HS won't let DC switch language classes to an easier level

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which school? My kids both went to high schools with high Latino populations and they discovered that was a disadvantage in Spanish classes. A lot of the Latino kids who already know Spanish sign up for Spanish as their foreign language. So they felt really behind.

"Feeling behind" is a personal psychological problem, not a problem in the class. Having native speakers to talk to is a gift. The curriculum expectations are the same regardless of how fluent the students are

Too bad English classes don't work this way.

[Anonymous]

There is no need to contact principal or assistant principal for something like this. Gosh. Just contact your counselor. They can switch his class.

[Anonymous]

It’s normal for Spanish 4 to be much more challenging than Spanish 3. It moves from vocabulary memorization to much more cohesive use of the language. My kid struggled at first too and the teacher was very reassuring that it’s more common than not to take a while to adjust.

[Anonymous]

Would school have lasting up to repeat Spanish 3 originally?

Thinking to have DC repeat Spanish 3 from 8th to 9th. Why are some opposed to this?