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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Skip Spanish unless there is a specific reason to get it. TJ Spanish goes out of it's way to be difficult. Which would not be an issue, except that they seem to take pride in giving low grades, and the class isn't weighted. IME!  Spanish I is fine, but but Spanish II is brutal. Lots of kid bailing into online Spanish III.

BTW-- Spanish III is the only not AP foreign language class offered online at TJ (except the full Korean sequence, because Korean is not offered at TJ). This gives kids who suffer through Spanish III a chance to bail out of TJ Spanish after Spanish II.  The fact TJ gave up and started allowing kids to do this to get their 3rd year of Spanish without sitting through a TJ version of the class, and for Spanish only, should tell you everything you need to know about the TJ Spanish program.

You have been warned...[/quote]

Thanks!  Does one have to take language in consecutive years without a break? Or can one do Spanish 2 in 9th grade and Spanish 3 in 11th with no language in 10th?

Also, if one chose to do Korean will their entire Language education be offline (9th period)?  How would that work?  [/quote]

Yes.  You have to start freshman year, and you have to go without a break until you have at least three 3 years (although my kid is doing Spanish III P/F this summer to be done.  DC used to like Spanish...) And once you take a non-TJ class (Spanish III online), you can't come back for Spanish IV or AP. It has to be your terminal class.

I know Korean is listed as an online option. I had always though it was for kids who spoke Korean at home though and get the FCPS WL credits.  I don't know anyone who has gone this route. Online doesn't seems to be a great way to learn a language from scratch, but ask guidance or student services if you really want it.

The other word at TJ is that Chinese can be a problem from scratch. In the upper levels, there are kids who are bilingual (speak it at home). No first hand experience, but the word is it is very hard to get an A after Chinese II, just because you are competing with native speakers.  So if your kid is not, be aware that dynamic exists. [/quote]

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