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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weird because I have heard seniors and alums tell me learning Spanish well was worth the difficulty and they wouldn’t change a thing. Seriously…especially after traveling or doing study abroad they feel quite grateful for the rigor. [/quote]

Then you haven't talked to very many TJ alums.  The majority of kids taking Spanish stop taking Spanish after Spanish 3.  Most other languages have decent participation to level 4 or AP.[/quote]
what other languages have more than Spanish participation to level 4 or AP?  None!!  For a fact, AP spanish has most enrollment than any other AP world language.  [/quote]

As a percentage?  I would guess almost all of them.

The only reason there are so many kids taking spanish is because it seemed like a good idea in 7th grade when they first picked a language, little did they know that their kid was going to go to TJ where spanish is a flustercuck.[/quote]

Kids take Spanish because it is approchable and they can use it for conversations as opposed to say Latin.[/quote]

That's why they pick it in 7th grade.

I have seen kids pick up Latin in 9th grade at TJ
I have seen kids pick up German in 9th at TJ
I have seen kids pick up Chinese in 9th at TJ
Nobody picks up spanish in 9th at TJ.
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By the numbers:  There was one small section of Spanish 1 this year, 7 sections of Spanish 2, 6 sections of Spanish 3, 1 section of Spanish 4 HN, and 2 combined sections of Spanish 5 HN/AP Span Lang.

So the drop-off is considerable after the 3 year requirement is out of the way.  The other languages are smaller, but see a higher percentage of students continuing to level 4/5/AP. German and Latin usually only have a section (sometimes 2) of German/Latin 1, so the fact that such a high percentage of those students end up continuing on says something about the program/community there.

13 kids took the AP Latin exam this year, 25ish took German, 25ish took French, 50ish took Spanish Lang, and 55ish took Chinese.

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