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Really?  Why would anyone think a Spanish school is the best when there are French and Chinese and Hebrew schools?  Everyone knows that those are much harder.  [/quote]

So is your litmus test is which language is more difficult to learn?  That's...odd.  I want my children to learn second (and more) languages that are the most practical.  Objectively speaking, Spanish is the most practical language to learn if you live in the U.S.--unless your career demands specialized knowledge of another language (very unusual).  What in the world would they do with Hebrew?  French?  Sounds lovely, but not much use for it in the U.S. day-to-day.  I would also prefer that my children speak, read and write Spanish at a near native level as an adult--they are well on their way.  Speaking rudimentary and broken mandarin is not how I want my/their efforts rewarded.[/quote]

It's hardly my litmus test, but Spanish is simple.  That's...obvious.  Anyone who can learn a complex second language, can learn an easy one.  It really goes without saying.[/quote]

It's so simple that I know American ex-pats who lived in Spanish speaking countries for up to a year and never became fluent.  They only spent their time around other Americans.  I also know children who were raised in Spanish speaking homes who cannot read or write the language.  There are also many children who attended immersion schools for years, left after 2nd or 3rd grade, and lost the ability to speak the language after less than one year.  Becoming bilingual and biliterate in Spanish is so easy that everyone in America is doing so...wait.

As someone mentioned upthread:  I would rather my child speak, read and write (super easy) Spanish at a near-native level; than speak, read and write Mandarin at an 8-year-olds level--after study it for 7 or 8 years.  [/quote]

Why do you keep blabbering on and on and endlessly on about Spanish on a Chinese thread?  It's as though you can't even read English.  Hablas Ingles?[/quote]

I can comment on any thread I choose.  Are you aware of that fact, or do you think that I live in communist China where free speech does not exist?  Although your child may be studying the language of Chinese communists, please don't forget that this is the U.S. and we have freedoms here that don't exist in China.  [/quote]

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