Can HS kids take a language if already fluent?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, unfortunately. The kids with the best grades in my DC’s Russian class were, you guessed it, Russian.

Wouldn’t actual Russian speakers be the best positioned to use what they are learning in class? As opposed to kids for whom it is more hypothetical? This doesn’t seem unfortunate at all.

Not sure I follow. The kids who were native Russian speakers to begin with breezed through without any effort. Russian is an extraordinarily difficult language and the other kids worked their tails off. It's unfair that someone who already speaks the language can get an easy A. They already had the advantage.

Kids who take Chinese do the same. They are fluent in Mandarin, get As and score 5s on APs. Yes, they have an advantage.

The teachers prefer it this way because they score high on APs. The teacher ata W school favors native speakers. That how they get bonuses in MCPS.

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The native English speakers have many advantages too.

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Anonymous wrote:The native English speakers have many advantages too.

But they aren’t getting into the magnet programs and T20 at the rate the Asians are.

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Anonymous wrote:The native English speakers have many advantages too.

Um, yes. Because we live in a country in which ENGLISH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE??

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Anonymous wrote:The native English speakers have many advantages too.

Um, yes. Because we live in a country in which ENGLISH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE??

The United States of America does not have English as an official language. It does not have any official language, in fact, so to you.

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Anonymous wrote:The native English speakers have many advantages too.

So if you moved to France, would you be mad at the native French kids too?

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Anonymous wrote:The native English speakers have many advantages too.

Um, yes. Because we live in a country in which ENGLISH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE??

The United States of America does not have English as an official language. It does not have any official language, in fact, so to you.

Correct at federal level. English is by law official language at state level for Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:With languages required in HS, can kids that speak, write, read a language fluently take that language at school? So whether Spanish, French, German, if it is student’s first languages can student take that language in FCPS HS? Put aside boredom, just wondering if allowed.

They can also just take a test, get credit and not have to take a language.

This would be ideal but does it look bad to colleges or would they read already speak multiple languages and get a pass?

Take a third language- if it is similar. Colleges love third languages.