles Schools that are the feeder schools for the immersion programs place the kids without any issues.

This is incorrect. My boy's middle school offered language in 7th and 8th grade. The class split the HS class into two years- so at the end they had one year of HS language. It is true that only immersion kids can take the full HS one year class in 7th grade.

[Anonymous]

why don't they offer better languages though? Like why waste time with Spanish? Does a college care you had Spanish in high school. Chinese, Arabic, Russian - these are impressive. AAP kids can learn these languages without FCPS immersion, and I know some who are.

You need to stop. "Better" languages? You sound ridiculous. No academic institution discriminates against any particular language. Some languages are more common than others. Some languages are more useful than others in certain professional fields. If you really feel this way, you need to seek psychological help for your unhealthy hatred of all Spanish speakers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

why don't they offer better languages though? Like why waste time with Spanish? Does a college care you had Spanish in high school. Chinese, Arabic, Russian - these are impressive. AAP kids can learn these languages without FCPS immersion, and I know some who are.

You need to stop. "Better" languages? You sound ridiculous. No academic institution discriminates against any particular language. Some languages are more common than others. Some languages are more useful than others in certain professional fields. If you really feel this way, you need to seek psychological help for your unhealthy hatred of all Spanish speakers.

unhealthy hatred? Just questioning what good Spanish is - compared to the critical languages that are so much more important.
And as for your comment some languages are more useful than others in certain "professional fields" - in which professional fields is Spanish more important?

[Anonymous]

unhealthy hatred? Just questioning what good Spanish is - compared to the critical languages that are so much more important.
And as for your comment some languages are more useful than others in certain "professional fields" - in which professional fields is Spanish more important?

Law enforcement. Education. Customs & Immigration. Law. Medicine. Construction. Nursing. Customer Service. Advertising. Marketing. Tourism. Development. Humanitarian Assistance. Sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

unhealthy hatred? Just questioning what good Spanish is - compared to the critical languages that are so much more important.
And as for your comment some languages are more useful than others in certain "professional fields" - in which professional fields is Spanish more important?

Law enforcement. Education. Customs & Immigration. Law. Medicine. Construction. Nursing. Customer Service. Advertising. Marketing. Tourism. Development. Humanitarian Assistance. Sports.

? A person can excel in all those fields without knowing any Spanish.

Check out the State Department's critical languages skills list. Spanish aint on the list. These are the kinds of languages the AAP kids want to be learning,

[Anonymous]

You are absolutely insufferable.

[Anonymous]

State Department's critical language list has nothing to do with the utility of a language. They are identified based on hiring needs - meaning they currently lack enough speakers of those languages to fill their mission. It doesn't have anything to do with the inherent utility of a language. One could argue that certain languages on that list are extremely limited in utility, just because opportunities to actually use the language are so few and far between.

[Anonymous]

probably not the right forum to ask this question on. I think the AAP kids aim for something with a little more cachet than just Spanish.

[Anonymous]

probably not the right forum to ask this question on. I think the AAP kids aim for something with a little more cachet than just Spanish.

Oh totally. My daughter is in AAP and she is takes Inuktituk lessons every week. Looks amazing on a resume!