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[quote=Anonymous]Spanish has been my son's most challenging class, starting with Spanish 1AB. He typically scores above 99th percentile on MAP-M and around 95th on MAP-R. 1st semester of Spanish 1AB was his only B in middle school lol, which made us get him a tutor, which he kept for about 1.5 years (not the B itself, but he had a number of assignments on which he scored 60-80%.) He nearly got a B in Spanish 4 this year in 9th, but seems to have pulled it off. It may be that languages are not his thing, but some other things that may make it tough are:
- it seems like one of the few classes for which kids have to not just study, but actively memorize (he hasn't really studied for anybody other class until AP US history this year)
- accuracy is really important, which is not his forte (he's fast, doesn't always check his work as much as he should - something he's gotten better at over the years, but can still improve on). In Spanish, if you miss an accent, the teacher may take off a point. If the quiz is out of 15 points, well you can get to 9 points real quick...

We dod regret for a bit not taking the slower path for him, but he recently told that it's good that he has it as a more challenging class. Mileage may vary. Depends on kid and teacher too, of course.[/quote]

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