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[quote=Anonymous]I have 3 kids - oldest is in 9th and middle is in 6th.  I also worked as a college admissions counselor for a short period of time after college.  My oldest is taking Spanish 1 in 9th grade now.  His guidance counselor last year randomly told me that she thought it was nice I wasn't forcing him to take a language in 8th grade.  He was already taking Geometry in 8th grade (and he much prefers math to a foreign language) and I think he'll be able to do just fine with his course selection without me micromanaging him.  I just know language is not his forte so I didn't see a benefit to forcing him to do it before 9th grade.

My middle one actually excels in foreign languages and he said he was considering taking one in 7th.  Now, I think he might likely take one in 8th - but he said he was also considering band and engineering and I said - you HAVE to take a language in HS, so you might want to try another elective in MS while you can.

Luckily my oldest wants to get the advanced diploma on his own so he knows he needs 3 years of Spanish for that.  From my admissions experience, I did not think language in MS was a necessity but I think my kids really should have 4 years of language in HS regardless of whether they take it in MS.  I think / hope my oldest will realize after he's done the 3 years - that he needs to add a 4th for college and I won't have to fight with him about it.  [/quote]

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